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March 2025

Cashews are centre stage in our nursery at the moment, as we gear up for the coming planting season. These lovely trees are actually related to cactii - they have waxy leaves that reduce transpiration and are able to store up water in their trunks. This makes them incredibly drought

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10 Mar 2025
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RAHELYNN DEL PUERTO · 3 days ago

Innovamos para un futuro donde tecnología y ecología se unen. 🌳🌳🌱

February 2025

Our planting team is made up of local community members who live near our restoration sites. Many rely on fishing for their livelihoods, and planting mangroves plays a crucial role in strengthening coastal ecosystems.

Mangroves provide essential breeding and nursery grounds for

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28 Feb 2025
The Creative Pixels
The Creative Pixels · 16 days ago

I wonder if there are any mangrove projects in Mexico we can plant on. We are...

Mangrove forests are vital for coastal stability, biodiversity, and carbon storage, acting as a natural barrier against storms and erosion.

Fun fact: Mangroves can filter up to 90% of salt from seawater before absorbing it, allowing them to thrive in harsh coastal environments where

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28 Feb 2025

When we wait for the rains to come then sometimes the seedlings need a bit of irrigation to keep them from getting thirsty. Lois shows how one woman can carry 10 jerry cans from the planting site back to the watersource for refilling. Well done Lois!

20 Feb 2025

Close up of the grafting process that enables our farmers to improve the value of their mango crop. The attached graft will grow into a branch that will ultimately yield larger, juicier fruit.

16 Feb 2025

By grafting high quality fruit stems on to existing mango trees you can signficantly improve the size and juiciness of the resultant harvest.

Larger, more flavoursome mangoes fetch a premium price at the local markets - meaning more cash for school fees, home improvements and ultimately

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10 Feb 2025
January 2025

And today our new Community Tree Nursery Office was finished with some lovely signage acknowledging the incredible support we receive from the Tree-Nation community :-)

30 Jan 2025
Ru Hartwell
Ru Hartwell · a month ago

Thanks everyone!!

Our new nursery office is coming on well. Just really the signwriting and then its 'Job Done'. Watch this space for the signage in the next couple of days....

29 Jan 2025
Ru Hartwell
Ru Hartwell · 2 months ago

Thanks Oriana!

Mangrove propagules are planted vertically in muddy ground, mimicking their natural process.

This helps them anchor securely, allowing roots to penetrate the soil and shoots to reach sunlight.

This method ensures high survival rates and supports the rapid growth of thriving mangrove

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28 Jan 2025
Sultan Alotaibi
Sultan Alotaibi · 22 days ago

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Mangrove trees provide a unique advantage in reforestation efforts with their easily accessible seedlings, known as propagules.

These propagules grow directly on the tree and can be harvested once they mature, ready to plant immediately without additional preparation.

This natural

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28 Jan 2025

As our project expands its impact and scale we need to make sure that the admin and monitoring remain sharp. To this end we are constructing a new project office to enable the team to keep everything under close control.

20 Jan 2025
Oriana Medina TN
Oriana Medina TN · 2 months ago

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Our Project Manager, Alex Katana with his extended family in front of a newly constructed house, built in the traditional Giriama tribal manner. The dense thatch is warming in the cool nights and cooling in the midday sun. They wish all Tree-Nation members a Happy and Prosperous

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13 Jan 2025
December 2024

Here’s a sneak peek at how the seedlings are thriving! We’re thrilled with their progress so far—in just a few years, they’ll grow into full mangroves, helping to restore Madagascar’s coastlines.

18 Dec 2024
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A glimpse of the Kandrany planting site before the tiny mangrove seedlings were planted.

18 Dec 2024

Community members removing weeds on a new planting site. The brash has been cleared and burnt in situ to add nutrients to the soil and now the rains are coming its time to get the site ready for planting.

04 Dec 2024
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