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University of Queensland research shows emissions from the global chocolate industry could be reduced by growing more shade trees over farms in the region that supplies 60% of the world's cocoa.

Ethiopia has launched a national campaign to plant 700 million trees in one day. The ambitious goal, announced Thursday, is ...

In 2009, one study calculated that the program had only offset about 10 percent of the coal plant’s emissions. Such problems have continued to plague tree-planting projects.

A version of this article appears in print on March 15, 2022, Section A, Page 7 of the New York edition with the headline: Global Boom in Tree Planting Has Potential to Help, and to Harm.

The first step of proper tree planting is to select the tree type and decide where it should go. You can find that info in last week’s column. Today, the subject is preparing the hole properly.

A properly planted tree sits with its root flair visible when you’re done planting. You can’t determine how deep to dig your hole until you find the root flair.

Applications for EcoAction Arlington’s biannual Tree Planting Program and Tree Canopy Equity Program close next Monday, June 23. The nonprofit plans to plant 200 trees and 50 shrubs across the ...

Planting trees is an act of hope. You’re going through the trouble of planting it now hoping this tree will benefit someone in the future. Pessimists make poor arborists. And so do procrastinators.