Here is another round-up of tree news articles from around the world. Click on each of the pictures if you would like to read the full stories.
The urban migration of China’s rural trees
With great pictures on the Hyperallergic website, photographer Yan Wang Preston documents the big business of relocating mature rural trees to the new urban centres of China…
The great African regreening
Millions of ‘magical’ gao trees are being nurtured in Niger, says the Guardian…
Rare Chinese tree flowers in heatwave
In Cardiff, Roath Park’s Emmenopterys henryi bloomed here for the first time this summer, says the BBC…
Home built around an oak tree
Featured in Dezeen is a home designed around a tree in Austin, Texas, by Alterstudio…
Kangaroo bounces back
The tree kangaroo, thought to be extinct, was captured on film by an amateur photographer in New Guinea, reports Mail Online…
Forest ape wildfire alert
Teams from International Animal Rescue are preparing to save endangered orangutans if wildfires return to Borneo, says the Express…
German forest blazes
In late August firefighters battled a huge forest blaze near Berlin, reported the BBC…
Chirundu fossil forest still with us
In Zambia the petrified remains of 150-million-year-old trees can be seen in and among the houses of the local villagers says Atlas Obscura…
Global tree cover increases
According to a report in the Independent an increase in trees in regions which were previously too cold is offsetting losses in the tropics…
Forests mapped in 3D
A Munich University of Applied Science project is looking at large-scale 3D mapping of forests, including essential ‘dead’ trees, reports Open Access Government…
Research links land and sea conservation
Phys.org looks at the work of scientists in Fiji who say forest conservation also helps coral reefs…
Europe helps restore Welsh rainforest
Almost £9m will be spent to protect wet and temperate forests from invasive species, reports the Guardian…
Norwegian soldier left his mark
Etchings on a Scottish tree are believed to have been written during World War II by a Norwegian soldier – they say ‘Down with Quisling’, according to the Press and Journal…
Castle with its own fire-breathing tree dragon
Castell Gyrn is a small modern ‘castle’ in North Wales – and it’s for sale, according to House Beautiful…
And finally…
The tree that bleeds metal
The BBC reports on Pycnandra acuminata, a south Pacific tree that uses nickel in its latex to defend against insects…
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