Restoring Ayapel wetland planting together

The planting of new trees in Ayapel can only be done in two seasons a year due to the natural movement of water levels.

At the end of April, the first season began, so last month we planted 2,000 trees and we are planning to plant another 2,000 trees this month.

The sowings are carried out with voluntary work from the community, that is, the community contributes their time and work to move this project forward.

The trees that have been planted are mainly cedars, oaks, kapok trees and Orejero.

In the nursery we currently have 3,000 growing trees for future plantings. 

CorpoAyapel has a tree nursery where local species are planted, watered and maintained. This nursery is key for the project becasue this is where our staff makes sure that the trees have the right conditions to grow strong. The goal is to oversee their growth, and once they are ready to be planted, take to the wetland.

For CorpoAyapel to plant trees, they need to be produced in the nursery first.

During the last months we planted kapok, cedar, mangrove and guayazan. They are ready to be taken to the wetland. See pictures.

CorpoAyapel's tree nursery is being maintained as planned and our staff are dedicated to its maintenance. There are now hundreds of trees from the nursery ready to be planted.

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During the month of July, 6,000 new trees were planted in Ayapel. This process was done with the community, volunteers and local farmers that believe in the importance of planting trees as way to help with the rehabilitation of the ecosystem that has been greatly affected by illegal mining. 

One of the youth organizations that helped in the process is "Jovenes por Ayapel" (youth for Ayapel) 

This message from the community is very impactful and explains why this is important:

"Imagine if trees could give us WiFi, everybody would plant trees as crazy and we could end de-forestation, unfortunately they only produce Oxygen, which is what we breath”

REPORTE EN ESPAÑOL

Durante el mes de julio se sembraron 6.000 árboles nuevos en Ayapel. Este proceso se realizó con la comunidad, voluntarios y finqueros locales que creen en la importancia de sembrar árboles como forma de ayudar con la rehabilitación del ecosistema que ha sido muy afectado por la minería ilegal.

Una de las organizaciones juveniles que ayudó en el proceso es "Jóvenes por Ayapel"

Este mensaje de la comunidad es muy impactante y explica por qué es importante:

"Imagínate que los árboles dieran WiFi, todo el mundo plantaría árboles a lo locos y acabaríamos la deforestación. Lástima solo produzcan el oxígeno, que respiramos"

10,000 new trees will arrive to Ayapel

We are getting ready for a massive planting. We already have 10,000 trees that we have been producing in our nursery and they need your support to reach the Ayapel swamp, and continue to restore this important ecosystem for Colombia and the world. Support us and be part of the transformation of a community mindset.

The planet requires that we can fulfill the great dream of having sustainable territories.

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10.000 nuevos árboles llegarán a Ayapel

Nos estamos preparando para una plantación masiva. Ya tenemos 10,000 árboles que hemos estado produciendo en nuestro vivero y necesitan su apoyo para llegar al pantano de Ayapel y continuar restaurando este importante ecosistema para Colombia y el mundo.

Apóyanos y sé parte de la transformación que requiere el planeta para que podamos cumplir el gran sueño de tener territorios sostenibles.

Links:

• http://www.corpoayapel.org

In 2020 we reached 40,000 trees planted. We have made great progress in our goal of returning 1,000,000 trees to the Ayapel Swamp.

This year we hope to reach many companies, government, international cooperation and many people who join this great dream.

We invite you to join and donate from 10 dollars to continue planting. We also want to invite your company to be part of this dream, we can measure your carbon footprint and help you compensate.

En el año 2020 llegamos a 40.000 árboles sembrados. Hemos avanzado mucho en nuestra meta de devolverle a la cienaga 1.000.000 de árboles.

Este año esperamos llegar a muchas empresas, gobierno, cooperación internacional y a muchas personas que se sumen a este gran sueño.

Te invitamos a unirte y donar desde 10 dolares para seguir sembrando. También queremos invitar a tu empresa a ser parte de este sueño, podemos medir la huella de carbono y ayudar a compensarla (puede ser una compensación voluntaria u obligatoria).