Our Green Lung
Our Green Lung
Sustainable forest projects in Sierra Leone
We produce oxygen and use it to implement sustainable climate protection solutions for companies and people around the world. Why in West Africa? Because the native trees there grow much faster than any forest in Europe due to the tropical climate and store many times more harmful greenhouse gases from the global North.
We are working with you to plant a new rainforest in Sierra Leone on a project area of more than 50,000 hectares – space for over 30 million trees that can store more than 55 million metric tons of CO2. We are also protecting existing rainforest enclaves. We help you equalize your ecological footprint.
Offset Carbon
Offset Carbon
Equalize your ecological footprint easily and quickly – for your company and for you personally. Plant trees with us or protect still existing rainforest and benefit from it.
How big is your footprint?
How big is your footprint?
1.8 trees
per trip
6,5 trees
per year
5.6 trees
each year
8 trees
once
The above number corresponds to the amount of trees that would need to be planted in the greenlimba rainforest to sequester the equivalent amount of CO2 over their average lifetime. The figures are statistical averages for a tropical rainforest. (Sources: Helmholtz Institute, Hamburg-Holstein Transport Authority, Federal Environment Agency)
Stronger Together
Stronger Together
Climate protection in Africa also means help for smallholder families
Sustainability
Sustainability
The greenlimba forest is sustainable in many ways
Native trees
To create a healthy rainforest, a good mix of local trees have to be planted, a copy of the remaining rainforest. Monocultures are not planted.
Standards and cooperation
The project is regularly monitored by local and foreign observers. In addition, there are cooperations with universities.
With the People
We plant with the local communities, not against them. The land remains the property of the families, greenlimba receives the right of use for 99 years.
20% Agrocultural Forest
To support the communities, next to the protected forest we always plant an agricultural forest for the benefit of the communities.
Environmental Education
Education is essential for sustainable development. Only those who know why a tree is important for their own wellfare will be willing to protect it.
On site
The managing directors are regularly in Sierra Leone to ensure the smooth running of the project and to make adjustments.
News
News
Here you can find the latest news about our forest projects
Feel the future in a tracksuit
Another high-ranking visitor to our reforestation area in Kakissy: the Paramount Chief of the Sella
The next 30 hectares are ready
Under international law, climate change projects require the “free, prior and informed consent” of indigenous
A photo says more than 1,000 words
Our entire reforestation program explained in one picture: this year’s young trees on the right,
Three Trustworthy Seals
Three Trustworthy Seals
Climate protection is a “very important” issue for 70% of end consumers (source: German Federal Environment Agency). In this respect, whether a company takes responsibility for its greenhouse gas emissions also influences the purchasing decision. greenlimba’s climate protection seal confirms that the company voluntarily offsets its unavoidable emissions.
With its engagement in Sierra Leone / West Africa, the German greenlimba GmbH proudly and convincingly fulfills the Sustainable Development Goals 8, 13 and 15 of the UN Agenda 2030.
