Project — www1.plant-for-the-planet.org/yucatan
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Countries: | Mexico |
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Basins: | -- |
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Protect and Restore Ecosystems (SDG 6.6) |
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Nature-Based Solutions |
Progress to Date: | 6332664 Tress Planted |
Services Needed: | Financial support |
Desired Partner: | Investor |
Language: | English |
Start & End Dates: | Jan. 01, 2020 » Dec. 31, 2030 |
Project Website: | www1.plant-for-the-planet.org/yucatan |
Contextual Condition(s): | PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation |
Additional Benefits: | Heightened agreement on priority basin water challenges |
Beneficiaries: | Ecosystems |
Planning & Implementation Time: | More than 3 years |
Financial Resources: | Less than $1,000 USD |
Primary Funding Source: | pool |
Project Challenges: | RESOURCES: Lack of financial resources |
Project Source: | Admin |
Profile Completion: | 95% |
Plant-for-the-Planet plants one tree every 15 seconds. When the children and youth initiative first took over the area, it was a sad sight: vast areas had either been entirely deforest or were severely degraded through the logging of economically valuable trees. Today, we employ over 100 reforesters in the project and the affiliated tree nursery. Our workers plant, on average, 5,500 seedlings per day and are placing and caring for eight different native tree species. Approxi…
Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: | PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation |
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Project Benefits: | Heightened agreement on priority basin water challenges |
Indirect or Direct Beneficiaries: | Ecosystems |
Months & Implementing: | More than 3 years |
Financial Resources: | Less than $1,000 USD |
Primary Funding Source: | Pool funding (i.e., joint funding of several partners) |
Challenges: | RESOURCES: Lack of financial resources |
Plant-for-the-Planet (Organization)
At 9 years old, Felix Finkbeiner launched the youth initiative Plant-for-the-Planet in 2007. So far, more than 91,000 youth in 75 countries have been trained as Climate Justice Ambassadors that give speeches to their peers and adults, and fight for … Learn More