How we measure impact: Monitoring and Evaluation
There’s an important topic in forest restoration that often gets overshadowed by the excitement of setting new records for the number of trees planted. The truth is, growing trees and nurturing new forests require ongoing attention and care: and that’s why monitoring and evaluating (M&E) activities play such a crucial role in ensuring the success of tree-planting initiatives.
The 2023 planting season starts in Desa’a
This summer the rains in Tigray started early, so at the beginning of June the communities and team hurried to take advantage and start preparing for planting.
Forestry bees: how bees help trees
Everyone knows that bees play a vital role in pollination. Indeed, 80% of flowering plants depend upon bees for pollination. And we all know that bees feed on pollen and nectar from flowers – often prodigious quantities. But did you know that forestry bees can be useful for reforestation too?
Healthy forests, healthy people
Forests are essential to the well-being of present and future generations.
“Conservationists assist a forest reserve in Zambia to regrow itself“
Our Katanino project is the focus of an article in Mongabay, the nonprofit environmental science and conservation news platform, today.
Our favourite trees: Araucaria species
It’s summer in the Atlantic Forest. As thousands of birds, animals and insects begin their nightshift, an ancient Araucaria angustifolia pierces the skies above. Its evergreen limbs offer year-round shelter to wildlife below, stretching as high as 40 metres in a perfect star-shaped symmetry that remains unchanged for over 250 million years.
How can we make the Great Green Wall a reality?
How do we bring the desert to life again?
Thanks to you, amazing things happened this year!
Over 9600 hectares were restored during 2022 – that’s almost 13.5 million trees.
NASA lands in our Senegal project sites
Our restoration sites in Senegal had some very special visitors in August!
Offsetting our way out of the climate crisis isn’t possible or credible
John Oliver’s sketch, aired last week, threw a comic light on the world of carbon offsets; some criticisms of which we agree with. While it threw into doubt the validity of carbon offsets and claims, it also potentially damaged the credibility of any corporate climate action. And that’s not helpful.
