Praslin Beach, Ra es, and Acajou - all tourism establishments from the island. According to Henriette, this will be the biggest tree planting campaign ever undertaken in Seychelles. The seedlings will be planted on degraded land in selected areas on Praslin for environmental protection and conservation of important ecosystems. The sites cover both mountain and coastal including wetland areas. The biodiversity consultant explained that the group will be involved in di erent tasks in preparation for the actual planting. "We will have a nursery team to produce and maintain plants in the nursery, one team to collect humus and soil, another will collect seeds, cuttings and wildlings
as well as one responsible to clear invasive plants in areas to be planted amongst other tasks," said Henriette. TRASS is ensuring the success of the plantings by also having a watering team which will water all of the 500,000 plants for six months after planting. The organisation has also received permission from several landowners to rehabilitate their lands as part of their contribution to this initiative. The initiators of the project - SETS and TRASS are signing a memorandum of understanding for this project whose implementation will start on August, 24. https://allafrica.com/stories/202008110518.html Image credit: allafrica.com
Community Tree Planting - Food & Trees for Africa Trees for Homes is the most successful township, greening initiative in South Africa. Originally designed to address South Africa’s history of inequitable settlement policies, the programme grew to become the country’s benchmark of innovation in urban forestry. A typical project sees two trees going to each home in a township: 1 x fruit tree and 1 x indigenous tree.
Which trees a household receives depends on a number of factors but FTFA will ultimately choose trees that are going to have the best survival. In some projects the community members ask for two fruit / nut trees. Developing community foresters with training and skills is also an integral part of the programmes design. These environmental champions create threads of awareness and appreciation and also have an opportunity for temporary and (potentially) long-term employment. TFH is currently driving greenbelt initiatives in a number of townships in major city centers nationally. We aim to transform these townships into rich urban food forests, teeming with life and biodiversity. This programme is also registered with the VCS (Verified Carbon Standard) making it possible to utilise it as a carbon o set programme. https://trees.org.za/trees-carbon/communitytree-planting Image credit: fastgrowingtrees.com
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