Dialog and respect
arboRise has formed a partnership with 200 farming families in the region, each of which has a seed tree of one of the 40 selected forest species. Each family harvests at least 5000 seeds from its tree and is paid for this production. This code of ethics set the principles which guide our interactions.
arboRise is also establishing a partnership with 250 other farming families in the region, each of whom has unused land and wishes to reforest it. Each family sows 2 hectares per year with a mixture of 20,000 seeds, regularly clears the land of weeds and protects it with a hedge and a firebreak.
arboRise ensures an impartial and fair selection of these families, using the following criteria:
- The main selection criterion is the presence of a healthy seed tree of the required species. The identification of seed trees in the families is validated by a local forestry specialist. The species and reproductive quality of the trees is therefore the first criterion for selecting families and/or replacing them. As for the choice of families providing the land, the criterion is land availability and the absence of trees on the land for more than 10 years.
- arboRise promotes plant biodiversity and human diversity. Thus, arboRise commits not to privilege or exclude any ethnic group, religion or political orientation. Local customs and habits are important and arboRise is interested in the opinions of political, religious, sporting and community leaders
- Seed harvesting should not be at the expense of education and training. In line with UN sustainable development goals 4 and 5, arboRise calls for a commitment from the family to support the schooling of its children, especially girls
- arboRise is committed to ensuring that the process of recruiting families is fair according to the principles of organizational justice:
- The decision must be based on equal treatment.
- The process must be predictable and transparent for those involved.
- Interactions must be respectful and information must be appropriate and adequate.
arboRise is committed to submit this code of ethics and its interactions with its partners, in particular with the farming families, to an ethical supervision. The Centre Interdisciplinaire de Recherche en Ethique (CIRE) of the University of Lausanne has been asked by arboRise to provide a list of points for attention. We are committed to working on the potential for improvement identified by CIRE: Rapport_Final_Supervision_éthique_arboRise.
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