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Nearly half of all the trees planted as part of restoration programmes in tropical forests in Asia do not survive more than five years, research has revealed. A team of international experts from 29 universities and research centres, analysed data from 176 forest restoration sites in Asia. They found that 18% of saplings died within the first year of being planted, while after five years the figure was 44%. Dr Lindsay Banin is from the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology and one of the researchers. She told Newsday: “Part of the challenge is…the aftercare of these planted trees, so really nurturing them after they’ve been planted.” (Picture: Aerial photo taken on March 11th 2022 shows volunteers planting trees in Fengfeng Mining Area of Handan City, North China's Hebei Province. Credit: Costfoto / Future Publishing via Getty Images.)