World Animal Day 2021
October 4th is World Animal Day, an international day of action for animal rights and welfare.
An exciting new phase in Amhara
Our work in Amhara is now moving from Machakel to neighbouring Jabi-Tehnan (West Gojjam province).
UN Convention to Combat Desertification
On April 10 our CEO will be a speaker at the UNCCD event.
The threat of frequent fires
Fire is a significant threat to biodiversity and ecosystem services up on the plateau.
How the miombo forest is degraded in Mafinga
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.
A flower that likes heights
Dissotidendron lanatum is an endemic plant which is localised but common in the Mafinga mountains.
“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!
Atlantic Forest Day 2021
This Atlantic Forest Day, meet Cris, WeForest’s Brazil Manager.
Mangroves 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.
