Diassodou, here we are !
The 2025 reforestation campaign has just begun, with three teams of five people in the field!
Remember that arboRise is currently active in two regions:
- In Linko – Damaro – Konsankoro (zone 1, marked in green below).
- In Samana – Diassodou&Karala – Sokourala – Koumandou (Zone 2, marked in blue below)
The plan for Zone 1 forsees the reforestation of 500 hectares per year. Spreading the efforts over several years made it possible to keep the required resources within reasonable limits. The disadvantage is that CO2 sequestration and thus carbon revenues are very low over many years.
For this reason, we have opted for a tighter schedule in Zone 2, with a second planting cycle starting one year after the first cycle. So, after starting the reforestation in the sub-prefecture of Samana in 2024, we will start the measures in the sub-prefecture of Diassodou in 2025.
As before the opening of each sub-prefecture, we also carried out a detailed analysis of the context in Diassodou: Human geography, protected areas, forest cover and eligibility, etc. This analysis allowed us to spread the effort of presenting the project over several groups of villages. The aim of our local partner GUIDRE’s team on the ground is to present the project to all villages in the region in order to convince 25 villages to participate in the project.
Here you can see the ‘family photo’ after the presentation of the project to the authorities of the Diassodou sub-prefecture:
The team then presents the project to all the village communities in the sub-prefecture, as here :
In the villages that quickly decide to join the project, the team finalises the agreements with the interested seed and land families. And the delimitation of the plots of land can take place.
