La Pedregoza

The Igua nauno seedlings are currently thriving in the heat under the shade of the tree nursery. These young trees are being carefully nurtured and are awaiting transplantation into the soil of La Pedregoza. With the rainy season going well we are able to start planting soon as this

The sun is scorching hot at La Pedregoza this year and the temperatures have been pushing these days beyond 40°C to reach even 42°C (107°F) in the shade!!!

Our workers in Pedregoza are very dedicated to seedling survival especially during heat waves and a wellness and survival check

With the expansion of planted trees in Pedregoza, it is only natural that wild animals like the Sainos are travelling through our newly created forests. Called the Saino in Spanish this wild pig like animal is known as a collared peccary and has it’s own family classification of

It is time to get ready for the nursery and tree planting season of 2024 at La Pedregoza!

The first step is identifying appropriate land for different tree species and mapping out the details like topography and waterflow within the soon to be forest.

Inside La Pedregoza’s

Here is a photo of the true heroines of Pedregoza, the Cow Goddesses. The Holy Cow, the Zebu cow (Bos indicus) is worshipped as a Cow Goddess in India because she comes to rescue the planet after it is destroyed and devoid of any vegetation. From the results we have seen, we feel

Orinoco Sassafras (Ocotea Cymbarum) is an endangered native tree on the IUCN Red List due to previous irresponsible logging practices to extract safrole oil, a root beer ingredient used for its pleasant odor, and to harvest the wood for fine furniture and boat building.

Seed

Jefferson is a promising young man with a joyful passion for tree planting that goes above and beyond the average every chance he gets and has seen him quickly rise to a position as a farm administrator.

Here he is encouraging an Albizia Saman seedling to grow into what one day

Caribbean pine (Pinus caribaea) is an excellent tree for biomass accumulation, which also makes it good for carbon capture projects. It is considered to be ready to harvest after 20 years, which coincides with the span of carbon credits, which are also based on a 20 year cycle. In