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Yucat‡n Restoration

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Area: 5888268 km2
Countries:
Brazil; Peru; Suriname; France; Colombia; Guyana; Bolivia; Venezuela; Ecuador
Cities:
Santa Cruz; Manaus; La Paz
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Countries: Mexico
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Project SDGs:
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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%

Project Overview

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…

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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. Approximately 1,100 trees are planted per hectare. ItÕs possible for Plant-for-the-Planet to plant and care for one tree for one Euro. To date, around 9,650,000 seeds have been grown in the nursery, of which 8,623,560 are seedlings that we can or could use for our reforestation. By now, we have planted 6,332,664 seedlings in total. Seedlings are also given to local farmers. Plant-for-the-Planet plans to restore 100 million trees in Mexico until 2030.
Basin and/or Contextual Conditions: PHYSICAL: Ecosystem vulnerability or degradation
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

Project Narrative

MAIN CHALLENGE Survival of the trees in dry season and due to unusual flooding CAUSE OF DEGRADATION Illegal logging and cattle grazing WHY THIS SITE? This ecosystem was chosen because of its highly degraded conditions due to illegal logging and cattle grazing.

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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

Sina Koepke
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