Posts Tagged ‘reforestation’
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Tree Planting in the Cerrado
Today was the third day of our team’s visit to the Emas-Taquari carbon project in Mineiros, Brazil, which CI-Brazil is implementing with partner organization Oréades. At six o'clock this morning, Artur, Mirella and I met the Oréades staff members, an headed out to the field, where we would be planting one hectare of plants native to the Cerrado, the Brazilian savannah. Two hours later, after traveling almost 90 kilometers (56 miles) along a road surrounded by soy plantations, we arrived at the farm that would receive the first seedlings of the carbon sequestration project. I immediately smelled the fertilizer we would ... -
Drought in East Africa: The Human Benefits of Standing Forests
This week, an Associated Press article about drought in Kenya brought millions of people’s attention to the deep connections between the environment and human well-being. It is during years of extreme weather events such as severe drought, flooding, hurricanes and wildfires that we are all reminded how close many people live to the very edge of survival and at the behest of Mother Nature. This is the case for many in East Africa, which is now plagued by the worst drought in nearly 50 years. The failure of the last two anticipated rainy seasons has led to rivers drying up and ... -
From burning to replanting in Madagascar
Diego Suarez is a picturesque natural harbor in northeastern Madagascar. Towering above it is Montagne de Francais, a large mountain covered in pristine forest, which shelters dozens of rare species and protects the region’s watershed. Uncontrolled demand for wood-based products and charcoal threatened to wipe out millions of acres of forest, and in turn threaten the health of local people by disrupting their
