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Tree of The Year Europe

The Tree of the year award winners for 2021 are in! Now in its 11th year, the awards which The Environmental Partnership Association organises aims to search for trees across the continent with the most interesting stories behind them.

How Deforestation is Affecting our Planet

Thankfully, forests still cover about 30% of the land, but the rates they are disappearing at are alarming. Between 1990 and 2016, the world lost 1.3 million square kilometres of trees. To put that into perspective, that’s an area larger than South Africa.

How Trees Communicate

Today, we want to take a look at the inherent interconnectivity of trees, so we can better understand and appreciate the variety of things they do for us.

Spotlight on Species: Chestnut

While there are many types of chestnut trees including American, Asian, and European, we are going to be focusing on the Sweet Chestnut, as it is the most commonly used variety in timber construction projects.

Spotlight on Species – Opepe

The botanical name of Opepe is Nauclea diderrichii. Opepe is a member of the Rubiaceae family. The original name of the tree is Bilinga, but is known as Opepe in England and Aloma in Germany.

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