Better logging practices are just one way that Gabon hopes to develop while still battling climate change, write Lee White and Tanguy Gahouma.

As Ireland continues to fail to meet its forestry targets, efforts are being redoubled to urge people to plant more trees, writes Donal Hickey

Cork City Council has said it has not been contacted by insurance companies following reports that local authorities have been offered lower premiums to cut down trees.

1,000 trees could be felled in Shankill in Dublin to make way for Bus Connects.

On a recent radio programme, an eminent environmental scientist claimed that the single most effective “tool” we have to combat the threat of climate change is: the tree. Trees are highly successful in removing carbon from the atmosphere — natural carbon extraction!

Under the proposals up to 1,400 people could also lose part of their gardens.

Cork City Council says it plants around 200 trees a year, amid criticism that the local authority is cutting down plantlife to the detriment of the city centre’s environs.

Trees that were taken down from one of Cork’s main thoroughfares were removed due to health and safety concerns, according to the City Council.

It is essential for landowners to check their lands for dangerous or falling trees

You can lead a farmer to water but you can’t make him drink.