The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has released a new plan to protect the state’s iconic Joshua trees, which are imperiled by wildfires, human development and climate change. “In many ways, it’s a good comprehensive plan of the things we need to do if the western Joshua tree is going to survive the very, very difficult decades ahead,” said …
“Plant a tree” is a carelessly worded slogan, botanists will tell you. New developments — housing and infrastructure projects, roads, settlements — that cut across primary forests “make up for it” by “planting trees” elsewhere. “Unfortunately there is lack of foresight when it comes to figuring out what needs to be done for these programmes to work,” said Manan Bhan, …
