Bore

Elvis Otieno our Boré Mau nursery manager with some Grivelea robusta seedlings. This is a great all round tree, also known as Silky Oak. It grows fast, produces great construction timber and the leaves are nutrient rich when they break down in the soil. Because of this the farmers

Climate Change is impacting fast in the tropics and this year looks like being a difficult one for the community of Boré. The precipitation forecast map shows that the area where we are planting is likely to have almost double the normal rainfall in the coming months. This is due

Google have recently updated their satellite imagery in the Bore area so its great to finally be able to see some of the impacts of our planting on individual homesteads. This is an aerial view of one family shamba that has been given over to Mango trees. After only 5 years the trees

Theo Kithunga, one of our longest serving project officers shows that he is not afraid to get his hands dirty as he plants a young Neem tree in our Arsenal Forest 2 planting site. Theo is replacing seedlings that havent survived in the previous season's planting and once in, he'll

One of our Bore Mau nursery team, Margaret Nasepo, holds a Casuarina seedling in front our new nursery. The cloudless sky shows that the long period of heavy rain seems to have come to end so now is the time to get that baby planted - while the soil is still saturated. Thanks for

The boundary area of our Arsenal Forest in Africa No. 1 is looking very boggy at the moment due to the consistently heavy rainfall that this area of Kenya is now experiencing. We suspect that this unseasonable weather may be something to do with the latest 'Super El Niño' event

A community scrub clearing operation gets underway. Invasive thornbushes need to be removed before planting can begin. the greenness of the foliage and the dark grey clouds indicate that its still raining in Bore. The project creates good, sustainable employment for up to 50 local

Stella Baya is one of the hardest working members of our 60 strong team of nursery employees. Like most of the people in Boré, she has a ready smile. Here she is pictured with some lovely looking Moringa seedlings - just ready to go out. Moringa grows fast and the leaves provide

Close up aerial photo of our Arsenal Forest in Africa No. 1 Planting site. Google have recently updated their satellite imagery in this part of Kenya which means that this plantation, created to compensate for the CO2 released and the lumber consumed in the publication of the Arsenal

These kids from Kotayo Primary School near Boré aren't afraid to get their hands dirty as they plant new seedlings in their school grounds. The trees are planted in deep pits to help them capture any available rainfall and in short order they will be providing much needed shade to

Tree planting is important but first you need to propagate the seedlings and this is what these women do so well. They nurture millions of these lovely, carbon ravenous tree babies until they are ready to be planted out, and they seem to be pretty happy in their work!

Over 100 volunteer tree planters joined in on our community planting day in our Boré Mau project in Narok County. This part of Kenya is close to the Mau Forest - a critically important reserve for both biodiversity and carbon retention. A key aim of the project is to provide fuelwood

Teophrastus Kithunga pictured in the main nursery this morning. Theo is one of our project monitors - his main jobs are to check on the planted trees, assess survival rates, oversee replacement and to collect planting site GPS co-ordinates. With the early (heavy) onset of the seasonal

Mary Katana with a newly planted mango. Well done Mary!

2 small schoolkids with a small Neem tree. Their equally small shadows tell you that this photo was taken near the Equator. You know when you are doing the right thing ;-)