The boreal forest in northern Canada is being threatened by logging and other development by the forest industry. Greenpeace is warning that these practices will release the stored carbon into the the atmosphere, accelerating global warming.

A grassroots campaign to plant trees around the globe has announced that it is raising its target from 1 billion trees to 7 billion trees, the United Nations announced today.

The campaign, which is under the patronage of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and Kenyan Green Belt Movement founder Professor Wangari Maathai and Prince Albert II of Monaco, also announced today that in 18 months it has seen two billion trees planted, double its original target.

A new UK based company seeks to plant two trees for every 1000 searches on their newly launched search engine. Idea being that using their engine is the green way of finding information on the web.

The seventh Harry Potter book, Deathly Hallows, choses to print on forest-friendly paper (recycled or Ancient Forest Friendly). Deathly Hallows is expected to sell 1.2 million copies and printing on “friendlier” paper will result in 200,000 fewer trees cut down to feed demand.

The province of Ontario is planning to spend $79 million to plant 50 million trees, as a contribution to the UN’s 1 billion trees campaign.

IATA, the global airline body representing 240 airlines announced its plan to convert to electronic tickets by June 1, 2008. This change will not only cut airlines’ costs ($9 per traveler) but also save 50,000 mature trees a year.