Potential investors frequently want to verify our activities on the ground. This is totally understandable, given the significant investment involved, and we greatly appreciate these visits, which allow us to continually reassess the quality of our project.
In May, we welcomed consultants from Earthshot Labs, experts in assessing the compliance and integrity of nature-based carbon projects. The audit program was ambitious, as accompanied them to meet with communities in nine villages and assess tree growth on many many plots. At the same time, they analyzed in details all the data generated by our partners South Pole and EcoAct to compare this material with the reality on the ground.
Each interaction and observation generally raises new questions, increasingly specific and relevant, and the conclusion is always that nothing replaces a field visit.
On a 2022 plot of land in Borohila:
In Kofilakoro, just after the welcoming dance by the village women:
In Kofilakoro, closely supervised by the village children:
“Family photo” after the visit to the village’s sacred forest:
Peer group with the women of Tiegbenna, to address issues of discrimination and harassment;
Our forester, Seny Balamou, leads the discussion with the women and Ceci records the responses;
On a plot of land in the presence of its owner. The chief supervisor translates (he learned English in Ghana):
The women of Sokourala, proud of their seed harvest:
In Faranwandou, in front of the harvest of seeds ready for sowing:
A Faranwandou, devant la récolte des graines prêtes à être ensemencées.
