Orange Trees in Malawi

All trees are planted within projects that are carefully chosen to provide both benefits to the environment and local developing communities. Trees provide many natural resources which in turn, can alo provide income. Trees are given to families, farmers and planted in open areas for whole communities. Many different types of indigenous trees and fruit trees are planted, and this eco-system balance and bio-diversity ensures sustainability. Plant a tree now

With a range of tree planting partner-organizations around developing countries, trees have been sponsored in

Honduras, the Philippines, Indonesia, Panama, Haiti, Malawi and Ethiopia.

Trees absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen, but also:

* Provide food, medicines and shelter /

* Improve living standards and generate income /

* Rebuild worn soils with nutrients and stability /

* Reduce erosion from rain and drought /

* Replenish groundwater aquifers and cool the earth /

* Create microclimate conditions and sustainability /

* Encourage the return and protect / home endangered species /

* Improve soil quality for agriculture and biodiversity

Natural Resources from Trees include;

Apple Tree

Timber; Used for buildings, roofs, windows, doors, floors, desks, tables, furniture, kitchens, manufacturing and agricultural tools etc

Indigenous Trees; Beads for jewellery,  glue, animal fodder, nuts, cooking flavouring, protein, fences, fishing nets, and bio-fuel etc.

Medicines; Malaria, heartburn, lung diseases, measles, rheumatism, flu, leprosy etc

Fruit Trees; Mango, Apple, Guava, Papaya, Avocado, Orange, Banana etc.

Why Developing Countries?

Thinning Tree 100 yr Old

Apart from the fact that they benefit so much from the natural resources, their climate supports the benefits considerably better, as long as they are also tropical ie. reasonably close to the equator. Because of the amount of sunlight and corresponding rate of photosynthesis, trees there absorb approximately 3 times as much carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. They also release much more oxygen, through the same process. Further, the number of trees being planted could not feasibly be planted in developed countries without causing negative side-effects such as pushing away crop farms. It also helps that they are much more affordable!

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Why Africa?

Local villagers working on the tree nurseries

now has approximately only 5% of its original forest remaining. It is the continent which has seen the least investment from around the world, and has also suffered the most from climate change. Indeed most of the timber we have already consumed within our houses and places of work, originated in the forests of Africa.

The trees are planted in the most degraded landscapes where human desperation has cleared areas with currently very little hope. They can not meat daily nutrition requirements without our help and, trees can be the most cost effective means of providing this sustainable support. We follow the ‘teach a man to fish’ philosphy.

Within areas home to natural forest, are dormant seeds lying in the ground and so for every 50 new trees planted, another 150 or so are likely to grow back. Investment from developed countries can generate several times the benefit by planting trees in these conditions.

Locations of nurseries and types of trees within, will vary depending on the time of year, quantities sponsored, climate variations and the lack of investment from elsewhere. Plant trees online