Trees can tolerate a lot from Mother Nature, as the ice storm that hit eastern Ontario in April 2023 demonstrated, but eventually they can succumb to the elements and topple after exposure.

The idea is not new. In 1972, American law scholar Christopher Stone penned a visionary essay, Should Trees Have Standing?, in which he proposed granting nature rights.

Montreal, for example, plans to boost its tree canopy to 25 per cent, from 20 per cent, by 2025, and will plant 500,000 trees by 2030 on public and private land, with a focus on heat-vulnerable ...

A 42-hectare waterfront property on Galiano Island has been turned into a nature reserve. Dubbed the Talking Trees Nature Reserve, the parcel includes old-growth Douglas fir, 600 metres of ...