Our employees in West Africa are beside themselves with joy: Of the more than 7,000 seeds they sowed in the „forest kindergarten“ two months ago, 85% to 98% have sprouted in the meantime, depending on the tree variety! We did not expect this in our wildest dreams … In the meantime, reseeding has been done […]
Everything sprouts Weiterlesen »
Today our managing directors presented the greenlimba reforestation project to the German ambassador in Sierra Leone. Horst Gruner was thrilled and as a thank you they gave several „Ficus Pumila“, a climbing plant with which the German Embassy wants to bring more green into the capital Freetown – and now also into our headquarters in
The NDR television has reported today about us! For the TV report about our reforestation project in Sierra Leone / West Africa, the team filmed with us in the Botanical Garden in Kiel, among other places. Those who missed the report in the „Schleswig-Holstein-Magazin“ can see it online here: www.ndr.de/fernsehen/sendungen/schleswig-holstein_magazin/Nortorfer-wollen-Regenwald-in-Sierra-Leone-aufforsten. Worthwhile!
Visit from television Weiterlesen »
We are back in Sierra Leone in person and on our way to Outamba National Park north of Kamakwie. Our goal: to make an inventory of the last remaining rainforest in West Africa in order to be able to create as good a „copy“ as possible for our reforestation areas. To do this, we made
Measurements between monkeys and hippos Weiterlesen »
All contracts are signed – by the landowners, the Chiefs, the Forest Department and the District Government! A dream becomes reality: We plant a new rainforest in West Africa. For the local people a good reason to celebrate – and for us too!
A dream becomes reality Weiterlesen »
Right here something great is being created: the „greenlimba forest“! The first 23.5 hectares of new West African rainforest were established today by our local staff… We are starting our reforestation just south of Kamakwie in the villages of Kasimbek and Kakissy. We will sign the contracts during our next stay in Sierra Leone.
Today, international political celebrities are arriving at the World Climate Summit in Glasgow. „It is one minute to midnight and we must act now,“ urges British Prime Minister Johnson. And that is exactly what we are doing here in the West African bush! Marion von Oppeln reports at the „Karene District Development Coordination Committee Meeting“
From Glasgow to Kamakwie – and back Weiterlesen »
The „greenlimba GmbH“ is founded! Another step on the way to a new rainforest in West Africa with direct effect on us and our climate is done!
CO2e = ((cir : π : 2) ² x π x h x FF x BEF x RTSR) x BSW (D) x CF x 3,667 Wieviel CO2 steckt eigentlich in einem Baum? Und in einem Hektar Regenwald? Es gibt mehr als ein Dutzend wissenschaftlicher Formeln, um das auszurechnen, aber die Ergebnisse liegen weit auseinander. Grund
99 Meter hoch über Kasimbek: Um unsere Aufforstungsprogramme in Sierra Leone zu dokumentieren, nutzen wir auch eine kleine Drohne. Noch ist aus der Vogelperspektive nicht viel von unseren Anstrengungen des Pilotjahres zu erkennen, aber das wird sich sehr schnell ändern. Die Bäume wachsen hier in Westafrika aufgrund des tropischen Klimas im Schnitt 50% schneller als
Vogelperspektive Weiterlesen »
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