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Reforestation, Tree Planting Projects, and Conservation Efforts: Local and global tree planting and reforestation efforts, including natural native forests and urban tree planting projects
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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. AFR100 contributes to the Bonn Challenge, the African Resilient Landscapes Initiative (ARLI), the African Union Agenda 2063, the Sustainable Development Goals and other targets." (source) |
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"Amazon Watch is a nonprofit organization founded in 1996 to protect the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin. We partner with indigenous and environmental organizations in campaigns for human rights, corporate accountability and the preservation of the Amazon's ecological systems." (source) |
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The Bonn Challenge, "A global goal to bring 150 million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes into restoration by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030, the Bonn Challenge was launched in 2011 by the Government of Germany and IUCN." (source) |
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"Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) is a membership organisation, representing botanic gardens in more than 100 countries around the world. It is an independent UK charity established in 1987 to link the botanic gardens of the world in a global network for plant conservation." (source) |
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Mission: "Building upon a strong foundation of science, partnership and field demonstration, Conservation International empowers societies to responsibly and sustainably care for nature, our global biodiversity, for the well-being of humanity." (source) |
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"Eden Reforestation Projects is a 501c3 non-profit whose mission is to provide fair wage employment to impoverished villagers as agents of global forest restoration. We hire the poorest of the poor to grow, plant, and guard to maturity native species forest on a massive scale. Our 'employ to plant methodology' results in a multiplication of positive socio-economic and environment measures." (source) "At Eden Reforestation Projects we have a holistic approach to reforestation and ecological restoration. [...] We start by hiring the local villagers to plant trees. This gives them a consistent income so they can provide for their families again. As the reforestation effort goes on, healthy forests begin to emerge and the negative effects of deforestation begin to disappear." (source) |
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"The Global Trees Campaign is dedicated to saving the world’s threatened tree species in their natural habitats. Launched in 1999, the Global Trees Campaign (GTC) is a joint initiative between Fauna & Flora International (FFI) and Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). To date, we have supported conservation initiatives benefiting more than 180 tree species in 29 countries worldwide." (source) |
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Green Yatra is a non-governmental organization dedicated to conservation and improving the health of the environment through initiatives such as urban tree-planting projects and reforestation. Green Yatra was founded in 2009 and is based out of Mumbai, India. |
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ITF has been helping communities reforest locally and focus on sustainability, their focus is on conservation and preserving biodiversity, and on tree planting efforts to regenerate and restore our forests. |
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"Reforestation World is a meeting place for reforestation organisations worldwide and their supporters. We want to connect those who see the problem of desertification and forest degradation, and are fighting for healthy ecosystems and sustainable human livelihoods." (source) |
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SmartWood "is the oldest and most extensive certification program in the world. SmartWood is a program of the Rainforest Alliance, an international nonprofit environmental group based in New York City. Though the program initially focused on tropical forests, today SmartWood now works in all forest types -- tropical, temperate and boreal -- and operations, including natural forests, plantations, large commercial operations and small-scale community projects." (source) |
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"TREE AID works to create thriving, sustainable communities throughout the poorest and most remote regions of Africa." (source) |
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"Tree-Nation allows you to plant trees around the world from the comfort of your home. We have made it super easy and fun to plant a tree so that more and more citizens join our cause to reforest the world." (source) |
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The 2010 Tree and Shade Master Plan, Phoenix, Arizona's Urban Forest and Citizen Forester Program. The city of Phoenix is making efforts to plant trees in 'urban' (city) areas as a 'green' canopy to provide shade, beauty, a sense of peace, and a positive impact on the environment. Trees combat the Urban Heat Island Effect and global warming, and the forestry team and Arizona State University have partnered to illustrate that "financial, environmental, and social benefits of planting the right trees in the urban environment will greatly outweigh the cost of the tree planting and maintenance." (source) |
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"We engage corporates, organisations and scientists in collaborative action to advance forest landscape restoration. We restore by developing a portfolio of scalable, quality forest landscape restoration projects. We measure our projects progress and impact on Climate, People, and Planet." (source) |
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"WRI's mission is to move human society to live in ways that protect the Earth's environment and its capacity to provide for the needs and aspirations of current and future generations." (source) |
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"Our mission is to conserve nature and reduce the most pressing threats to the diversity of life on Earth." (source) |
