ITF are supporting a project to re-plant an acre of land with 600 new trees to create more diverse woodland with a mixture of hazel, beech and birch which will be coppice managed.

Young eco warriors are championing the cause for trees at Acresfield Community Primary School. ITF are supporting a project to plant 50 indigenous trees to help the school increase its woodland.

170,000 trees will be planted in projects led by three community youth organisations. In this article we feature the work of the Kangema Youth Group.

Trees 4 Livelihoods, a 4 year project supported by the Big Lottery Fund, is continuing to make progress in Mali.

Over the next twelve months 120 English, Field, Wych and Huntingdon elms will be planted in three Sussex villages in the Cuckmere valley.

Over the past 12 months, this project, in partnership with Women in Development and Environment (WIDE) has delivered a range of activities with local women and young people in Agwu, Nigeria.

ITF provided funding for the Regreening Sokura project in Mali for three years from 2010 to 2013. The project was delivered by our partner, Sahel Eco.

Trees 4 Livelihoods is focusing on the links between access to trees and women’s livelihoods strengthening the capacity of women to develop sustainable and profitable businesses trading in non-timber forest products (NTFPs).

Twelve months on from the launch of the Trees 4 Livelihoods project in Mali we are taking a look back at the progress made so far.

Trees 4 Livelihoods will support local people in 29 villages address and reverse the downward spiral of deforestation, land degradation and food insecurity.

The project’s core activities included tree planting on public land, water catchment areas, dispensaries and community farms. Since the project started May 2011,  50,000 seedlings have been raised and planted on various sites.

As well as supplying tree seedlings to local villagers, the project provides training and education so that it will have a lasting legacy beyond its initial funded phase.

The project has established nurseries in which a range of tree species are grown can be used by beneficiaries as a source of income (for example by selling fruits or other sustainable tree-based products).

We recently received a final project report from our in-country partner SUNARMA and we are very pleased to report that the Forest Conservation Project in the Wof Washa Forest, Ethiopia has been a great success.

We received a very encouraging mid-term report from the Mt. Bamboutos Montane Forest Reforestation project which confirms the scheme is making excellent progress.

In response to the problems posed burning wood for fuel and charcoal production, several African nations and international bodies are searching for appropriate solutions that can be widely applied. One solution that shows a lot of promise is the use of bamboo charcoal as bioenergy.