The mentality that a dead forest is worth more than a live one must be changed if woodland areas are to be saved and climate change tackled.

Nature lovers from across the Midlands gathered in Leicestershire yesterday for the fifth annual National Forest Wood Fair.

A school teacher from Chester is taking to the Fourth Plinth today (August 27th) in Trafalgar Square on behalf of the Woodland Trust.

A luxury resort planned for Perthshire in Scotland has sparked concerns over a section of ancient forest.

A £450 grant has been awarded to a conservation group in Somerset in an effort to create a better habitat for wildlife in Clevedon Court Woods.

Eco friendly residents of Dungarpur in southern India were attempting to set a Guinness World Record yesterday by planting 600,000 trees in a single day.

Woodlands across Britain have suffered from a huge drop-off in diversity and character over the past 70 years, it has been warned.

The Forest of Galtres festival is planning to give a helping hand to the ancient woodland in the surrounding area with its 'plant a tree' scheme.

Tens of thousands of ancient trees in Britain are to be surveyed by the National Trust in an effort to preserve their future.

Alison Patel writes: A garden without a tree is lacking something and even poeple with small outside spaces can cope with a birch or a mountain ash.

Leicester gardeners are being offered the chance to win £200 worth of vouchers for the National Garden Centre, simply for taking unwanted trees to one of the county's 14 recycling and household waste sites.

Conservation group the Woodland Trust is appealing to gardeners to investigate and report any significant changes in their garden's ecosystem which could have been caused by climate change.