Ground Truth Forest News

Money’s flowing into forests! 🌳💰 $64M for U.S. reforestation, $143M CIF boost for Brazil, Kenya & Zambezi, and Brunei’s BND480M green push. Plus, sustainable bonds hit $1.1T—can they keep delivering? Where’s it all going? 🌱🔗 #USA #Brazil #Kenya #Brunei #Zambezi #reforestation #forestfinance #ESG

As many of you are aware, President Donald Trump's tariffs officially went into effect yesterday, March 4, foreshadowing significant challenges for our sector. The 25% across-the-board tariff on all Canadian exports, along with a 10% tariff on Canadian energy, adds an extra layer of difficulty to the already complex landscape of our industry.     During these difficult times, it becomes ever more important for us to dial in on what we can control as individuals and as a community. We encourage everyone to actively support the Nova Scotia Loyal Program, which is designed to help Nova Scotians identify locally made products. In addition to this, raising awareness of the new NS Guard Program, which is set to provide vital assistance during emergencies and extreme weather events, such as wildfires, floods, blizzards, and hurricanes, will serve as an asset to our sector.      Together, we can unite to safeguard our industry and ensure the long-term viability of forestry in Nova Scotia. Let's rally around one another and support our collective efforts.    Check out links to relevant tariff resources here: https://lnkd.in/gdQJq4qW

Can open-source tech fix sustainability’s transparency problem? Tobias Augspurger (PhD) Augspurger thinks so. #opensource #sustainability #reforestation https://lnkd.in/eKqfM9t9

Planting trees can really tire you out. Canadian tree planters often plant 2000-3000 a day, for an annual total of 700 million per year. Here’s our senior content writer, Stewart Mior, after planting less than 1000. (Stew usually plants 3000 per day nowadays, but in this photo he was still learning) (Also I dress way better now)

please share: I am recruiting for a PhD student to join my lab for fall 2025. I am interested in finding someone who is passionate about applying models to study plant ecology. Potential study systems include urban environments, sagebrush steppe, and tropical forest. Learn more at: https://lnkd.in/gMQHwgVA

🌍 From Canada’s 250,000 new trees to Cuba’s climate fight, Fiji’s tree survival struggle, and Africa’s Great Green Wall mystery—this week’s Forest News has it all. 🌲🔥💡 Who’s winning the reforestation race, and who’s stuck in the weeds? Find out here. #ClimateAction #Forests #Reforestation

Big money is flowing into climate action—Australia’s dropping KES 287M on Kenya’s forests, Salesforce is planting trees, and Minnesota is battling killer bugs. 🌱💰 But is it all impact or just PR? Let’s break it down. #Reforestation #ClimateFinance 👉👉 Read more:

For all you transparency enthusiasts out there, thank you 🙏🌲️. We got this. Aida Greenbury and this piece on transparency by Ron Volpe put it eloquently: “Everything is traceable, if you want it to be.” Also the main reasons why companies aren't transparent are "cost and risk... risk of revealing what is really going on in their supply chains." That's why transparency is great for business. It's a positive feedback loop that improves trust which increases investment and revenue which raises the bar and so on. I'll add that trees are the easiest supply chain to trace because... trees don't move! 🛞️🌲️ Check out https://lnkd.in/eDVCcqW2 and our transparency publication https://groundtruth.app/

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Is the Great Green Wall really 15% complete? Satellite data suggests progress, but the numbers haven’t updated since 2019. Transparency is key to tracking real impact. Read more: https://lnkd.in/eXRiNcfV #GreatGreenWall #FactCheck #Africa #reforestation #afforestation