Thinking that soils are more fertile up the mountain, farmers relocate to the middle of the Forest Reserve, easily 4 hours walk from the nearest community school or health outpost.
Continue readingHow the miombo forest is degraded in Mafinga
A flower that likes heights
Dissotidendron lanatum is an endemic plant which is localised but common in the Mafinga mountains.
Continue reading“The Earth is our travel companion”
It’s the International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, and planting is in full swing at our project sites in Senegal. With local partner Oceanium, we’re replanting over 7000 hectares of mangroves in the first three-year phase and eventually 16,000 hectares in what’s hoped to become the largest carbon-certified mangrove project in the world. Check out our new Senegal project video!
Continue readingAtlantic Forest Day 2021
This Atlantic Forest Day, meet Cris, WeForest’s Brazil Manager.
Continue readingMangroves projects on Ubani TV
Our mangroves projects with Oceanium – and WeForest’s Senegal Manager Germaine Ebong – appear on online television channel Ubani TV, which is run by young people from the country’s Ziguinchor region.
Support WeForest in saving 23,000 farmers’ families from poverty and starvation
With two million dollars, WeForest can buy enough seeds and material for over 110,000 people so they can plant in May, harvest in November and feed their families for at least a year. This urgent intervention will make a real difference and save 23,000 farmers’ family from further cycles of poverty and starvation.
Continue readingCommunity-led efforts will be key to completing the Great Green Wall
An article in Science confirms that farmer-managed natural regeneration is crucial to the success of Africa’s Great Green Wall, which aims to transform the lives of some 100 million people by planting trees, shrubs and grasses over 8000 kilometers by 2030.
Continue readingTen golden rules? Call it twelve
The organisers of this week’s Reforestation for Biodiversity, Carbon Capture and Livelihoods conference, RBG Kew, have outlined the ten ‘golden rules’ for tree planting which must be a top priority for all nations this decade. WeForest wholeheartedly agrees – so much so that we’re expanding on the list here, with some of our own experience.
Continue readingMiracle mangroves: restoring Senegal’s spectacular landscapes
Of all the forests, mangroves are probably the most impressive. These tropical trees and shrubs that thrive in salty, coastal waters act as natural climate regulators, and are essential for biodiversity and as sources of freshwater and income for the local people.
Continue readingNew Tietê Forests project will pioneer a herbicide-free approach
A new restoration project on the edges of the Atlantic Biome’s Tietê river, a crucial resource that serves the state of São Paulo, will protect water resources and establish wildlife corridors – as well as exploring ways to reduce the use of herbicides, with the ultimate goal of going fully organic.
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