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    PLANT A TREE - Brazilian Mata Atlântica Agroforestry Project

    Make a difference one tree at a time!  These native trees are planted in the endangered atlantic rainforest of Brazil (Mata Atlântica).

    Enter how many trees you would like to plant.  Each tree costs $4.

     

    This project is supported by the Big Tree plant-a-tree program. The goal of the Brazilian Mata Atlântica  Agro-Forestry program is to help preserve and reforest Bahia’s critical rain forest through indigenous tree plantings as well as to support local communities through use of the Fair Carbon™ project development methodology and by donating a percentage of proceeds to a community fund. 

     

    See a full description of the program here.

     

    Program highlights:
    • Planting of native trees
    • Verification and oversight of tree planting program by independent bodies in US and Brazil
    • Lower tree mortality due to post-planting care and proper timing
    • Interspersed planting of valuable trees that grow forest products (not timber) to ensure the future forest has more value to surrounding community and is therefore protected
    • Extensive and technologically current documentation of program that view or post to their websites including: videos, pictures and written descriptions
    • Innovative planting technique that creates an organic look and feel of tree stands as opposed to the straight rows and grids of traditional plantings
    • Use of Fair Carbon™ methodology which informs project design and measures and tracks benefits to the local community in terms of social, economic and environmental metrics
    • 10% of proceeds go to a community fund to further support local communities

    The trees that will be planted on this land include:

    • Cedro – Cedrela fissilis
    • Pau D’arco – Tecoma Curialis
    • Ipê – abebuia serratifolia
    • Jatobá – Hymenaea courbaril
    • Conduru – Brosimum rubescens
    • Juerana – Balizia pedicellaris
    • Pau Brasil – Caesalpinia echinata
    • Cacao – Theobroma cacao
    • Jequitibá – Cariniana estrellensis

    Diego (partner) and Frederick (founder) picking trees for planting

    Tree Facts

    ·  A single mature tree can release enough oxygen back into the atmosphere to support 2 human beings.
    ·  Each person in the U.S. generates approximately 20-24 tons of CO2 each year.

    ·  Deforestation is one of the main causes of atmospheric carbon dioxide; burning and cutting millions of acres of trees each year, it is responsible for 20-25 per cent of all carbon emissions.

    ·  A single tree will absorb one ton of carbon dioxide over its lifetime. Shade provided by trees can also reduce your air conditioning bill by 10 to 15 percent.

    ·  It only takes 30 trees to offset the C02 produced by one car annually.

    ·  An average American uses about 750 pounds of paper every year, and 95% of homes are built using wood. That means each person uses the equivalent of one 100 foot tall, 16 inch diameter, tree every year for their paper and wood product needs.

    ·  There are about 20,000 tree species in the world. The United States has one of the largest tree treasuries second only to India.

    ·  Three trees planted in the right place around buildings can cut air-conditioning costs up to 50 percent.

    ·  Trees improve water quality by slowing and filtering rain water as well as protecting aquifers and watersheds.

    ·  The Hyperion on Redwood national park is believed to be the worlds tallest living tree, standing a formidable, 376′ tall.

    ·  1 tree makes on average 16.67 reams of copy paper or 8,333 sheets

    ·  The average U.S. office worker prints 10,000 pages per year

    ·  In 2004 the United States used 8 million tons of office paper (3.2 billion reams). That’s the equivalent of 178 million trees!