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The Philippines

Deforestation in the Philippines primarily began in the 1960s and has since destroyed nearly 90% of the forest, displacing rural community members. Through the employment of the local community, we will plant over 3,000 hectares (nearly 7,500 acres) of forest land while employing local people.

Why reforest in the Philippines?

Logging, slash-and-burn agriculture, land development, and forest fires are major factors contributing to the high deforestation rate in the Philippines. Starting in the 1960s, Philippine mahogany was cut down almost entirely to extinction. The disappearance of these trees led to soil erosion, contaminated waterways, and indigenous communities displaced from their land. As more forest is lost, biodiversity drops, plant, and animal species go extinct, and indigenous communities lose the productivity of their land.

  • 47,000 hectares

    of forest are destroyed each year

  • 17% of the population

    live below the poverty line

How we started

With the support of local communities and the government, we established our first planting sites in 2021 in remote areas of the southern regions. Our team worked through fully-remote training, communication barriers, and travel restrictions to safely establish sites in Kibuwa and Canitoan. Despite these unforeseen roadblocks, our team is working closely with the Filipino community to begin producing, planting, and protecting millions of trees.

Where we're working

  • Bukidnon

    Kibuwa Site

    • Preserving the local forest and montane rainforest on indigenous land
    • Working with the local community to address fire prevention and management

    • Training and implementing sustainable farming practices

  • Misamis Oriental

    Canitoan-Pagatpat Site

    • Helping the community fulfill an agreement with their government to legally acquire the land they inhabit through reforestation

    • Implementing agroforestry techniques to promote food security

    • Protecting the forests and communities from logging

Our progress to date

In the first year of work, despite strict lockdown guidelines, our Philippines team partnered with indigenous groups to develop two nurseries, each with a capacity of 20,000 seedlings per month, and surveyed over 3,000 hectares (nearly 7,500 acres) of land.

  • 2

    project sites

  • 40+ employees

    empowered with fair wages

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