All our projects take a holistic approach to tree planting, to address this. Specifically, this means:
- The saplings planted are always propagated from native species which are suited to thrive in the region, once they take hold, if left alone.
- In hardier regions, significant effort is spent on selecting the progeny that has the highest chance of survival and reproduction. This is a nice blog post by our planting tech partners on how the best progeny is selected in our Pacific Northwest project.
- Systemic changes are made to improve survivability. Here is a post capturing how trenches for example help the ground water recover over time to achieve the right level of salinity in our Mangrove project in Kenya.
- Tech is deployed to monitor conditions of the environment. Here's a comprehensive example of how pH sensors are used to ensure the right pH levels for our young Kelp forests in Canada.
- And most importantly, our projects hire people from the local community, which not only creates employment in the community, but also ensures that a small presence can be maintained for continued monitoring long past the initial planting sessions.
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Love the community-focused, green-thumb, holistic approach to reforestation that you’re taking! Full support!