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!

From participant to advocate!

Juan Ángel Valdivia recently joined CommuniTree and is now inspiring others by sharing his journey—what it’s like to be part of the program and how reforesting his land is already making a difference.

Word of mouth is a powerful driver for CommuniTree.

We asked CommuniTree farmer Dennis José Flores Talavera about the benefits of growing trees. Hear what he had to say in this short video, where he touches upon the benefits to his farm and his family.

As we near the end of CommuniTree's 2024 planting season, we're celebrating a big milestone: the expansion of the project's central nurseries from 22 to 40. It’s a huge logistical feat that ensures all farmers—whether they have in-farm nurseries or not—have access to the healthy

Dora is restoring a parcel of degraded land on her farm in Nicaragua. She planted seedlings last year, and the local team has been supporting her to maximize early-stage tree growth.

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! 🌳🌿

The CommuniTree Carbon Program in Nicaragua is only possible thanks to APRODEIN, a local team of agroforestry experts. They support farmers throughout the entire lifecycle of the project, helping them to improve their livelihoods by growing trees.

We recently spoke to Elvin Castellón

Harnessing the benefits of biochar!

In Nicaragua, APRODEIN has been experimenting with biochar to bolster climate-resilience in tree nurseries. Adding biochar to seedling bags enhances the soil's ability to retain water and nutrients, boosting the survival rate of young trees.

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

In CommuniTree, 53% of our permanent local team members in Nicaragua identify as female.

Their vital contributions to restoring forests across Nicaragua is something we wish to celebrate every day.

Here's to those women whose hard work and dedication make it all possible.

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For the smallholder farmers we partner with, some of the primary benefits of forest restoration include improved water security and better soil health on their land.