News & Blog – September 2021

A call for global action to save the world’s threatened trees

Posted on by Sarah Pocock

  The State of the World’s Trees shows that one-third of tree species are threatened with extinction. Although this news shows the significance of the global challenge, successful GTC projects from the past 20 years demonstrate that we can effectively protect and conserve threatened tree species. Now is the time for global action. In Securing…

New report reveals one third of tree species threatened with extinction

Posted on by Sarah Pocock

  In a new report published today, the State of the World’s Trees shows that 30% of all tree species – more than 17,500 species – are threatened with extinction. That is more than double the total number of globally threatened mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians.  Individual tree species play numerous economic, ecological and cultural…