Resource Details
Taking Root Reforestation - Limay Community Carbon Project
Project:
Project - Nonprofit
Contact Info
Kahlil Baker, Executive Director
kahlil@takingroot.org
Affiliations
Taking Root/En Racine
Link(s)
www.takingroot.org
Species Info
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Swietenia humilis
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Bombacopsis quinata (Pachira quinata)
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Caesalpinia velutina
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Albizia saman
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Leucaena leucocephala
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Gliricidia sepium
Description
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The mission of this project is to use reforestation as a tool for community economic development while also contributing to climate change mitigation.
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Based Montreal, Canada, this project started planting trees with smallholders in Nicaragua in the spring of 2008.
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Partnerships were made with over 100 families in which the families receive payments for the ecosystem services on a bi-annual basis for trees they plant and maintain on underutilized portions of their land.
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The planted land currently equals about 130 ha.
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Additionally on 10% of the area, the project has established permanent sample plots to collect growth and mortality data for the planted trees.
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Each year new farmers join the project.
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Future plans may include setting up a micro-investment program where farmers who want to establish woodlots for the sustainable production of firewood, posts, and timber would receive yearly advance payments in exchange for a share of the future harvest.
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