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Happy World Bee Day - 5 Fast Facts About Honeybees

Bees are some of the most important creatures in the animal kingdom. They are pollinators, who ensure food security and contribute significantly to the mitigation of climate change and the conservation of the environment. Pollinators such as bees, birds, and bats, affect 35 percent of the world's crop production, increasing the outputs of 87 of the leading food crops worldwide.

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Tree Planting, Phantom Trees and how Cloudforests are different

Phantom forests are forests which have either failed to come to fruition either because they have died or they have been lost through deforestation. The Philippine's National Greening Programme, which we spoke about earlier, is a prime example of a phantom forest, which was doomed to fail from the beginning. 

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The Scots Pine Tree

Overall, the Scots Pine is a very hardy species and can grow in rocky, sandy, or shallower soils, that have a limited reservoir of nutrients and water available to plants. It has been known to grow for up to 700 years in parts of Sweden & Norway. Mature trees can grow up to around 35 meters.

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OptoSafe Ireland announced as CoolPartner 035

We are 035 - A very big welcome to Optosafe Ireland who joins our CoolPartner Community today, 28.04.22

Optosafe manufactures Solar powered CCTV towers and systems which are hired for construction projects nationwide. An incredible 90% of the Optosafe fleet of towers & systems are powered by Solar Power.

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Health Services Staffs Credit Union and Cloudforests announce a ‘One Current Account One Tree’ Planting Campaign

Another huge bit of news coming from our CoolPartner community this week as the Health Services Staffs Credit Union (CoolPartner 033) has announced: For Every Current Account Opened, They’re Planting One Tree

Here at Cloudforests, we’re proud to announce that we'll be working with the Health Services Staffs Credit Union (HSSCU) to bring this campaign to life, through the planting of The HSSCU Wood, in County Clare. HSSCU is the first Credit Union in Ireland to be involved with a project like this on such a scale

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IMS Organises Fundraiser Raffle For The Irish Refugee Council to Support Ukrainian Families

CoolPartner 014 IMS has organised a fundraiser raffle for the Irish Refugee Council to support Ukrainian families. This amazing charity raffle for Ukraine started last week with tons of incredible prizes up for grabs from some friends and partners of IMS with the draw being made this Friday. April 29th, 2022.

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