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📝🌳 Project Report: Restoring Alberta's Forests Over 130,000 trees have been planted on private land in #Alberta to revive an area once threatened by agricultural conversion. This initiative aims to recreate a historical forest, providing vital habitat for songbirds, raptors, moose, elk, and bears. As the forest matures, it will become a hub for nesting, foraging, and hunting—essential for our local biodiversity. Beyond wildlife benefits, restoring this forest improves water quality, enhances food security, and enriches recreational opportunities like hiking and birdwatching. By planting near watercourses, we safeguard their long-term health for residents and wildlife alike. These trees also stabilize soil, manage rainfall, and aid climate stability by sequestering carbon. Local ranchers will benefit from improved ecosystem services, while the new forest boosts our economy through activities such as hunting and ecotourism. This initiative has also provided jobs for eight seasonal tree planters, supporting our community and Canada's reforestation goals.

Fire prevention has evolved into a proactive, interdisciplinary approach aimed at reducing the risk of forest fires. Historically, efforts focused on fire suppression, often exacerbating the issue. Today, a modern approach engages foresters, planners, conservationists, and legislators to develop effective strategies. One strategy is prescribed burning: carefully using fire to achieve specific goals, like reducing fuel load in forest understories. This method is crucial alongside sustainable forest management to maintain forest health and resilience against future threats. → Have you ever heard of prescribed burning? 🤔🔥 Let's continue advancing fire prevention efforts to protect our forests and communities. #ForestFires #Forestry #FirePrevention

Great news from #Colombia! 🇨🇴 👏 In 2023, deforestation hit its lowest level in 23 years, with a 36% drop from 1,235 sq km in 2022 to 792 sq km. Over the span of just two years, from 2021 to 2023, Colombia successfully slashed forest loss by an impressive 54%. This exciting news makes us reflect on our work in Choco, Colombia, one of the world's most biodiverse areas, where we're actively reversing the effects of deforestation. Our 2022 project helps sequester 15,000 tons of carbon dioxide and provides a vital habitat for over 2,000 species of plants and animals. Accomplishments like these show how crucial it is for us all to work together to protect our planet's precious ecosystems. 🌱 → Read more about Colombia’s milestone  https://lnkd.in/gr_SKC53

🌳 According to the US Department of Energy, strategically positioned trees can reduce a home’s energy costs by 25%, including air conditioning. While switching to renewable energy is crucial, this simple act also helps reduce the strain on our power grid during heat waves, preventing catastrophic power failures. How does it work? 🌞 Research shows that planting deciduous trees in strategic locations around buildings helps reduce the amount of solar energy absorbed. This is especially effective when these trees shade windows and part of the roof. At a time when extreme heat forces urban dwellers to rely on expensive air conditioning to stay safe, this is more vital than ever. Let’s continue to plant trees and create #sustainable solutions for a greener, more energy-efficient future. Learn more on how urban trees help reduce the urban heat island effect: https://lnkd.in/euttdcNy

Nature's secret to well being? 🧘♀️ Studies have shown that when we’re exposed to nature, even for just a short time, our parasympathetic nervous system gradually takes control, lowering our blood pressure, pulse rate, inflammation, and cortisol levels and elevating our moods. As a result, we can experience increased vigor and decreased depression, anxiety, fatigue, and mental fog. Simply put? Nature is always there for us when we're feeling stressed or fatigued, offering a perfect way to disconnect and rejuvenate! #nature #wellbeing #health

Watersheds “shed” water into rivers, lakes, and oceans, playing a crucial role in transporting water to communities worldwide. 🌍 Through reforestation, we can ensure these landscapes thrive for generations, positively impacting ecosystems and communities. ⁠ ⁠ By planting trees, we’re restoring habitats, improving water quality, reducing erosion, and enhancing ecosystem health. 🌱 ⁠ ⁠ In 2022, we helped over 1,100 hill tribe members in #Thailand plant 375,000 trees, rejuvenating the Nam Kohk, Hoi Lui, and Mae Na Wong watersheds. ⁠ ⁠ Last year, we also restored a major watershed in the #Dominican Republic and #Haiti, stabilizing soil and water tables for millions. ⁠ ⁠ Here's to the power of reforestation 👏

Today, on #WorldOrcaDay, we shine a spotlight on the magnificent marine mammals that play a vital role in maintaining the health of our oceans. 🐋 These apex predators are not only awe-inspiring but also serve as key indicators of the overall well-being of marine ecosystems. At One Tree Planted, we are committed to protecting these incredible creatures and their habitats. By working together, we can ensure a thriving future for all marine life and preserve the beauty and balance of our oceans. 💙🌊

Project report: 50,000 trees planted in Bhutan! 📝🌳 ⃗ → 500 volunteers engaged ⃗ → 26 tree species planted ⃗ → 300 individuals trained This project is restoring biodiversity and habitats, benefiting over 1,000 communities by planting high-value fruit and timber trees on fallow and degraded lands. It's not just about environmental restoration; it's about economic empowerment too! We're boosting income for farmers, creating jobs for local youth, and supporting 929 households with increased fruit sales and improved food security, all while contributing to the local economy. Community forests and institutions involved are also benefiting, enhancing ecosystem services and improving landscape quality. This holistic approach fosters sustainable development and promotes environmental health in Bhutan. #Bhutan #Restoration #Reforestation #Community

It’s all about…IMPACT! 🌱 #XPRIZERainforest recently hosted an Impact Day in Manaus, Brazil to discuss the future of the prize and the impact these technologies can make. “All of the teams represented here will be testing the solutions that they’ve been developing. And then, it’s: where do we go from here? How do these solutions get adopted, implemented, and scaled so that they’re not just technologies developed for a competition, but technologies with actual real-world, meaningful applications that the world needs now?” - XPRIZE EVP, Biodiversity + Conservation Peter Houlihan   See more highlights from Impact Day below! 🌱 The finalist teams presented their solutions to attendees, giving more information about their groundbreaking technologies and their plans for the future. We also had several partnerships announced throughout the day. We are incredibly grateful for the support of our amazing partners. 🤝 UNDP: XPRIZE is joining forces with UNDP to get the technologies from the XPRIZE Rainforest competition into the hands of communities around the world who can use them to establish and manage protected areas, enable new bioeconomies, and accelerate other conservation efforts. 🤝 State of Acre and State of Amazonas: Secretary of Environment State of Acre Julie Messias and Secretary of Environment State of Amazonas Eduardo Taveira joined us at Impact Day to sign an LOI with XPRIZE. The partnership will focus on leveraging cutting-edge biodiversity assessment technologies to conduct comprehensive and rapid assessments of biodiversity in the State of Acre and State of Amazonas' rainforests. 🤝 MDIC (Ministry of Development, Industry, and Foreign Trade): MDIC has been a key partner supporting Finals Testing and XPRIZE was thrilled to have Secretary of Green Economy, Decarbonization, and Bioindustry Rodrigo Rollemberg sign an LOI on stage, extending MDIC’s commitment to support our finalist teams scaling their technologies in the Amazon Basin through the prize's Impact Phase. 🤝 One Tree Planted: One Tree Planted will collaborate with XPRIZE and competing teams to advance the use of innovations emerging from the XPRIZE Rainforest to better understand the impact of restoration projects on biodiversity. 🤝 Ponterra: Ponterra will collaborate with XPRIZE to incorporate innovations emerging from XPRIZE Rainforest to measure the biodiversity impacts of Ponterra restoration projects in Panama and Latin America to demonstrate new nature credit models. 🤝 Glocal / G20: Glocal announced that they are partnering with XPRIZE to promote the prize through the Impact Phase and help amplify awareness of the teams and their solutions. To learn more about XPRIZE Rainforest, visit https://lnkd.in/gqXmTdD3. XPRIZE Rainforest is sponsored by Alana. cc: Instituto Alana, Ana Lucia Villela, Marcos Nisti, Midori Paxton, Reina Otsuka, João Francisco Maria, Matthew Jeffery, Malcolm Porteus González, Laís Fleury

🧟♂️🔥 Zombie fires are a hidden danger to our forests, burning underground and resurfacing when we least expect it. But, what exactly is a Zombie fire? Learn more about these persistent fires and their impact on our environment.