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We completed a very successful workshop on permaculture this week. For three days, people from our reforestation villages in Sierra Leone learned, for example, how to make compost and grow it efficiently and organically. This helps the poor rural population and it helps our rainforests: better harvests = less pressure on the forest. To be […]

“Your new rainforest will be cut down again in ten years anyway!” We hear that more often. At best, the question follows: “Or how do you intend to prevent this?” Then there’s this answer: through education. Because only those who know the value of a tree are prepared to protect it. For this reason, the

A lot of effort for a small “g” – but that was important to us! We went to the notary this week so that our company can operate as a gGmbH, a non-profit organization. Because what defines our daily activities at greenlimba? Exactly: non-profit status!

The “European Delegation to Sierra Leone” was a guest at greenlimba. The Austrian Gerald Hatler, Head of Cooperation from Freetown, first visited the completed reforestation in Kasimbek and then the new forest tree nursery in Kawula. We liked his summary: “Excellent!”

We work in the tropics. That sounds exotic, like palm trees and the beach. The reality is usually different: An extensive workshop with our managers was on the agenda at the weekend. With the help of community-based training, we want to plant even more rainforest in Sierra Leone even faster in the future – and

Jens Kraus-Massé is Germany’s highest representative in Sierra Leone. For the second time, the ambassador made the long journey from Freetown to the north of the Karene district to see our sustainable forest projects in person. This time we showed him our protection forest in Kadingbilin. A “very pleasant walk”, was his summary – at

This is a “Black Tombla”, the small tree. Although it grows much more slowly than some other tropical trees, its wood density means that it ultimately stores just as much CO2 as its fellow species, and in some cases even more. The 1.8 tons of storage capacity per tree was calculated from the average of

This kapok tree had sown itself directly in front of our headquarters in Kamakwie, which was a very bad location considering its later diameter of several meters … Without further ado, Marion dug it out and buried it again in our new rainforest. It will now do a lot of good there for many hundreds

These wonderful rainforest giants called Kuthiebie (Antiaris Toxicaria) grow in our protected forest in Kadingbilin. In Europe, one would assume that the tree was at least 100 years old – in West Africa, thanks to the tropical climate, it didn’t even need 60 years to reach this impressive size! Faster growth naturally also means faster

Whether you are a corporate client or a private donor, everyone has their (good) reasons for supporting our sustainable forest projects in Sierra Leone/West Africa. Thank you for your support!