Reforestation Projects:

The March 2021 Update

Meaghan Weeden | April 13, 2021 | 3 min read

Awesome Reforestation Projects to Kick off Earth Month!

It's Earth Month 2021, Earth Day is approaching and while there are plenty of ways you can celebrate, we happen to think the best way is to plant trees! That said, we have some fantastic projects to cover this month, and we're so excited to share them with you. From Iceland and Texas to Uganda and Barbados, tune in for some fresh-from-the-field updates courtesy of Kyleigh and Nicole. We hope we leave you feeling extra excited about Earth Month and reforestation!

Here's Our March 2021 Reforestation Update!

Want to Learn More About the Projects We Featured This Month?

In Iceland's Dragon's Nest Forest, we're planting 175,000 trees to afforest degraded former grazing land with low-growing and largely non-continuous vegetation. This area gets its awesome Game of Thrones-esque name from the family that farmed it for generations. And that's all well and good, but we prefer to envision Drogon soaring over the newly forested landscape. The main goals of this project are carbon sequestration, soil conservation and habitat improvement. And we're especially excited about it because it's our first in Iceland, in partnership with the Icelandic Forest Service.

In Texas's Pine Island area,we began planting in January and so far have gotten 30,000 longleaf pine trees in the ground to establish a healthy longleaf pine stand and maintain it for the long-term. This will create quality wildlife habitat, reduce the risk of wildfires in the area, and provide other ecosystem benefits like increased water filtration and carbon sequestration. Planting will come to an end in April, but we're excited to watch these trees grow to create a thriving pine island in the heart of northeast Texas!

In Uganda's Albertine Rift region,we're honored to be planting a whopping 1 million trees in 2021 with the Jane Goodall Institute to restore a forest corridor between two of the last remaining protected forests in Western Uganda — the Budongo and Bugoma forests. To ensure the long-term success of this project, a 3-year forest management plan is being implemented to establish sustainable AND productive landscapes. As with most of our projects, this one takes a holistic, community-based approach to restoration. By addressing the needs of local people, we seek to break the cycle of deforestation and habitat destruction that has driven chimpanzees to the brink of extinction. 

And finally, this month's deep dive features a project close to Kyleigh's heart, as she was born and raised in Barbados. On April 25th, we'll be cleaning up trash in a mangrove forest in Long Pong, as well as collecting coconut tree sprouts to bring back to the nursery and eventually replant. This project aims to plant 280,000 trees and transform degraded land at Walkers Sand Quarry and establish Walkers Reserve, which will provide a host of ecosystem benefits and create quality recreation opportunities for the local community like bird watching, biking, hiking, fishing, sea turtle conservation, tree planting, and more!

Thanks for tuning in to our update, we'll see you next month! Miss us already? Check out the One Tree Planted Youtube channel for more awesome videos. And don't forget, we have plenty of other awesome tree planting projects like these. Choose a reforestation project and plant a tree today!

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Longleaf Pine Restoration
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Plant Trees Where They're Needed Most
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Longleaf Pine Restoration
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Plant Trees Where They're Needed Most
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Plant Trees Where They're Needed Most

As the need for reforestation is global and ever-changing, we feature where trees are most needed now. This project is currently supporting Longleaf Pine Restoration. Learn more

With your help, we will:

  • Protect wildlife habitat and increase biodiversity
  • Restore essential watersheds for soil stability and erosion control
  • Sequester carbon in the biomass of the forests through climate stability
  • Longleaf pine forests are among the most biodiverse in North America and provide habitat for numerous threatened and endangered species. Longleaf pine forests are well-adapted to a warming climate as longleaf pine is a resilient species that is fire-dependent, drought-tolerant, and long-lived. Reforestation of longleaf pine ecosystems- to increase, maintain, and enhance the species- has been identified as a priority area within America's Longleaf Range Wide Conservation Plan. 🌲
  • Our longleaf pine reforestation project will restore habitats, control soil erosion, and sequester carbon in an effort to stabilize the climate in the area. Not only will wildlife benefit from the clean air and water provided by the planted trees, but the surrounding community will, too. This project will work with a variety of landowners whose responsible forest management and stewardship will only further increase the benefits for species residing on the lands. Some of the most notable species that will benefit from habitat restoration include gopher tortoises, red-cockaded woodpeckers, and eastern indigo snakes
  • A personalized tree certificate (see gallery) to say thanks for your donation. We'll also send you updates about our Longleaf Pine Restoration project, so you can track the impact your trees are having on the ground!
  • We always plant a mix of diverse, native species from local nurseries. This project is working to replenish longleaf forests, so the native species grown in the nurseries will mainly be longleaf pine, but also include shortleaf pine and loblolly pine.

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