Tree uprooting is a fundamental disturbance process in forest ecosystems, resulting from the mechanical failure of root systems under the influence of wind, soil saturation, pathogens or decay. When a ...

Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday began uprooting dozens of olive trees along the colonial road adjacent to the town of Deir Istiya, northwest of Salfit in the central occupied West Bank. Local ...

Every year, Khaled Shamlawi harvests olives from his small grove of dozens of trees a few hundred meters from his home in the West Bank village of Haris, near the city-settlement of Ariel south of ...