Projects

Green Environ Forestry (GEF) and its partners are dedicated to revitalizing Uganda’s forest landscape. Through a blend of natural forest restoration and commercial plantation, GEF focuses on sustainable land use. In collaboration with the Uganda National Forest Authority, GEF operates in a number of Central Forest Reserves.

Nestled in Papua New Guinea’s East New Britain Province, the Tavolo REDD+ Project is developed by the NGO FORCERT in close collaboration with the Tavolo community. The project coveres 21,164 ha of ancestral land and aims to empower the local community to tackle deforestation and land conversion challenges in the region.

Pachamama Raymi, a non-profit organization headquartered in Cusco, is dedicated to breaking the cycle of environmental degradation and rural poverty. The organization’s mission revolves around the improvement of living conditions and the sustainable management of natural resources for rural communities in the Peruvian Andes. The initiative is focused on implementing reforestation practices alongside rural communities in extreme poverty.

Mozambique’s Miombo forests bear witness to a pioneering initiative known as the Miombo 500, organised by LevasFlor. Managing and operating 46,000 hectares of native Miombo forests, LevasFlor is a beacon of sustainable forest management in Mozambique. The primary goal is to extend this effort to cover 500,000 ha of Miombo forests to counteract the disconcerting pace of deforestation.

This project aims to restore 25,000 hectares in two degraded forest reserves in Ghana’s Bono region through commercial plantations, Assisted Natural Regeneration, and planting indigenous trees. The goal is to improve livelihoods, land productivity, and biodiversity protection by engaging all stakeholders. The project seeks FSC certification for sustainable forest management, creating a second income stream from timber sales.

Forest landscape restoration through innovative agroforestry in Nicaragua. We work together with MLR Forestry, to turn the tide by focusing on landscape restoration through agroforestry by planting mixed teak and cacao on degraded lands. From 2020 onwards, the project manages assigned protection areas for gradual rehabilitation into natural lands, specifically in those areas that have suffered high levels of degradation.