As such, promoting fast-growing trees could strengthen efforts to mitigate climate change. This raises a key question for forest managers: which tree species have the greatest mitigation potential?

Pieter A. Zuidema is in the Forest Ecology and Forest Management group, Wageningen University & Research, 6700 AA Wageningen, the Netherlands. Augusto and co-workers reach their remarkable ...

The 300-year-old winner is a beloved symbol of its local community The Heart of the Dalkowskie Hills, a breathtaking 300-year-old beech, has won Poland the European Tree of the Year award for the ...

The Heart of the Dalkowskie Hills, a breathtaking 300-year-old beech, has won Poland the European Tree of the Year award for the fourth consecutive time. Standing tall in Dalków's historic park ...

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