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Making an impact on the world with the EF Forest Initiative
EF Staff | April 13, 2022
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In 2021, EF launched the EF Forest Initiative, a project to create and conserve forests around the world. And in our recently released, first-ever EF Impact Report, we shared an update on that program’s progress. Below is an excerpt from that report.
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Planting trees with Eden Reforestation Projects
In the EF Forest Initiative’s first year, we planted trees with Eden Reforestation Projects, a nonprofit organization that engages local communities in planting, maintaining, and guarding previously deforested areas. Eden planted three million trees on our behalf in 2021 in Kenya, Madagascar, and Mozambique—and the effort will grow over time as we add more partners and locations.
We selected Eden Reforestation Projects as our first EF Forest partner because of its mission to restore healthy forests while creating economic opportunities in rural communities worldwide. Eden provides fair-wage employment to local community members, hiring and training them to plant trees, build the infrastructure that supports them, and guard against illegal logging, poaching, and other threats.
Long-term environmental impact
EF Forests will create long-term environmental impact by prioritizing native species trees that can withstand ecological stressors and by performing an array of ecosystem services, like sediment regulation and storm protection.
Eden Reforestation Projects Update, February 2022
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Kenya: The Kipini site is comprised of 618 acres of deforested mangroves along the Tana River Delta in eastern Kenya.
Madagascar: The Bemangroaka 2 site is comprised of 331 acres of massively deforested mangroves near the Betsiboka River in northwestern Madagascar.
Mozambique: The Xefina site is comprised of 927 acres of degraded mangrove ecosystems on Mozambique’s southeastern coast.
EF Forest Initiative highlights
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*Images provided by Eden Reforestation Projects
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