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.
Wanaka tree is star of Instagram
A partially submerged willow tree standing alone in Lake Wanaka, New Zealand, has become an Instagram celebrity – See The South Island finds out what all the fuss is about…
Picture contest celebrates oaks
Check out all the winners of the International Garden Photographer of the Year Action Oak competition. This is Oak Sunrise by Alan Price…
Why the British love the oak tree
In a similar vein, The Glorious Life of the Oak by John Lewis-Stempel is reviewed by The Spectator…
Yiaku people defend Kenya’s forests
Mukogodo Forest in central Kenya is home to 45 mammal species, including threatened elephants, buffaloes and leopards, as well as around 200 bird and 100 butterfly species – Intercontinental Cry reports on its guardians…
Homes destroyed but trees still stand
Analysis of the terrible fires that killed so many in Paradise, California, suggests that the blaze spread from home to home, not tree to tree, according to govtech.com…
Muddled understanding of wildfires
After Donald Trump’s comments blaming forestry managers for the Paradise wildfires, The Conversation suggests how good management can reduce the risks…
Studying tropical tree mortality
A study by scientists at UNSW Sydney, Macquarie University, data61 and the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute has shown why some tropical tree species die and others survive, reports phys.org…
£60m ‘greenery drive’ to plant 10m trees
Trees will be planted across England with the injection of new funding over five years, as part of what the government billed as its “drive to preserve the country’s greenery”, according to the Guardian…
Story behind Kambah’s killing tree
A chain devoured by a tree gives an insight into pastoral life in 1950s Australia, before the widespread use of refrigeration, writes Tim the Yowie Man in the Canberra Times…
First ‘Young People’s Forest’ to be created
Youngsters will be picking up shovels to help plant a quarter of a million trees to create the first Young People’s Forest, in Derbyshire, the Woodland Trust tells the Evening Mail…
The secret life of trees in autumn
Fall is the season to get lost in beautiful shades of reds, yellows and oranges – but do you know the science behind these vibrant displays, or the role fungi play in the season? A Guardian article sponsored by Yorkshire Tea…
Seeing tree roots under out streets
Here’s one I find interesting in my current Highways job – scientists who study trees in the urban environment have a great challenge when it comes to measuring and ‘seeing’ root growth underground – one answer is Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), reports Open Access Government…
New book on the ‘common heritage of mankind’
Ancient Woodlands and Trees: A Guide for Landscape Planners and Forest Managers is reviewed on the Global Landscapes Forum website…
Hong Kong plans to replace 100,000 trees
CNN reports that Typhoon Mangkhut was the strongest storm to hit Hong Kong since the city began keeping records. The city’s green spaces incurred the greatest damage…
Good-for-nothing tree makes good
Once upon a time, mesquites got no respect. Now these desert survivors are celebrated as a sustainable food source and a symbol of the Arizona borderlands, according to a new book by Gary Paul Nabhan, reviewed in Yes Magazine…
Queensland box trees lose to local species
In Claremont, Western Australia, Queensland box trees face axing in a two-year trial of felling and replacement with Western Australian species of more value, says the Western Suburbs Weekly…
Planting trees to slow down flood waters
The Cumbria Crack reports that 5,000 trees were planted in one day by the Eden River Trust and volunteers to reduce the risk of flooding in the Ullswater valley…
Warming planet kills iconic trees
National Geographic visits Alaska to check on the fate of yellow cedars…
Alaskan cedars survive in drier landscape
Meanwhile a swatch of yellow cedars survives a backburn in Oregon, according to the High Country News…
Railway wildlife is a valuable asset
A careful balance between railway ensuring passenger safety, reliability and protecting lineside wildlife and trees is at the core of the independent Vegetation Management Review undertaken for the UK Government…
Hugging exceptional trees in Hawaii
It may be over 150 feet tall, but the kapok tree (Ceiba pentandra) on Keeaumoku Street is still easy to miss, says Honolulu Civil Beat…
Beloved tree becomes a bench to remember
An ancient Northern Red Oak cut down because it was a safety hazard is becoming a sculpture with benches reports the Journal News in Hamilton, Ohio…
And finally…
Cat rescued from tree after six days
I do love am arboreal hero – after neighbours banded together, Silas Filgate, of Arborgates Tree Service, finally rescued a cat from a tree in Brattleboro, reports Vermont’s Bennington Banner…
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