Tents4Trees in cooperation with Eden Reforestation Projects
Through our tree-planting concept, Tents4Trees, we have planted almost 80,000 trees in Zambia, Myanmar and Madagascar – and still counting. We plant a tree for every purchase, so the counter is running. We have just started a new cooperation with Eden Reforestation Projects, which is a non-profit NGO working in 11 countries, planting nearly a million trees per day. They restore the various forests, so nature can start healing again. This is done in close cooperation with local communities, which are given new opportunities to become self-sufficient economically and improve their health and level of education.
Tents4Trees has chosen to help plant mangroves in Madagascar
Madagascar is a unique place where most of the primary forests have been cut down – only 10 % remains! This also greatly impacts wildlife, where 75% of species are unique to Madagascar. We have chosen to help plant mangroves because the destruction of the mangrove estuaries along the coastline has caused mudflats to wash into the ocean, destroying once-productive fisheries and increasing the vulnerability of coastal communities to hurricanes, tsunamis, and floods. Luckily, Eden has been working here since 2007, and huge improvements have already been seen – but much work still needs to be done.
Mangrove trees can store large amounts of CO2
Mangroves not only protect coastlines from erosion, but they also protect lives and properties from extreme weather. The beautiful coastal forests serve as nurseries for fish and supply food for local communities. At the same time, mangroves are amazing for storing carbon – they store up to four times as much carbon as other tropical forests, including rainforests! Two mangrove trees sequester up to 1 ton of CO2. Every time you buy something from Dancovershop.com, you help to plant one more mangrove tree in Madagascar – and for every purchase, you receive a personal certificate with more information about our new tree-planting project. Read more about Tent4Trees and our small but important part in the tree-planting project in Madagascar in cooperation with Eden Reforestation Projects: https://www.dancovershop.com/uk/tents4trees.aspx
