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Tuesday, Aug 6

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Borno to tackle desertification with 10 million trees

punchng.com

The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Tuesday unveiled the state’s 2024 tree-planting exercise with 10 million assorted seedlings aimed at controlling desertification in the state. The largest tree-planting campaign in Nigeria’s…

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Borno govt plants 10 million trees to fight desertification

tribuneonlineng.com

Tribune Online; Borno govt plants 10 million trees to fight desertification

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Forest Department approves cutting of 1,118 trees in Kodagu plantation; environmentalists cry foul

www.thehindu.com

Decision permits removal of 864 trees, including 254 rosewood trees, in Nokya near Siddapura village of Ponnampet taluk in south Kodagu

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Roadworks to remove trees leave long lines of traffic in Wolverhampton

Motorists are set to face delays along a busy section of road due to temporary traffic lights.

Residents of Wawasua in Sunyani climb trees to make calls

www.pulse.com.gh

In Wawasua, a predominantly rural community in the Sunyani East Municipality of the Bono Region, unreliable telecommunication network coverage has become a significant challenge.

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Cinematic platformer Bionic Bay is incredibly impressive even beyond its 250,000 pixel trees

Cinematic platformer Bionic Bay opens on a scene of a very large egg doing very bad things - easily my third favourite genre of speculative fiction. You awake to a world of tree trunks that twist like viscera and corroded contraptions…

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A Tour of L.A.’s Neighborhood Trees

www.nytimes.com

There are palms, of course. But the city has one of the most diverse urban forests in the world and each neighborhood has its own characteristic plantings. Just follow the greenery.

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‘It’s very sentimental’: Memorial trees vandalized by driver in Wayne County devastate families

Several Rockwood families are heartbroken after a vandal destroyed more than a dozen trees at Mercure Park in Wayne County.

Business News | EcoMatcher and VNV Advisory Announce Strategic Partnership to Launch TREES+, Certified Transparent Tree Planting Projects

www.latestly.com

Get latest articles and stories on Business at LatestLY. Hong Kong/ Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], August 6: EcoMatcher Limited, a leading provider of digital tree-planting technology solutions, and VNV Advisory Services, an authority in…

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Majority of trees in NYC could be making air quality worse: Columbia researchers

nypost.com

"We’re all for planting more trees. They bring so many good things. But if we’re not careful, we could make air quality worse.”

Monday, Aug 5

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Nassau County sees downed trees, powerlines due to Tropical Storm Debby

www.news4jax.com

A spokesperson with Nassau County Emergency Management told News4JAX on Monday that local officials received a handful of reports of washed-out culverts, downed trees, and downed powerlines as Tropical Storm Debby brought wind and rain.

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Trees set to be replaced at popular park after 'dangerous' inspection

'We would always seek to replace any trees that need to be removed'

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Winds from Debby topple trees, power lines in parts of Marion County

Marion County experienced significant power outages as the storm made landfall near Steinhatchee in Florida’s Big Bend area.

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Dollar Tree’s $1.25 bathroom essential is flying off shelves – it’s a perfect dupe for Vaseline but 88% cheaper

www.the-sun.com

YOU might be able to score a wallet-friendly skincare product at Dollar Tree for less than the name brand.

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Types of people you meet on the Appalachian Trail (who are not trees)

What does your brain do when you’re hiking along endlessly, mile after mile? It makes lists.

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The Weak and the Wicked/No Trees in the Street review – tough, old school British drama

www.theguardian.com

★★★★☆ / ★★★☆☆ Two of J Lee Thompson’s early films – a gritty women’s prison drama and a postwar crime thriller – serve as a reminder that the director deserves more kudos as an artist

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Invasive beetle found for first time on Sitka spruce poses threat to Scotland's most widely planted trees

www.scotsman.com

The forestry industry has been urged to be vigilant since the new finding.