Project Hometree, La Tejona, Costa Rica

Summary

This project will allow us to reforest the last 8 hectares - which are currently still pasture - of La Reserva which sits atop the continental divide. project reportread updates from the field

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Project Needs and Beneficiaries

In 1998 the La Reserva property was left to regenerate native forest naturally by selling off all the cattle. Most of the land regenerated to secondary native forest by natural seed dispersion. The 8 hectares of pasture included in this project were planted with an introduced African grass that over the years grew into a dense matt that is over 1 meter high. In these areas the natural dispersal of seeds is virtually impossible. The project completes the reforestation of all 40 hectares of LR.

Activities

Preparation of the planting site, which involves clearing of the African grasses and digging 8,000 holes for the seedlings. Planting of 8,000 seedlings. Maintenance for the first two years to prevent the grasses from choking out the tree seedlings.

Funding Information

Total Funding Received to Date: $1,694
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $10,946
Total Funding Goal: $12,640

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Excel file (projdoc.xls).

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Why this Project is Important

Potential Long Term Impact

Completing the reforestation of LR will eliminate invasive grass that has prevented seedlings from natural regeneration, raise ecological awareness in local community, absorb 2000 tons of CO2 and increase forest cover and foraging for native species.

Project Message

I looked at the LRFF site and saw the photos, etc. It seems like a fantastic project, and you seem to have a good mixture of idealism and pragmatism.
- Paul Hynek, Dir. of Business Affairs at Giant Studios

Who is Running This Project

Contact

Roberta Ward Smiley
Project Leader
Apartado 63-5710
Tilaran, Guanacaste 5710
Costa Rica
(011) 506-8856-2977
Email:

Project Sponsor

Roberta Ward Smiley

Organization

La Reserva Forest Foundation Logo

La Reserva Forest Foundation
Apartado 63-5710
Tilaran, Guanacaste N/A
Costa Rica
(011) 506-8856-2977
http://www.lrff.org

Where this Project is Located

Country

This project is located in Costa RicaCosta Rica and can also be found under EnvironmentEnvironment.

For more information about Costa Rica, read the Human Development Report on Costa Rica or the Wikipedia entry for Costa Rica.

When this Project was Updated

Last Updated

This project was last updated on March 15, 2010.

Date Added to GlobalGiving

This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on November 23, 2009

Latest Update from the Field

The Avatar Experience

By Roberta Ward Smiley - President and Founder, LRFF, March 15, 2010 10:24 AM

Planting the collected seedlings in new nurseryBaby Howler Monkey at Project HometreeParcelas school students at Papa Loco
The Avatar Experience
Two weeks ago, today, we experienced Avatar in a 3-D cinema. It was amazing and blew me away. I felt as though I were “in” the movie. Walking along the Hometree’s branches was as if I were back home in the top of La Reserva’s own Hometree, Papa Loco, the giant Ceiba (Kapok) tree.
At this cycle of the year the bromeliads have already flowered some months back and now the seedpods are dry. Within each seed pod there is a multitude very small seeds. On each seed is a fuzzy puff so that when the breeze blows the seeds are wafted along on the air and attach to another tree. When the rains begin in a couple of months some of the seeds germinate to create new bromeliad plants. These puffs in the air that follow me throughout the day remind of the puffs that were in Avatar. If anyone knows the name of them please remind me, I can’t remember.
The point is that Avatar’s scenery was an exaggerated tropical, rain forest. Whoever came up with all of this has spent time in the tropical forests of the world, most definitely.
This coming Tuesday, March 16th, global Giving will be matching all donations by 30% up to $1000 per donor. Here is our opportunity to get this project funded so that we can plant it during the rainy season.
COME ON EVERYBODY, LET’S GET PLANTING!!

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