Last year, TREE was able to support the conservation of baobab trees in Tanzania through a donor’s generosity, and now the locals are planting new trees as well as saving big ones! Chris Simwinga, Co-founder and Programs Coordinator of Serengeti Eco Protection and Development Alliance (SEPDA TANZANIA)
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TREE Foundation founder and executive director Meg Lowman has received the Explorers Medal for her formidable career as an arbornaut — a lifetime dedicated to exploring the treetops and protecting trees and forests around the globe. In homage to her passion and love for creatures of the
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Each year, more of the Amazon rainforest, the largest on Earth, is destroyed as a result of deforestation, fires, and climate change. Not only does this affect the trees themselves, but it also impacts the animals that call this area home, such as orangutans, sloths, toucans, and
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Meg Lowman is well-known across the globe as an inspiring, motivating, fun, and educational speaker on the topic of forest and big tree conservation, tree canopy research, and canopy walkways. Renowned internationally as a pioneer in the field of forest canopy research ecology, she is an
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To read the official Announcement for the 8th International Canopy Conference in Chinese, please see the PDF below:
Read more →Forest Canopy as Integral Part of Conservation and Biogeography at International Canopy Conference Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China 15-19 October 2023 The venue: Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Menglun, Xishuangbanna, China The canopy is the defining component of any forest ecosystem and harbors a large share
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While TREE does not participate directly in reforestation or afforestation projects, there are many organizations which do. Please consider visiting Plant With Purpose (https://plantwithpurpose.org/), One Tree Planted (https://onetreeplanted.org), or the Arbor Day Foundation (https://www.arborday.org) for more information on planting trees and reforestation. TREE Foundation’s mission is focused
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Meg Lowman, Executive Director of the TREE Foundation and founder of Mission Green, has been awarded The Explorers Medal for 2023 from The Explorers Club, a multidisciplinary, professional society dedicated to the advancement of field research, scientific exploration and resource conservation. Nicknamed the “real-life Lorax” by National
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In 2022, Meg Lowman participated in Indiana University’s celebration of National Day on Writing. The University kindly shared students’ writing about nature with the TREE Foundation. Read these powerful and personal perspectives that showcase the impact nature has on growing minds! ??
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1) CLEANING THE ATMOSPHERE: Canopy walkways are typically constructed in heavily forested areas populated with mature trees. Trees, especially fully-grown mature trees, are literally the lungs of the Earth, without which all its beloved species of creatures, plus the human race, would ultimately wither and die. Trees
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