The following updates and pictures come directly from our tree-planting partner, Ecosia.

We will be publishing these updates regularly, as provided by our partner, Ecosia. Thank you to Treecard members for helping fund these trees! 🌳

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This month, your trees were are getting planted by Ecosia in 5 projects and 4 countries. Here is a brief update on some of them. 

• In Uganda, together with Trees 4 Humanity we plant tree corridors that connect remaining forests, so chimps can safely move between them, as their habitat is shrinking due to a growing demand for charcoal and firewood. Chimpanzees are shy animals, but have been forced to leave the forest in search of food, creating conflicts with farmers. These past months, the team has been busy preparing 350,000 new seedlings for the upcoming planting season - they are now ready to be planted to protect even more chimps!

• New project alert! We have now started planting trees in Ecuador. Together with our new partner Fundación Jocotoco we’re restoring south Ecuador’s megadiverse cloud forests. This past month, the partners have been busy with the infrastructure setup of our project, like for instance preparing the nurseries.

• In Tanzania, we are working with the LEAD Foundation to support FMNR, or Kisiki Hai in Swahili. This means that they train farmers to identify already existing shrubs, teach them how to manage and prune them so that they grow into larger trees over time. These past months, the participating farmers have identified and registered 38,954 new trees on their individual farmland that can be used for FMNR.

• In Madagascar, our partners Tropical Biodiversity Social Enterprise (TBSE) and Social Enterprise SARL, are planting trees with communities to connect remnant forest patches to restore habitats for precious wildlife including 7 different species of Lemurs. In fact, Madagascar is home to over 200,000 species that don't exist anywhere else in the world. Thanks to these corridors, animals are able to roam from one patch of forest to another when foraging for food or searching for mates. This past month, we started a new contract with our partners, who have been busy registering new nurseries and preparing a mix of seedlings used for different purposes within the project, such as ecological restoration, firebreak, life fence and firewood.

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