The Atlantic Rainforest in Brazil is already 93% gone, but we can restore it, with our Love.
The rural people of Sao Paulo state are counting on Rainforest ECObank to plant 170,000 native trees, reforesting 247 acres (100 hectares) of slashed forest this year. WE’VE SENT 3,800 TREES FROM THE NURSERY TOWARD THEIR NEW HOMES IN THE FIELD SO FAR. Can you help us reach our goal?
I’m Alana Lea, founder of Rainforest ECO. I’m so happy you’ve come to help us plant trees, we REALLY need you! Please visit my blog to read my story of Planting Hope in a degraded rainforest.
It all begins like this:
What’s different about our story from most in our region, is that we are working with independent organic rainforest tree growers, who get their seeds from people in the back country who harvest sustainably. When you make a donation, I use the funds to buy these trees at a fair trade price, then transport and give them to a local permaculture NGO who gives the trees to cattle ranchers and subsistence farmers who want to replant some of their pastures.
Sometimes the reason is that the small landowners have been fined by the government for cutting too much of their forest down, and MUST replant a percentage. Other times, because their water supply is dwindling, and they’ve learned they must replant forest near the waterways to bring back the flow.
Still others have learned the hard way, that deforestation causes landslides and flooding.
And a few others are interested in finding new sources of income, from agro-forestry. Whatever the reason, we love giving them trees as long as they promise to take care of them, and never cut them down.
Our ultimate goal is to help create new income streams that support reforestation, by helping to create trade alliances for the sale of their organic agro-forestry crops.
Unlike projects that are funded by chemical companies, ours is funded by YOU, the people who care about both the environment and social benefit.
To see many more photos of our TREES and the process, please visit us on Changents!
THANK YOU FOR HELPING US TO RESTORE THE MOST DIVERSE RAINFOREST ON THE PLANET!