Fund native-species restoration through vetted local partners, and report multi-year survival — not seedlings planted
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Fund local partners to restore native species on degraded land — not carbon-rich habitat that doesn't need trees — with multi-year aftercare and satellite-plus-field monitoring. Report trees alive over time, not seedlings planted.
Local council tree-planting scheme, King's Lynn (Norfolk, UK) · Neighborhood
An open space on the edge of King's Lynn, Norfolk, was planted with around 6,000 trees in plastic tree guards, intended to create a carbon sink. Reporting found that almost all trees died. Three compounding errors were…
Local authority / council-backed tree-planting scheme · 1 source
Çorum, Turkey
FailedGovernment of Turkey — Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry / General Directorate of Forestry · 2019–2020 · National
On 11 November 2019 ('National Forestation Day'), Turkey's government ran 'Breath for the Future,' planting roughly 11 million saplings at over 2,000 sites in a single day. At Çorum, volunteers set a Guinness World Reco…
Turkish government (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry), volunteer-planted · 3 sources
Ecosia GmbH (Berlin) funding vetted local planting partners across 35+ countries · since 2009 · Global
Ecosia funds local partner organisations in biodiversity hotspots and degraded land across 35+ countries; partners grow, plant, and nurture trees through establishment. The program uses 900+ diverse native species, expl…
Ecosia search advertising revenue (ad-click share); ≥80% of profit historically directed to tree-planting, with the remainder to other climate action · 2 sources