
Josy Armand
National Director of Madagascar
At the center of Eden Reforestation Projects is our relationships with local communities. We work alongside them to produce, plant, and protect tens of millions of trees every month, thereby creating jobs to support them in restoring their local environment and economy long-term. Working in extremely remote settings, our national directors lead these communities with grit and relentless determination through a range of challenges, from extreme weather and landslides, to poachers, bandits, and wild animals.
Where we’re working
Most people run from wildfires. Our reforestation project teams, committed to the long-term health of the forest they have planted, run towards them, even when they are wearing shorts and flip-flops, rather than what we think of as regular fire-fighting gear.
At A Glance
776 million+ trees produced, planted, and protected
11,700+ employees empowered with fair wages
When crabs ate our propagules, killing the seeds before they could grow, our Mozambique reforestation project team collaborated with Brazil to figure out a creative solution.
At A Glance
80 million+ trees produced, planted, and protected
900+ employees empowered with fair wages
Would you rather navigate through hyena territory or walk through python-infested bushes? This is not a question most people have to ask themselves during a typical workday. However, our reforestation project teams face this type of choice every week.
At A Glance
1,050+ employees empowered with fair wages
After a decade, we are returning to our first project nation, Ethiopia, to work with local communities to reforest the Dawuro region. Our work will help address the degradation of land, decline in water resources, and devastation landslides have on local communities.
At A Glance
2 project sites
4 employees empowered with fair wages
Over half our workforce are women, and for many it is their first opportunity for consistent employment. From managing nurseries to planting seedlings, these women are overcoming gender inequality in their nation.
At A Glance
380+ employees empowered with fair wages
By partnering with us to reforest their land, the local community in Mindanao will have the legal rights to the land they inhabit for the first time in history.
At A Glance
2 project sites
40+ employees empowered with fair wages
When a fire threatened our planting site, our team used the materials they brought with them for the day to build shelters as they kept watch over the fire, ready to extinguish any flames that came near the site and alert authorities if the flames continued to grow.
At A Glance
4 million+ trees produced, planted, and protected
190+ employees empowered with fair wages
The foundation of our Employ to Plant methodology is to work with local communities and rely on their expertise. People such as João Maleta at our Alcântara planting site help us identify native species and best practices.
At A Glance
600,500+ trees produced, planted, and protected
60+ employees empowered with fair wages
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