On January 11, 2022, CanopyMeg and Earth Sister Jane Goodall joined forces in their fight for the health of this planet and the future of humankind through a joint statement titled To Avert A Climate Catastrophe, We Have To Save The World’s Big Trees in the Miami
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On September 22, 2021 Executive Director Meg Lowman was interviewed by SRQ Magazine about TREE Foundation’s Malaysian Walkway being officially named a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Pictured is the Penang Hill Biosphere Reserve in Penang Island, Malaysia. Here is a sneak peek into the article: “Dr. Meg
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The Tree Foundation is fortunate enough to have four fabulous summer interns working diligently — and virtually — on researching and creating shareable resources to help us all become activists for forest conservation and environmental justice. Please join us Wednesday July 29 — 5:30-6;30 PM EST —
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To celebrate Earth Day, CanopyMeg and Sylvia A. Earle are teaming up on Mission Green and Mission Blue! From the Miami Herald: Ten years ago, Earle launched Mission Blue to inspire action to explore and protect the ocean, which now features more than a hundred “Hope Spots,”
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TREE Foundation is grateful to National Geographic for finding biodiversity surveys in endangered Ethiopian church forests. Read about our herpetology expedition, and help us save the last 3% forests (aka Noah’s Ark) fragments in Ethiopia. (Hi-Res Version)
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Local families from Sarasota-Manatee VillageLearners enjoyed a guided walk to the Canopy Walkway at Myakka River State Park led by Dr. Margaret “CanopyMeg” Lowman, Executive Director of TREE Foundation. The children and their families learned about the history and importance of canopy walkways, similar projects around the
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We’ve now been in the field for about 2 weeks, and have visited 6 different church forests in the South Gondar region. Every day brings new discoveries, underscoring how much there is still to learn about the ecology of these ecosystems. As of this day, we’ve recorded
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Arriving back in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, I was struck by the transformation of the landscape relative to my last visit in the dry season. The barren red soil that once dominated has been replaced with lush green carpets of grass, wildflowers, and burgeoning croplands. I’ve come here
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“If you see a forest in Ethiopia, you know there is very likely to be a church in the middle,” writes Alison Abbott in Nature. “…These small but fertile oases — which number around 35,000 and are dotted across the country — are some of the last
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