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Jens Kraus-Massé is Germany’s highest representative in Sierra Leone. For the second time, the ambassador made the long journey from Freetown to the north of the Karene district to see our sustainable forest projects in person. This time we showed him our protection forest in Kadingbilin. A „very pleasant walk“, was his summary – at

This is a „Black Tombla“, the small tree. Although it grows much more slowly than some other tropical trees, its wood density means that it ultimately stores just as much CO2 as its fellow species, and in some cases even more. The 1.8 tons of storage capacity per tree was calculated from the average of

This kapok tree had sown itself directly in front of our headquarters in Kamakwie, which was a very bad location considering its later diameter of several meters … Without further ado, Marion dug it out and buried it again in our new rainforest. It will now do a lot of good there for many hundreds

These wonderful rainforest giants called Kuthiebie (Antiaris Toxicaria) grow in our protected forest in Kadingbilin. In Europe, one would assume that the tree was at least 100 years old – in West Africa, thanks to the tropical climate, it didn’t even need 60 years to reach this impressive size! Faster growth naturally also means faster

Whether you are a corporate client or a private donor, everyone has their (good) reasons for supporting our sustainable forest projects in Sierra Leone/West Africa. Thank you for your support!

How many different tree species grow in a healthy Central European mixed forest? 8-9 And how many different tree species grow in our protected reforestations in West Africa? 24 currently – and more every year Biodiversity and climate protection is also the topic of the discussion between Marion and employee Prince on the terrace of

Another high-ranking visitor to our reforestation area in Kakissy: the Paramount Chief of the Sella Limba Chiefdom wanted to see our work for himself and put on his sporty outfit especially for the occasion. In the end, Ballaba Bangura was visibly impressed by the professionalism and speed with which our new rainforest in Sierra Leone

Under international law, climate change projects require the „free, prior and informed consent“ of indigenous peoples. Logical, you would think. But this is sometimes not so easy to implement in practice: Our contracts are written in English, but in Kawula people speak Limba. Nobody knows written contracts here anyway, because you would have to be

Our entire reforestation program explained in one picture: this year’s young trees on the right, last year’s on the left, and a small rainforest enclave in the background that our smallest new forest area will connect to in the coming years. In the first year, sesame seeds are planted under the very young trees as