Tree planting

A child climbs on a royal poinciana tree to pluck new blossoms on Earth Day, April 22, 2020, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (CNS/Reuters/Mohammad Ponir Hossain)

In Bangladesh, Catholics plant Laudato Si' trees to buffer against storms

Deforestation has decreased natural protection from storms in Bangladesh. The Catholic Church is trying to change that, with a goal of planting 700,000 trees for the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis' environmental encyclical.

About 100,000 farmers in four countries are part of The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program, or TIST, which allows individuals and corporations to fund trees that are used as part of a carbon-offset market. (The TIST Program)
Justice

5,000 trees link Virginia parish with Kenyan farmers

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Sustainable land use urged to ease growing threats to food, water

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