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Planting 1-M coconut trees in Mindanao eyed

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 11 01:16 PM

Century Pacific said Wednesday it partnered with mobile wallet GCash and non-profit group HOPE to jointly plant 1 million coconut trees in Mindanao. Read more »

Pinoy volunteers sa New Zealand, nagtanim ng mga puno para sa kalikasan

Annalyn Mabini | TFC News New Zealand
Updated as of Aug 11 05:35 PM

Boluntaryong nagtanim ng iba’t ibang klase ng canopy trees ang mga Pinoy sa Waitawa Regional Park sa Auckland nitong ika-8 ng Agosto, 2021.  Read more »

Home improvement retailer MR. DIY eyes 200th branch this year, plus online store

Nika Lazo, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Feb 02 08:29 PM

MR. DIY, a home improvement retail brand from Malaysia, is eyeing to have a total of 200 stores this year in the Philippines after already having opened more than a hundred branches. Read more »

LTFRB to transport franchise applicants: Plant trees first

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 21 08:09 PM

The LTFRB's target? Plant at least 50,000 trees.  Read more »

'Biggest policy shift': Cimatu pushes to prioritize bamboo in tree-planting efforts

Katrina Domingo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 09 11:03 PM

Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu on Friday said the national government is undergoing its "biggest policy shift" in terms of its planting efforts by prioritizing the propagation of bamboo over lumber. Read more »

First Gen employees hold 'hi-tech' tree-planting activity, raises funds for indigents in Batangas town

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 26 06:12 AM

First Gen Corp employees held a "hi-tech" tree-planting activity, raising thousands of pesos for indigents in a Batangas town whose means of livelihood were hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

Tree-planting rush overlooks climate benefits from natural forest recovery

Michael Taylor, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Sep 24 04:26 AM

KUALA LUMPUR - Leaving cleared tropical forests to regrow naturally has the potential to absorb a quarter of global carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels each year, researchers said on Wednesday. Read more »

Aiming to be carbon-neutral? Don't rely on planting trees, scientists say

Laurie Goering, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Sep 23 01:28 PM

Taking better care of nature could absorb many more climate-changing emissions - but will only work if big companies simultaneously slash their own emissions and focus on boosting biodiversity, not just planting trees, scientists warned.   Read more »

Adopt a tree: Help save the environment, have a tree 'named' after you

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Sep 11 11:08 PM

The campaign targets to plant 8,000 additional forest trees with the help of organizations and Filipinos who care for the environment.  Read more »

Nestle vows to plant 3 million trees in Mexico, Brazil to help set off emissions

Daina Beth Solomon, Reuters
Posted at Mar 05 08:17 AM

Nestle SA is launching a reforestation project to plant at least 3 million trees in Mexico and Brazil in the next year and a half as the Swiss food group strives for carbon neutrality by 2050, executives told Reuters. Read more »

Ethiopia plants 350 million trees in one day to combat climate change

ETV/Oromia Media Network via Reuters
Posted at Jul 30 08:36 PM

Ethiopia has planted 350 million trees in one day to combat climate change and desertification, the government said on Monday (July 29).   Read more »

Paggunita sa ika-29 anibersaryo ng 1990 Luzon quake, idinaan sa tree planting

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 17 01:04 AM

Sa paggunita ng ika-29 na anibersaryo ng 1990 killer earthquake, nagtanim ng puno ang mga taga-Baguio bilang pag-alaala sa mga nasawi sa lindol. Read more »

App gamifies tree planting, aims to plant 365,000 trees in Ipo watershed

Kristine Sabillo, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 25 11:16 PM

MANILA—Every year, the Philippines loses 47,000 hectares of forest cover.   Read more »