Find your starting point
Small actions.
Deep roots.
Give your time to nature.
Start with a local conservation group and find a supervised restoration activity that suits your skills.
- Look for native woodland restoration groups in your area.
- Ask about planting, seed collection, or habitat-care days.
- Check site permissions, safety guidance, and seasonal needs.
Make room for native life.
Your garden or community green space can become part of a more connected landscape.
- Identify plants native to your region with local expert guidance.
- Choose species that suit your soil, space, and climate.
- Protect existing habitats and avoid invasive species.
Shop like forests depend on it.
Agriculture is the leading cause of tropical tree cover loss. From December 2026, the EU Deforestation Regulation requires companies to prove that products such as coffee, cocoa, soy, palm oil, beef, rubber and wood come from land not deforested after 2020.
- Ask brands how they verify deforestation-free supply chains.
- Prefer FSC-certified wood and paper, and local timber where possible.
- Buy less, repair more: durable products need fewer new trees.
Beyond the planting day
Where your actions connect.
The reports in our forest news are built on data, policies and people. Each of them has a place for you — as a voice in public consultations, as an observer of local wildlife, or as a watchful neighbour of the forest down the road.
Shape your country’s restoration plan
Twenty EU countries missed the September 2026 deadline for draft nature restoration plans. Public consultations are still open in many of them — a letter or a comment from a local group can help put native woodland on the map.
Count what lives near you
Monitoring underpins every index in our news. Record birds, beetles and fungi with local naturalist groups; long-term citizen data helps scientists see where nature is recovering.
Keep watch on your local forest
After a season of snow and storm damage, Swiss forest scientists urge consistent monitoring and fast action on new bark beetle infestations. Report unusual dieback to your forest service.
Your questions have power
Four questions
to ask a brand.
From December 2026, companies placing commodities such as coffee, cocoa, soy, palm oil, cattle, rubber and wood on the EU market must show they did not come from recently deforested land. The EU’s information system for due-diligence statements reopened in June 2026, with simplified declarations for micro and small primary producers.
The rules have gaps — leather and several rubber goods were removed from the scope in 2026 — so customer questions still matter. Brands that can answer clearly are usually the ones doing the work.
- Can you show where the wood, cocoa, coffee, soy, palm oil, rubber or beef in this product was produced?
- How do you verify that the land was not deforested after 31 December 2020, the regulation’s cut-off date?
- Are you registered in the EU’s information system for due-diligence statements?
- Which certification, if any, backs your claims — and what does it actually check?
Our shared responsibility
Leave a world that keeps growing.
Care for what’s already here. Restore what’s been lost. Make space for what comes next.