By Luiz Gusmao | Iracambi Forestry Coordinator
Hello friends and supporters,
Forests4Water has recently made a few changes on this platform, and now it's time to send you the latest news - direct from the rainforest.
Are you ready?
First and foremost, as we come to the end of the rainy season, we've been super busy completing this season's planting as well as the monitoring and maintenance of the baby trees planted since October when the rains began.
This season we've done both direct restoration - planting native trees in water catchment areas - and also agroforestry which is where we mix native trees with food crops, restoring forest cover and providing an economic return for the farmer.
We are focusing on the land that directly borders the Serra do Brigadeiro State Park, creating a green wall around the core conservation area, building forest corridors, extending forest cover and habitat for biodiversity, and restoring a flourishing ecosystem.
And the impact of what we - and so many other committed environmentalists - are doing at local landscape level, stretches across the hemisphere and around the world. Together we're regulating water cycles, enriching soils, mitigating carbon emissions and supporting global food systems.
Not a bad return on investment, right?
Thank you so much for supporting us!
with love,
Binka, Luiz and the Iracambi Foresters
PS Check out our cover picture - Amber from New York City. She crossed continents to join our restoration team, stuck it out through torrential rains, and says she wouldn't have it any other way. Iracambi owes a huge vote of thanks to our students and volunteers. Thank you, guys!
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