Our current projects
We search globally for the best offsetting solutions, according to the different planting seasons.
Despite the COVID pandemic we are continuing to work together with our planting partners. This month we have contributed to new tree planting activities in Tanzania, Madagascar and Nepal, in addition to ongoing activities in the UK, Malawi and Kenya.
Despite the COVID pandemic we are continuing to work together with our planting partners. This month we have contributed to new tree planting activities in Tanzania, Madagascar and Nepal, in addition to ongoing activities in the UK, Malawi and Kenya.
United Kingdom
The UK produces over 400 million tonnes of CO2 per year, and faces environmental issues that are clear signs of climate change.
It is important that we help to combat the UK's increasing deforestation and help to decrease air pollution in the country. As we see an increase in trees within the UK, this will greatly help with:
It is important that we help to combat the UK's increasing deforestation and help to decrease air pollution in the country. As we see an increase in trees within the UK, this will greatly help with:
- Creating habitats for animals and increasing biodiversity
- Combating soil contamination, preventing soil erosion and increasing soil fertility
- Reducing flood risks
- Providing food and materials for us
- Fighting climate change and global warming
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Our tree planting partners in the UK have access to a growing number of land owners who are offering up their land for tree planting.
For our most recent Derbyshire project The Woodland Trust were brought on board to perform a survey and advise on the most suitable type of trees for the land. In this project we contributed to the cost of saplings supplied by the Woodland Trust, along with planting costs. Our tree planting partners provided on-site assistance with the planting. We've so far contributed to planting 1,500 trees on this site and aim to plant many more in the next planting season. We need to plant 1.5 billion more trees just in order to become carbon neutral, but of course our goal is to Become Carbon Negative. Currently, we are working with our planting partners to promote more tree planting and through donations plant trees across the UK. |
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Malawi
In Malawi, there are ongoing challenges of deforestation, constrained water resources and farming practices that lead to soil erosion and reduced soil fertility.
Scarce land resources, extreme poverty, and a rapidly growing population that largely depend on natural resources for subsistence cause additional challenges.
Our trees planting activities help benefit communities within Malawi who can benefit from many positives such as the growing of fresh fruit which provides both a source of food and income. It also reduce the pressure on the few remaining natural forests left in Malawi.
This is why we are working to ensure that more trees are planted in this area.
We are working with our planting partner, farmers and communities in Malawi who help with the planting and rapid growth of trees within existing forests. The aim is not to only assist the communities in planting trees but to also educate and promote the key benefits of tree planting in the future.
How Become Carbon Negative and our partner help:
Scarce land resources, extreme poverty, and a rapidly growing population that largely depend on natural resources for subsistence cause additional challenges.
Our trees planting activities help benefit communities within Malawi who can benefit from many positives such as the growing of fresh fruit which provides both a source of food and income. It also reduce the pressure on the few remaining natural forests left in Malawi.
This is why we are working to ensure that more trees are planted in this area.
We are working with our planting partner, farmers and communities in Malawi who help with the planting and rapid growth of trees within existing forests. The aim is not to only assist the communities in planting trees but to also educate and promote the key benefits of tree planting in the future.
How Become Carbon Negative and our partner help:
- We work alongside farmers and communities to build trees and fruit trees
- We support forests and protect existing trees
- Natural regeneration as a result of protecting existing forests
- The local community is also involved which is great!
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Our Malawi tree-planting project is one of the largest and most successful projects of this type in the country. It provides a long-term solution to fight the deforestation in Africa, caused by the destruction of indigenous forest.
The Malawi project has helped communities plant over 15 million trees, benefiting thousands of households, who can now enjoy fruit from fruit trees every year. Our tree-planting partners identify farmers and community groups who are able to grow seedlings and can care for the trees. They are then provided with relevant equipment and training. Working in partnership with communities and government departments educates the local communities on the benefits of conservation. Our aim is to continue supporting the communities to plant trees and educating them on the benefits of investing in tree planting for the future. |
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Kenya
In Kenya, there are many environmental issues such as deforestation, soil erosion which leads to negative effects such a polluted waterway and loss of biodiversity. A lot of these environmental issues will lead to extinction of animal species and devastating effects for the local community.
Kenya’s Kijabe Forest is a highland mosaic ‘Afro-alpine’ forest that was once dominated by trees. Currently only one-third of the original high-canopy forest still stands and provides important habitat for biodiversity. Increasing pressure for land poses significant threats to the region, leading to the over-extraction of resources and illegal timber harvesting.
It is important to plant trees here as the local communities depend on the trees for water, food, wood, and agriculture. Activities such as unlicensed timber harvesting, charcoal burning, forest cultivation and forest grazing mean that we need to repair this degraded forest land.
We are working closely with our partners to restore the forests and plant the trees that are needed for protecting Kenya’s vital ecosystem, whilst promoting environmental education and fostering sustainable livelihoods as well as combating global warming and climate change.
Planting trees in Kenya not only helps the environmental issues, but also helps local communities earn livelihoods from selling of the tree seedlings for the reforestation, joining in with the site preparations, pitting and more.
In order to plant trees in Kenya, our partners are working with Community Based Organizations. These help with raising and managing seedlings in the nurseries. Once the seedlings reach the transplanting heights, they are then transported and successfully planted in the forest.
Kenya’s Kijabe Forest is a highland mosaic ‘Afro-alpine’ forest that was once dominated by trees. Currently only one-third of the original high-canopy forest still stands and provides important habitat for biodiversity. Increasing pressure for land poses significant threats to the region, leading to the over-extraction of resources and illegal timber harvesting.
It is important to plant trees here as the local communities depend on the trees for water, food, wood, and agriculture. Activities such as unlicensed timber harvesting, charcoal burning, forest cultivation and forest grazing mean that we need to repair this degraded forest land.
We are working closely with our partners to restore the forests and plant the trees that are needed for protecting Kenya’s vital ecosystem, whilst promoting environmental education and fostering sustainable livelihoods as well as combating global warming and climate change.
Planting trees in Kenya not only helps the environmental issues, but also helps local communities earn livelihoods from selling of the tree seedlings for the reforestation, joining in with the site preparations, pitting and more.
In order to plant trees in Kenya, our partners are working with Community Based Organizations. These help with raising and managing seedlings in the nurseries. Once the seedlings reach the transplanting heights, they are then transported and successfully planted in the forest.
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We are currently working with communities living adjacent to Mount Kenya Forest to restore over 700 hectares of degraded forest lands. These lands experienced massive deforestation from early 1960s to late 1990s due to illegal activities such as unlicensed timber harvesting, charcoal burning, forest cultivation, cutting down trees for posts and forest grazing. Sadly, despite the intervention of the Kenya Forest Service to remove these illegal inhabitants from the forest, those forest lands never regenerated back .
Our tree-planting partners work with Community Based Organizations to restore these degraded forest lands. They participate in raising and managing seedlings in the nurseries. After these seedlings reach transplanting heights, they are transported and planted in the forest. Local communities earn livelihoods through selling of tree seedlings for reforestation and participating in site preparations, planting and site management. Planting trees in Kenya helps protect it's vital ecosystem, promotes environmental education, fosters sustainable livelihoods, and of course will ultimately help combat climate change and global warming. |
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Tanzania, Madagascar and Nepal
This month we have commenced new planting projects in Tanzania, Madagascar and Nepal. Further information and pictures will be appearing here soon! ...
Our Partners
Trees need to be planted responsibly. There are a lot of aspects that need to be considered when planting trees such as:
Become Carbon Negative sources tree-planting partners all over the world, only selecting the best tree-planting programs to help ensure you too can Become Carbon Negative.
- Ensuring trees are planted in the correct areas to avoid harming habitats
- Ensuring there is adequate water supply
- Ensuring water tables will not be disrupted by new tree growth
Become Carbon Negative sources tree-planting partners all over the world, only selecting the best tree-planting programs to help ensure you too can Become Carbon Negative.
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The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program, or TIST, is a comprehensive sustainable development program for developing-world locations. TIST farmers are successfully counteracting the devastating effects of deforestation, erosion, famine, droughts and floods through an innovative solution: planting millions of trees.
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The Sustainable Green Initiative (SGI) was set up with the sole objective of planting mostly fruit trees to fight hunger, poverty and climate change. The organization distributes, plants, and maintains fruit tree saplings in community lands, homesteads of marginal famers, and places such as orphanages, care homes and government schools.
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The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency of the US Department of Agriculture and it manages more than 150 national forests across 43 states.
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FNPW is the charity partner of Australia’s National Parks. They are a non-government organisation on a mission to safeguard wilderness and wildlife for future generations.
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AFR100 (the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative) is a country-led effort to bring 100 million hectares of land in Africa into restoration by 2030.
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The Albertine Rift Conservation Society (ARCOS Network) is a regional conservation organisation with the mission to enhance biodiversity conservation and sustainable management of natural resources in the Albertine Rift region, Africa Great Lakes region and African Mountains through the promotion of collaborative conservation actions for nature and people.
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SOS Sahel Ethiopia envisions a world without poverty and is dedicated to improve the living standards of smallholder farmers and marginalized pastoralists through better management of their environment. The work of SOS Sahel focuses on community-based natural resources management, food security, agriculture, policy analysis, value chain analysis and development, and pro-poor value chain development.
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The Kijabe Forest Trust works to protect, conserve, and restore the Kijabe Forest. Their activities safeguard water and other ecosystem services and enhance opportunities for sustainable livelihoods.
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One Tree Planted is a non-profit environmental charity on a mission of global reforestation. They work with awesome reforestations partners in North America, South America, Asia, and Africa who help get trees in the ground to restore forests after fires and floods, create jobs, build communities, and protect habitat for biodiversity.
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Oblong Trees are reaching out to over a million UK businesses, educating them on CO2 output and offering them solutions to offset their carbon footprint.
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The Jane Goodall Institute helps local communities to improve their health, education, and economic livelihoods in order to achieve protection of forest habitat. In conjunction with these efforts, which include livelihood options, reforestation and land-use planning. JGI works with local and international governments to support policy which emphasizes sustainable development.
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Over the years, Ripple Africa has developed from a small charity to a well-respected environment charity. As a result of deforestation in Malawi, their first environmental project was community tree planting, which continues to be a very successful project with about three million trees planted each year.
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Mount Kenya Environmental Conservation is non governmental organisation registered and working in Kenya since 2015. The organisation came together to rehabilitate part of Mount Kenya forest, which over the years had experienced massive deforestation. Beside rehabilitation of Mount Kenya forest, the other goals and objectives was to promote farm forestry so that community members stop relying on the forest for products.
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Where else are trees needed ?
We carefully select tree-planting partners in suitable regions around the world where we can maximize the benefits of planting trees. Naturally the greatest benefit in all regions is the ability to combat climate change and global warming. Continue reading to find out the unique reasons as to why we have chosen these regions and why they need our help.
Amazon Rainforest
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The Amazon Rainforest represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and comprises the largest and most biodiverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world, with an estimated 390 billion individual trees divided into 16,000 species - Unfortunately, this area is a high-risk zone for deforestation and degradation due to unsustainable agricultural practices.
Planting trees in the Amazon Rainforest helps conserve wildlife habitats, provides sustainable livelihoods to local people, restores degraded land and fights climate change and global warming. |
Andes
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The Andes forests are critical for the Indigenous populations who rely on them for food, water, and jobs. The Andes' watershed drains into the Amazon basin and supplies water to innumerable communities and cities downstream. However, significant deforestation has been caused by a growing population and increasing agricultural production
Planting trees in Andes helps restore wetlands, safeguards existing forests, protects critical Amazon headwaters and helps fight climate change and global warming. |
Appalachia
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More than 150 tree species can be found in the Appalachian region, making it one of the most diverse ecological regions in North America. Unfortunately, the resource wealth of the region has led to forest degradation owing to mining and timber operations. Over the years, an estimated 83% of this habitat has been lost.
Planting trees in Appalachia returns formerly unproductive mining, logging, and agricultural land to nature, benefits nearby communities with better quality water, creates meaningful jobs in communities suffering from high rates of unemployment, and helps fight climate change and global warming. |
Australia
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Australia wildfires brought about unprecedented destruction as they spread across every Australian state, burning up nearly 6 million hectares and destroying habitat's of some of the most iconic of Australia's wildlife - koalas, wombats, and kangaroos to name a few.
Repairing the country’s beautiful and iconic landscape requires the planting of over 6 million trees, to help restore the habitats of local wildlife, as well as fighting climate change and global warming. |
Brazil
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Brazil's tropical rainforests are home to more than half of the country’s population, however centuries of deforestation for timber, sugar cane, coffee, cattle ranching, and urban sprawl have reduced the size of the forest by over 90%.
Planting trees in this critically important forest promotes the conservation of biodiversity, creates jobs and income opportunities for communities, and helps restore water quality for the millions of people in Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, and surrounding communities. Planting trees plays an important role in addressing climate change and global warming. |
British Columbia
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British Columbia in Canada is characterized by abundant forests, which cover two-thirds of the province – an area of almost 60 million hectares. However, pests and diseases have decimated enormous areas of forest, and dead trees have become fuel for devastating wildfires in recent years.
Planting trees in British Columbia helps reduce the impact from pest damage, lessen the impact of wildfires, provide habitat for abundant wildlife, sustainably preserves the area's natural beauty for generations to come, and fights climate change and global warming. |
California
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California's forests provide innumerable benefits to the area, including clean water and air, recreation, timber, animal habitat, and beautiful scenery. However, years of drought, wildfires and pest infestations have seriously damaged California’s forests. Now, a record 129 million trees need to be restored in California.
Trees play an important role in the vitality of California communities, helping to reduce the risk of catastrophic fires and floods in the region. Healthy forests also play an important role in addressing climate change and global warming. |
Colorado
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Colorado has 24.4 million acres of forests which provide huge social, economic and ecological benefits. The forests support a sustainable wood products industry, diverse wildlife, provide fresh water, and ample recreation opportunities. However these forests face significant threats including insect infestations, drought, and forest fires that significantly increase the risks of dangerous flooding, extreme erosion, degraded water quality and reduced water storage capacity.
Colorado supplies fresh water to 19 US states and Mexico. Planting trees here will help to protect this essential resource, reforest areas burned by wildfires, enhance wildlife habitat, reduce soil erosion and help fight climate change and global warming. |
Ethiopia
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Environmental degradation in Ethiopia threatens livelihoods and biodiversity. Many Ethiopian regions face challenges such as dry and unpredictable climates, poor soil fertility and ineffective land management practices. With regards to tree planting, there is a strong relationship between environmental restoration and income generation. Tree planting provides local communities with the knowledge and tools to conserve their land, protect their water supply and create a sustainable economy for future generations.
This initiative improves the living standards of smallholder farmers through better management of their environment and increased access to food. Taking place on communal lands and around homesteads, the planting of trees is tied to sustainable business for the local community - fruit and coffee production, beekeeping, and animal fattening. |
Florida
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Florida's 37 state forests are incredible ecosystems, but they have been severely affected by disastrous wildfires, unprecedented outbreaks of southern pine beetles, flooding and frequent storms and hurricanes that contributed to severe long-term damage to forest resources.
Planting trees in Florida provides sustainable wood production, wildlife habitat, clean water, enjoyable outdoor recreation and of course helps fight climate change and global warming. |
Ghana
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Ghana is known for its diverse wild life and beautiful forests that cover more than 21% of the country. Since the early 1990s, Ghana has lost more than 30% of its forests – that is approximately 2.5 million hectares. Deforestation has a significant impact on communities, because 80% of Ghanaians rely on the forests for their livelihoods. Ghana's government is focused on improving land management, planting trees, and protecting forests in order to reverse the negative effects that deforestation has caused.
In north-east Ghana rapid desertification is caused by deforestation and it's close proximity to the Sahara and Sahel deserts. Improving forest health by planting trees in these areas via sustainable land management can support soil nutrition, improve local hydrological function, create a positive social and economic impact for nearby communities, and combats climate change and global warming. |
Guatemala
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Guatemala has one of the most extensive and diverse forest systems in Central America. Unfortunately the country is losing its precious forests at a rapid rate due to deforestation. This deforestation is a result of population growth, landslides, floods and other natural disasters.
Planting trees in Guatemala restores landscapes, teaches local people how to diversify through agroforestry, empowers communities with the knowledge and skills to become economically and environmentally sustainable, and fights climate change and global warming. |
Haiti
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Centuries of over-farming and poor agricultural methods have destroyed Haiti's soil. Erosion makes it very difficult to grow food, and dramatically increases the impact of natural disasters.
Planting trees in Haiti helps restore nutrients to the soil, which enables Haitian farmers to grow more food, lift themselves out of poverty, and fight climate change and global warming. |
Honduras
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Honduras has one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world; around 45% of its natural forests have disappeared. Deforestation has been caused by illegal logging, extreme weather events and land use for the commercial production.
Planting trees in Honduras increases resilience to extreme weather, supports local biodiversity, and helps fight climate change and global warming. |
India
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India has the lowest air quality in the world and communities suffer from food scarcity. In addition, environmental issues are one of the primary causes of disease, health issues and long-term livelihood impact.
Planting fruit trees in India combats starvation, supports local economies, helps to maintain biodiversity, and fights climate change and global warming. |
Indonesia
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Indonesia is home to magnificent rainforests, carbon-rich peatlands, and diverse wildlife, which support families whose livelihoods depend on the forests. The country's forests are inhabited by orangutans, hornbills, proboscis monkeys, crocodiles, over 1,700 species of birds and many other unique flora and fauna.
Deforestation and the destruction of peatlands make Indonesia the world's third largest emitter of greenhouse gases. In addition, habitat destruction threatens the survival of indigenous and endemic species including 140 species of mammals that have been identified by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) as threatened, and 15 identified as critically endangered. Planting trees in Indonesia ensures balance is restored environmentally with the growth of new trees, restoring lost habitats and helping in the fight against climate change and global warming. |
New Brunswick
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New Brunswick's Acadian forest is one of the most ecologically diverse forest types in Canada, as well as one of the most endangered. With a moist climate and a historically very low risk of fire, it is ideal for storing carbon and a prime region for focusing climate change efforts. The Acadian Forest is recognized by the World Wildlife Fund as “critically endangered” and less than five percent of the Acadian Forest now remains in pre-colonial condition.
Reforesting this site increases species diversity and promotes climate change resilience within a restoration management model, helping combat global warming. |
Ontario
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Ontario's forests are incredibly diverse. From the northern lowlands around Hudson Bay, through the Boreal forest, and on to the deciduous forests in the south, Ontario is home to a wide array of unique plant and wildlife. However many of Ontario's amazing forests are being pressured by natural resource extraction and encroaching agricultural development.
Reforestation in Ontario will greatly benefit communities, biodiversity, and the environment. Planting trees restores critical watersheds, rebuilds important wildlife habitats, and will ultimately combat climate change and global warming. |
Oregon
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Oregon's forests are shrinking. An estimated 522,000 acres of forest cover have disappeared since 2000 - equal to more than half of Oregon's designated state forests. Oregon is home to iconic trees like the Douglas fir, Oregon white oak, Ponderosa pine, Western red cedar, Pacific willow, Oregon ash, Western hemlock, black cottonwood, and big leaf maple.
Planting Oregon's native species ensures that the full ecosystem is supported and degraded forests can be restored. That includes soil, waterways, insects, birds, mammals, and people. Planting trees in this region can protect this special place for future generations of animals, farmers, foresters and visitors. |
Philippines
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The Philippines has suffered a staggering amount of deforestation, where the forest coverage has diminished from 70% to 20% as of this year due to illegal logging. Deforestation in the Philippines causes food shortages, poor water quality, landslides, and the endangering of wildlife habitats.
Planting trees in Philippines conserves wildlife habitats, aids in restoring water cycles, prevents erosion, and reduces catastrophic flooding in the region. In addition, bamboo planting is vital in this region as it is regenerative and fast-growing. Planting bamboo will support the local economy and create job opportunities for the underprivileged communities. Ultimately, bamboo can rapidly restore landscapes and sequester up to 365 tonnes of carbon per hectare per year. |
Quebec
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Most of the forest coverage in Québec comes from the Boreal forest. The Boreal forest is the world’s largest intact forest ecosystem - making it one of the most ecologically rich ecosystems on the planet. They are home to more than 225 species of bird, 50 species of tree, and 60 mammal species including moose, black bear, fox, and caribou. The forest is however under threat from urban sprawl, the timber industry and resource development projects.
Planting trees in Québec helps restore and sustainably expand its forests, protect them against local threats , ensure the forests remains strong, and combatting climate change and global warming. |
Rwanda
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Rwanda’s forests support a wealth of biodiversity and natural resources. The Gishwati-Mukura forests of Rwanda once spanned 253,000 hectares, covering the land with over 60 species of trees and providing habitat to a wide range of animals. Illegal mining, overgrazing and tree cutting have now reduced the forests to a mere 3,558 hectares.
Local farmers feel the impact of that degradation and understand the importance of landscape restoration for water, energy and food security. When properly managed trees supply the local farmers with sustainable firewood and fodder for their animals, and provide income generation from avocado, lemon, and tree tomato plants. Planting trees in Rwanda helps add nutrients to the soil while controlling run-off and erosion, and of course helps combat climate change and global warming. |
Tanzania
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For decades Tanzania has suffered the devastating effects of deforestation, poverty, and drought.
Planting trees in Tanzania provides food, fodder, fruits, fuel, building materials as well as windbreaks and shade. They also absorb carbon as they grow, thus reducing the excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere that is driving climate change and global warming. The shade and water retention reduce soil temperatures, improve soil moisture, water supply, and crop yields. |
Uganda
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Uganda's rapidly growing population causes excessive strain on its forests. An ever-increasing population and an influx of refugees are pushing agricultural expansion, increasing demand for firewood, and expanding land settlement - all of which are having an adverse impact on tree coverage. Uganda experiences one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world. This region is a biodiversity hotspot and is home to some of the most threatened species on the continent, many of which rely on the forest for habitat and food.
Planting trees in Uganda provides sustainable food and income for land owners by growing fruits, nuts, and medicines. It also reduces erosion and improves the health of the soil that has degraded by agricultural expansion, provides animals with better habitats, and helps to combat climate change and global warming. |