Mlola Biodiversity Restoration

Mlola Biodiversity Restoration

TZ Tanzania

77.7  Quality Score 

Completed

Our project focuses on restoring biodiversity by engaging local communities in education and tree planting. The Usambara Mountains' forests have suffered from deforestation due to agricultural expansion and logging. We are working to restore these forests by planting native trees and raising environmental awareness in nearby villages.

168,481Trees funded of 170,000
8,409 TCO2 captured
4,402Followers

Fast growing and soil fertilizing species

These trees are strong and easy to grow. Commonly planted in large quantities, they build the base of a plantation system.

Agroforestry
Albizia gummifera

Albizia gummifera

Peacock flower

50kg CO₂ 0 left
Fast-growing
Dichrostachys cinerea

Dichrostachys cinerea

Sicklebush

10kg CO₂ 0 left
Fast-growing
Markhamia lutea

Markhamia lutea

Markamea

10kg CO₂ 0 left
Fast-growing
Syzygium guineense

Syzygium guineense

Woodland water berry

150kg CO₂ 0 left
Fast-growing
Pinus patula

Pinus patula

Patula pine

100kg CO₂ 0 left
Fast-growing
Rauvolfia caffra

Rauvolfia caffra

Quinine tree

100kg CO₂ 0 left
Fast-growing
Grevillea robusta

Grevillea robusta

Silk Oak

50kg CO₂ 0 left
Agroforestry
Eucalyptus globulus

Eucalyptus globulus

Southern blue gum

100kg CO₂ 0 left
Fast-growing
Croton megalocarpus

Croton megalocarpus

Croton

150kg CO₂ 23,656 available

Fruit and medicinal species

These trees produce the most delicious fruits or very useful ingredients for cosmetic and medicinal purposes.

Nutritional
Persea americana

Persea americana

Avocado tree

20kg CO₂ 0 left
Medicinal
Tabernaemontana crassa

Tabernaemontana crassa

Adam's apple flower

10kg CO₂ 0 left
Medicinal
Bridelia micrantha

Bridelia micrantha

Mitzeerie

50kg CO₂ 0 left
Medicinal
Cordia africana

Cordia africana

Sudan teak

50kg CO₂ 0 left
Nutritional
Mangifera indica

Mangifera indica

Mango tree

100kg CO₂ 0 left

Rare and magnificent species

Some trees impress by their sheer size or longevity, while others hold their particular beauty from their inner fight against the threats of extinction that loom upon them.

Fauna protection
Albizia schimperiana

Albizia schimperiana

Large-podded albizia

50kg CO₂ 0 left
Endangered
Afrocarpus usambarensis

Afrocarpus usambarensis

African yellow-wood

50kg CO₂ 0 left
Fauna protection
Ficus sur

Ficus sur

Bush Fig

100kg CO₂ 0 left

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