Usambara Biodiversity Conservation

🌱 Carrying Hope for a Greener Usambara! 🌳💚

For landscape restoration to succeed, it takes more than planting trees — it takes people, commitment, and determination.

This woman is one of the community members participating in the our larger landscape restoration programme, carrying

🌱 Thousands of Seedling Tubes, One Big Restoration Mission! 🌍🌳

The work is underway at our tree nurseries, where our team has prepared thousands of soil-filled planting tubes ready for the next stage of our larger landscape restoration campaign.

These small tubes may look simple,

🌱 Women Leading the Way in Landscape Restoration! 🌍💚

Our women’s group is playing a vital role in restoring nature and building a greener future for the Usambara Mountains. 💪🏾🌳

In this inspiring moment, our dedicated women are carrying tree seedlings to one of our restoration

🌱 From Bare Land to a Greener Future! 🌳

Today, community members working with us came together to plant trees on a completely bare and degraded piece of land, taking an important step toward restoring vegetation and bringing life back to the landscape. 🌍💚

Every tree planted

Every seedling tells a story of hope. 🌱

In the heart of the Usambara Mountains, women are carrying more than seedlings on their heads—they are carrying the future of our forests, our water sources, our biodiversity, and the generations to come.

Walking long distances to reach

Every tree begins with a small seed—and every act of kindness creates a lasting impact.

Our amazing volunteers are hard at work in our tree nursery, nurturing seedlings and planting trees to help restore the beautiful Usambara Mountains. Together with local communities, they are

🌱💚 Women Leading the Way in Landscape Restoration 💚🌱

Women are playing a vital role in restoring our landscapes and building a greener future for generations to come.

Through our large-scale restoration efforts, women are actively participating in the planting of millions of

🌿 Restoring Nature, Preserving Unique Biodiversity 🌿

At our planting site in the Usambara Mountains, we are proud to plant Tabernaemontana usambarensis — a unique tree species found only in the Usambara region of Tanzania. 🇹🇿

Through our Large Landscape Restoration Program,

🌱 Women Leading Restoration in the Usambara Mountains 🌍
Through the Friends of Usambara Large Landscape Restoration initiative, communities in the Usambara Mountains are planting millions of trees to restore degraded landscapes, protect water sources, and fight climate change.
Women’s

🌱 Empowering Women, Restoring Nature 🌍

Every tree planted is a step toward a greener, healthier future for the Usambara communities.

Today, we celebrate the incredible role women play in environmental conservation — nurturing the land, protecting biodiversity, and inspiring

🌱 Growing a Greener Future Together 🌍

Today, our team visited one of our tree planting sites to witness the positive impact of our environmental conservation efforts. Every tree planted is a step toward restoring nature, protecting biodiversity, and creating a healthier future

JUSTICE & EQUITY

By challenging dominant power structures, amplifying Indigenous and community voices, and centring gender equity in all we do, we aim to redefine ethical restoration and uplift women and marginalised communities both within our projects and wider society.

RESTORE & REFOREST.
We don’t just plant trees - we support long-term forest care that restores habitats, strengthens communities, and helps biodiversity thrive.

Our work centres local knowledge, uplifts women, and respects the deep connection between people and the land.

Why we plant trees
We recognise the multiple benefits of trees for both people and planet. We plant trees to:

· Restore and protect forests
· Capture carbon and combat the effects of climate change
· Increase and support vital biodiversity
· Create and improve livelihoods
· Support

Restoring & Reforesting
Our work starts from a simple understanding: ecological breakdown and social injustice are deeply intertwined. Forests thrive when people are resourced, respected, and empowered to care for the land they depend on.