Teaching for Trees
Teaching a weekend course on Tropical Forest Restoration in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in exchange for trees being planted for WeForest’s Atlantic Forest Project, Ricardo Cesar, WeForest’s Brazil Country Representative, does not shy away from dedicating his free time to engage with over 20 graduate and undergraduate students, spark lively discussions and plant more trees!
No one-size fits all approach for Restoration in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest
Brazil is one of the few tropical countries in the world with a national law that supports forest restoration in agricultural areas.
IPCC Special Report, “Global Warming of 1.5°C”
Our Summary: Global warming worse than expected, fortunately forestry is a big part of the solution
Global Warming and Climate Change: Reasons to remain hopeful
“So what do we do ? It’s simple. Be a hero (..) plant a tree…(…) But above all, remain hopeful”.
WeForest Making Earth Cooler in Zambia
Follow Léa Camilleri on her trip to our reforestation project in Zambia and see how WeForest works to empower farmers and make them part of the solution to Zambia’s deforested landscapes.
Tala launches partnership with WeForest
Download the press release from Tala here.
500 000 trees in Zambia for Illustration!
On 13 August, Harry Lyon-Smith, Illustration Ltd’s CEO, and his wife, Juliet, had the delight of planting Illustration’s 500,000th tree in Zambia.
Together, Let’s #MoveTheDate of Overshoot Day !
We use more ecological resources and services than nature can regenerate through overfishing, overharvesting forests, and emitting more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than ecosystems can absorb.
Building Forest-Water Monitoring Capacity for FLR in Ethiopia
WeForest, FAO and GIZ have just delivered a forest-water capacity building workshop in Mekelle, Ethiopia. The workshop ran from 18th-24th June with the aim of strengthening local knowledge and capacity in measuring and monitoring forest-water relationships and enabling the integration of forests and water in Forest Landscape Restoration strategies. We brought together 16 technical participants […]
WeForest Joins AFR100 as Technical Partner
The African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100) was started by the African Union to restore 100 million hectares of deforested and degraded landscapes across Africa by 2030 (an area the size of Egypt). WeForest was selected to join as a Technical Partner. So far, 25 African nations have signed-up, with a combined pledge to restore […]
