Reforestation, particularly in tropical regions, is a vital tool in addressing the climate crisis by restoring forests that have suffered extensive destruction and biodiversity loss. Once covering 12% of the world’s landmass, tropical forests now cover just 5%. Through planting ecologically appropriate trees, supporting local communities, and protecting new growth, reforestation promotes biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and numerous other benefits. Trees provide habitat and food for wildlife, stabilise soil, purify air and water, offer sustainable products for local people, protect coastlines, and even support mental health. Since 2021, Time Health has committed to planting a tree with every order, funding over 100,000 trees worldwide with the support of our customers.

The ocean acts as a major carbon sink, with coastal ecosystems such as mangroves, salt marshes, and seagrasses absorbing and storing vast amounts of carbon in soil and sediment. These blue carbon ecosystems can store up to five times more carbon than tropical forests while also supporting biodiversity, protecting coastlines, and sustaining local livelihoods. Restoring and protecting degraded coastal wetlands not only reduces greenhouse gas emissions but also strengthens their role in climate adaptation and sustainable development. By funding mangrove development projects, we help safeguard these vital ecosystems so they can continue to thrive as long-term carbon sinks.

Rewilding is the restoration of ecosystems to a state where nature can take care of itself, with minimal human intervention. It focuses on reinstating natural processes and, where possible, missing species, without aiming for a fixed end point. All degraded ecosystems can be rewilded, and in the UK, restoring six million hectares of woodland, peat bogs, heaths, and grasslands could sequester 47 million tonnes of CO₂ annually. In forests, rewilding often means allowing land to revert naturally, enabling trees, soil, and vegetation to absorb carbon while restoring vital ecosystem functions. For example, at Ecologi’s forest sites in Dalry, Scotland, woolly pigs are used to churn soil and clear bracken, improving biodiversity and creating conditions for new growth.