Our team is back in the field to finalise the reforestation campaign. Let’s remember that they have concluded agreements with 75 local farming families who wish to restore 2 hectares of land by planting a forest. Now they need to find the seeds to sow !
So lokk for 75 families who own one of our 40 native seed trees. Of course, we have to check that the tree is healthy and old enough to produce seeds. Each “seed family” collects 5,000 seeds from its seed tree. The 750,000 seeds to sow from the 75 “seed families” will be sown on the 150 hectares of the 75 “field families”. This gives a density of 5,000 seeds per hectare.
This diversity is the strength of arboRise:
- By mobilising many families, arboRise creates emulation and encourages the sharing of experiences between them. And there is room for almost every family in the village.
- By collecting seeds from many different forest species and seed trees, the biodiversity of species and genetic diversity is increased. These are two key principles for making the forest more resilient in the context of climate change (see this exciting presentation on the occasion of Pro Silva‘s 25th anniversary).
Here is Mr Siaka Camara posing in front of his seed tree:
The arboRise approach values the seed trees of these families. Since they suddenly “produce” money, there is less temptation to cut these trees down.
