Tropical Native Species Reforestation Information Clearinghouse (TRIC)
Resource Details
Taking Root Reforestation - Limay Community Carbon Project
Project: Project - NonprofitContact Info
Kahlil Baker, Executive Director
kahlil@takingroot.org
Affiliations
Taking Root/En Racine
Link(s)
www.takingroot.org
Species Info
- Swietenia humilis
- Bombacopsis quinata (Pachira quinata)
- Caesalpinia velutina
- Albizia saman
- Leucaena leucocephala
- Gliricidia sepium
Description
- The mission of this project is to use reforestation as a tool for community economic development while also contributing to climate change mitigation.
- Based Montreal, Canada, this project started planting trees with smallholders in Nicaragua in the spring of 2008.
- 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.
- The planted land currently equals about 130 ha.
- Additionally on 10% of the area, the project has established permanent sample plots to collect growth and mortality data for the planted trees.
- Each year new farmers join the project.
- 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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