March 2023

Here we go! The first trees are planted! However, the botanists among you will immediately notice that these are not going to be rainforest giants… That’s right! These are cashew seedlings! We are planting our new rainforest in Sierra Leone / West Africa not against, but with the people. Therefore, in addition to the protection […]

99 meters high above Kasimbek: To document our reforestation programs in Sierra Leone, we also use a small drone. Not much of our pilot year efforts are yet visible from a bird’s eye view, but that will change very quickly. The trees here in West Africa grow on average 50% faster than any forest in

CO2e = ((cir : π : 2) ² x π x h x FF x BEF x RTSR) x BSW (D) x CF x 3.667 How much CO2 is actually in a tree? And in one hectare of rainforest? There are more than a dozen scientific formulas to work this out, but the results vary

Our first sign is up! This is not about self-congratulation: the people in Kakissy and Kasimbek are proud that our first reforestation areas in Sierra Leone / West Africa are located in their two villages of all places. The (recycled) sign was, of course, hand painted by the local sign maker in Kamakwie and the

“Once white people came to our village …”, this is how the story of emos from Kadingbilin in the north of Sierra Leone / West Africa begins. That was last July. We talked to him about the wonderful forest that still surrounded his village and why it was worth protecting. Emos did not let go

While Germany’s forests are taking a winter break, our first nearly 5,000 new trees in Sierra Leone / West Africa are growing vigorously towards the sky. The first have already almost reached the 2-meter mark for Nicholas! Our District Supervisor Anthony J. Turay has been busy documenting and is justifiably proud of our successful pilot

Climate protection without education is like swimming without water. We are therefore working on a small school primer for greenlimba to explain the importance of trees to children in West Africa. A warm summer Sunday in the Wilstermarsch is just the right inspiration for Marion to develop our main character. I wonder what it will

The way to the Outamba National Park, just 25 kilometers away, is always a little adventure even for us! It takes a minimum of two hours with a good four-wheel drive vehicle, one way. But once again it was necessary to negotiate a wide variety of natural seeds for our reforestation areas – with success.

The photo is unexciting, the content is: We have agreed with the rectorate of the University of Makeni around Prof. Momoh (center right) on a research cooperation with our reforestation program “greenlimba”! This is also associated with a scientific review of our activities in Sierra Leone. Cooperations with another university in England and one in

Back in Sierra Leone – and the results on the ground are impressive! Contrary to what was expected according to international studies, significantly more trees have survived so far. However, we will only know the exact percentage after the rainy season in September / October.What is definitely also worth seeing is this burned strip at