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Loggers cut a road into the reserve. We closed it.
A logging crew bulldozed an access road 2km into a protected block. Rangers documented it, the authorities acted, and the road is now trenched and replanted.
Amazon Basin, Brazil -
The seed bank passed 300 native species
Our shared seed bank now holds viable seed from 312 native species across the seven landscapes, up from 180 two years ago.
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Leeches are back, and that is good news
A wet-season survey of the oldest Ghats plots found leeches at densities not seen since planting began. Unpleasant to walk through, and a sign the forest floor is alive again.
Western Ghats, India -
Smoked-fish ponds instead of bushmeat
Eight families near the Mbeli forest built fish ponds with our help. Farmed tilapia now covers the protein that used to come from hunting in the reserve.
Congo Basin, DRC -
Fire season ended with no losses on our plots
A dry El Niño year put the region on fire watch for months. Community fire crews kept every one of our planting blocks intact.
Borneo, Indonesia -
First cacao harvest from the agroforestry plots
Families who planted cacao among the native trees in 2022 sold their first real harvest. The forest pays them now, which is the whole idea.
Amazon Basin, Brazil -
Drone seeding worked on the steep ground
On slopes too steep and dangerous to plant by hand, we trialled seed pods dropped by drone. Early germination on the test plots is running at 22%.
Cascadia, USA -
Dr Amara Okonkwo joins as science director
Amara Okonkwo, a forest ecologist who spent twelve years on restoration in West Africa, has joined to lead our science.
London