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December 14, 2023

FireAlert App monitors forest areas larger than Brazil

Since June this year, Plant-for-the-Planet has introduced the FireAlert App. It provides free and real-time wildfire notifications based ...

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July 27, 2023

Planting trees in existing forests? Why Enrichment Planting makes sense and promotes biodiversity!

Planting trees in a forest? Restoring forests where they already exist and are protected? Admittedly, that sounds contradictory ...

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July 4, 2023

Hidden for 1000 years – rediscovery of an ancient Mayan city in the jungle of Campeche protected by Plant-for-the-Planet

In a remarkable archaeological discovery, a team of researchers recently unveiled the remains of a hidden ancient Maya ...

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June 2, 2023

The carbon storage turbo on four legs: Codeword AAC

A study published in Nature has found amazing things about the role of wildlife on the carbon cycle. The authors ...

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April 17, 2023

Fires on Las Américas 7 and 6: an overview of events

In late March and early April 2023, several fires occurred in different parts of our restoration sites in ...

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March 14, 2023

Fires on the Yucatán Peninsula during dry season – under control thanks to effective management

Fires have occurred this week at Las Américas 1 and Las Américas 11. None of our trees have ...

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July 27, 2022

What’s new in the 2022 planting season in Mexico?

While Europe and other parts of the world face the very dry midsummer time, on the Yucatán Peninsula ...

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April 21, 2022

New Plant-for-the-Planet Advisory Board for Restoration established in Constitución.

In early April, we had a little celebration in our office in Constitución in Southern Mexico: The newly ...

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January 3, 2022

Carefully selected: As an official partner, Plant-for-the-Planet plants 310,964 trees in the INIFAP San Felipe de Bacalar nature reserve.

2021 was special and different for Plant-for-the-Planet in many ways. This applies in an outstanding way to the ...

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December 8, 2021

Olympic Spirit in Yucatán – Plant-for-the-Planet celebrates end of planting season.

In one week, the planting season in Yucatán officially ends. Before everyone leaves for a well-deserved family vacation, ...

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November 2, 2021

Mid-term in Yucatán: One million trees planted!

Milestone on our way to planting 2.5 million trees in Mexico during this year’s rainy season. Since the ...

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October 21, 2021

Plenty shades of green: why some areas on our planting overview have multiple layers.

Some areas on our planting site show multiple layers. The seedlings of some tree species grow more slowly. ...

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October 15, 2021

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work! Over 30,000 trees planted in one day.

Our colleagues in Mexico are on a record-breaking hunt this week: On Tuesday (12.10.), the teams planted a ...

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September 30, 2021

How far they’ll go? – Tree seeds wandering.

Like every other living thing on planet Earth, plants are programmed to produce offspring to perpetuate their species. ...

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September 23, 2021

A greener planet? Our best practices for restoration projects. GIS and TreeMapper.

To restore degraded lands and bring back biodiversity to tackle the climate crisis by using the right tools. ...