BUSINESS REFLECTION Loaded for Bear — bans on entering the woods in eastern Canada are signs of the climate crisis 4 min 2 By Ed Stoddard
TREES OF LIFE Wits researchers help create ‘most accurate maps yet’ of where reforestation can best fight climate change 3 min 0 By Ethan van Diemen
BURN NOTICE Fierce fires can help save the veld from bush encroachment and extinction, says top UCT ecologist 9 min 2 By Yves Vanderhaeghen
THE CONVERSATION Searching for a female partner for the world’s ‘loneliest’ plant 4 min 3 By Laura Cinti
ROVING REPORTERS Why a ‘fetish’ for forests might imperil conservation efforts 6 min 6 By Fred Kockott and Savannah Burns
THE CONVERSATION Discovering the forest wonders of Africa – and the threats they face 5 min 0 By Robert Nasi
GLOBAL EMISSIONS CRISIS Deforestation in 2021 caused greenhouse gas increases equivalent to India’s annual fossil fuel emissions 3 min 0 By Ethan van Diemen
SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS Sir David Attenborough explores the roots of all life in new BBC series, The Green Planet 4 min 2 By Onke Ngcuka
NATURAL WORLD Building back nature is more complicated than just planting trees 13 min 1 By Catherine Del Monte
STARK WORLD Quiver Trees – a succulent that would literally give an arm and a leg to survive 5 min 2 By Chris Marais and Julienne du Toit
NATURAL WORLD Uncovering an ancient subterranean society: Are plants using underground fungal networks to ‘communicate’? 11 min 3 By Catherine Del Monte
BOOK REVIEW The story of a forgotten forest fire stirs sparks of insight and provides hope in the Age of Covid 6 min 1 By Ed Stoddard
