CommuniTree

A parcel owned by Bayardo Soriano, from the community of Sonis in Somoto. He started growing trees in 2017 and has received more than USD $2,000 in climate finance to date.

One of CommuniTree's more mature parcels, owned and managed by Luis. We love to see the canopy starting to close and natural regeneration taking place.

As we kick off 2025, we're looking ahead to another fantastic year in CommuniTree, with hundreds of hectares of land already recruited for the 2025 planting season!

Juan Ordoñez, a participant in the CommuniTree Carbon Program, restored a parcel of land in 2022. This is what it looks like today!

What do seedlings look like in the early years after planting?

These images reveal the progress on Angel Antonio Rodriguez Tercero's farm where trees were planted in 2022.

Thank you to Angel for his dedication and perseverance. Here’s to continued growth! 🌳🌿

Bertha Flores Morales is a smallholder farmer from Totogalpa, Nicaragua, where changing climate patterns make farming increasingly difficult.

In this video, Bertha shares why she joined the CommuniTree Carbon Program so that she can grow trees alongside her existing agricultural

A testament to the power of forest restoration! In 2022, Pedro Antonio Valdivia Lanzas began growing trees on this under-utilized patch of land. Just two years in and already it's a stark contrast to the degraded agricultural land next door.

Forest restoration in action! It's planting season in CommuniTree!

Forest restoration is only successful when you put people first. In Nicaragua, the CommuniTree Carbon Program embodies this ethos. It demonstrates how when farmers benefit from trees, they have the incentive to keep growing them, restoring ecosystems and removing carbon from the

The team in Nicaragua regularly encounters local fauna while visiting farmers' parcels. We love to see what wildlife call the forests home, and to remind ourselves of why we do what we do - for the preservation and appreciation of our planet's wonders.

Pictured is a Soropopo or

CommuniTree's focus over the past three months has been all about recruitment and preparing for the 2024 planting season!

The local team has been busy recruiting farmers to the program and helping them to establish nurseries.

The number of central nurseries has also doubled from

It is critical to promote education around the short and long-term benefits of reforestation. It not only produces additional forestry products, but it also heals the land over time to increase crop yields, soil quality and climate resilience. Here Marcio is picking coffee from

This is one of thousands of families that have benefited from our program. By planting trees, they can generate sources of income that support their families directly from home, while creating a suitable balance with nature.