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It’s time to plant in Togo! 50,000 young seedlings were distributed yesterday to 100 local families and farmers at our nursery of Kusuntu in the town of Kloto 1. #planttrees #carbonfootprint #reforestation  

Environmental awareness raising is a part of our NGO’s charter. This includes activities in schools with active involvement of schoolchildren. Recently we delivered seminars in schools of Cotonou (Benin) about the protection of the environment and in particular protection of trees. #reforestation #environmentaleducation  

Back to school in Madagascar with help of Graine de Vie. Each year we provide the necessary supplies to school pupils and the admin staff in the villages where we have tree nurseries.  

It is just as important to protect the forest as it is to reforest it and that is also a part of our charter. Recently, together with the team from Madagascar National Parks, we were hard at work to create firewalls to protect 1,200 ha of forest in the Ambohitantely National Park. In 3 days…

While drinking Senseo’s coffee we now compensate for its footprint by planting trees. SENSEO’s sponsored nursery in Madagascar (Fokontany Vohidragnay, commune Tatao, district Manakara, region Fitovignany) has a forecast of 40.000 young trees to be planted this year.#senseo #reforestation #planttrees #carbonoffsetting  

Our #reforestation method of direct seeding in Madagascar has shown great success over the years. And because Madagascar has favorable climate conditions, the results are visible in only few months. Here we see young seedlings grown from direct seeding activity 5 months ago (February 2022) in the village of Antolojahary, one of the villages of Father Pedro. #planttrees #carbonoffsets

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All our teams are hard at work distributing and helping the population to plant the 850,000 tree seedlings from our 25 nurseries

We already deployed 6 tree nurseries producing 180.000 seedlings. In Benin we will launch several new projects with the help of the authorities and the local NGO CEDV.

Our Team visited Togo where we have already created 25 tree nurseries

After Madagascar, Togo, Benin and Cameroon, here are our first tree nurseries in Ghana. Grainedevie, reforestation integrated into local life. Help us to distribute useful tree seedlings free of charge to all those villagers who see their environment disappear.  

Restoration day at the mangrove of the marine park of Nosy-Hara. Already 110.000 mangrove plants transplanted since 5 years by the women of the village in difficult conditions because of the mud.

A small summary of Grainedevie’s actions in Cameroon. Here you can see the tree nurseries(4) in CAMEROON in December 2020. Central region. -1 Mbandjock department of haute sanaga -1 kiiki department of Mbam inoubou. Western region. -1 mbouda department of Bamboutos. -1 Batcham Bamboutos department. And the adventure continues.  

Planting of 2,109 seedlings and direct sowing of 10,000 seeds with the villagers and employees of the SOCOTA group, Friday 5 February, in Andranomanelatra. Training on the technique of direct sowing.  

Reforestation plot, a collaboration between Grainedevie and the army in Andohazompona,with young plants coming from the Amber Mountain. From December to this day, the number of transplants is12 468, including 6 species of cash trees (Hintsina, Mandrorofo, Aramy, Mango, Papaya, Corrosol).  

Distribution of two million seeds to the 61 villages of the Amoron’i Mania region for our direct seeding plantations.A technique developed by Graine de Vie that consists of selecting, preparing, and then planting seeds directly into the soil.  

Planting of 15,000 trees on Mount Passot which supplies fresh water to Nosy Be, Madagascar’s tourist showcase.  

Beginning of the rainy season in Madagascar. All our teams prepare to plant more than FIVE MILLION trees from our 222 nurseries.

Graine de Vie has been developing for 5 years a direct seeding tree planting technique which consists of selecting, treating and planting seeds directly into the soil and we are making great progress. Here are tree seedlings of several species whose seeds were planted last April near Manakara (south-east of Madagascar) with a success rate…

Graine de vie started a reforestation project in Cameroon

To reduce the carbon footprint linked to the operation of its infrastructures, the Liège airport authorities are financing a program for reforestation of the Analamerana reserve in north-eastern Madagascar with the creation of tree nurseries in the villages surrounding the reserve and the planting of 120,000 trees each year. Two new nurseries were created this…

The Graine de vie philosophy is to do reforestation directly with the populations of the villages that draw resources from the forest. After Madagascar and Togo, we are planting our first trees in Benin where we plan to create 5 nurseries this year. In addition to the environmental aspect, our activities have a significant social…

It was Arbor Day yesterday in Togo.Through these photos, beyond the gaze of these people happy to plant trees, don’t you see the image of a world that can change?  

Distribution of 340.000 seedlings by Graine de vie Togo. We decided to be actors in the fight against global warming by creating nurseries in African communities that want to protect and restore their forests.The rainy season has just started in Togo and the population is mobilizing to plant the 340,000 tree seedlings produced in our…

Tree nurseries were opened by our team this week in the region of Betsiboka between Tana and Majunga. We have a lot of requests for help and partnership in the fokontany. Some pictures of the new nurseries  

  We distributed 100.000 meals to the confined in Madagascar. As we feared, COVID-19 arrived in Madagascar where the government imposed containment. This is a tragedy for the poorest families who find themselves without resources and therefore without food.We, therefore, decided to intervene and to use our contacts and our teams to distribute 5,000 packets…

First Graine de vie tree nursery has just been created in Benin in the capital Cotonou not far from the Abomey Calabi University. 4 days of activity from Wednesday 26th to Saturday 29th.We put in fast-growing plants to reforest in June. So far we have managed to plant 4000 of them. The Beninese association CEDV…

Signature of the agreement between Graine de Vie, the Ministère de l’éducation nationale, and Actions sans frontières today February 20th, 2020 For this first year, we are going to set up nurseries of 500 trees for schoolchildren in about thirty schools and supply 2,000,000 seeds thanks to the bags of 5,000 seeds that we have…

Monday, February 3rd. From our communications manager in Tana, Miss. Onjatiana Ravoninjatovo. The official launch of the reforestation of the 3,000 hectares of the highlands through the technique of “direct seeding” in the Commune of Fihaonana, with the presence of the Chief of General Staff of the Malagasy Army, CEMGAM. Nearly 200 soldiers participated in…

Tree Nursery management training at École Catholique de Bon Pasteur, in partnership with École verte de Diego.  

Reforestation with the army, site of Andranganala on an area of 500 Ha, from our local responsible Onjatiana Ravoniniatovo  

Start of the National reforestation in Diego Sakaramy.From our local correspondent Gerard Poncet.  With the participation of the Grainedevie staff at DIANA  

Direct seeding in Bongolava region. On Monday, our local manager Voara reports that a team from Graine de vie from Tananarivo had gone to the Bongolava Region to carry out direct planting with the deputy and the villagers as well as two people from the army. We were able to plant 10,430 seeds on an…

Campaign in Madagascar to fight fires caused by cigarettes thrown from bush taxis. Stickers will be put on bush taxis and drivers will be made aware of the dangers.

In Togo we have about 25 tree nurseries currently active with 7 new ones coming soon while also creating awareness about forest fires and deforestation trough radio and local media. From Gerard Dogo our local Graine de vie responsable This morning on Radio Planète Plus. Theme: forest fires and deforestation.   This morning on Radio…

RTBF-Info . A Belgian NGO offsets carbon emissions through reforestation in Madagascar and Togo Madagascar, island full of biodiversity – victim of the effects of global warming See l’article  

Article related to tree restoration and reforestation, source : http://science.sciencemag.org Extract Reforestation remains among the most effective strategies for climate change mitigation.We mapped the global potential tree coverage to show that 4.4 billion hectares of canopy cover could exist under the current climate. Excluding existing trees and agricultural and urban areas, we found that there…

A mangrove forest, restored by Graine de vie since 2009. At the moment life has almost recovered, the crustaceans have enjoyed themselves, the fish find their production areas there and the crabs can live easily. The preservation and security of this site will be the subject of an agreement with the local population, Villa Ambodirafia…

The coordination meeting for the Fondation Albert II of Monaco Project , Graine de Vie -Madagascar and MNP Masoala took place at Antalaha, from our correspondent Gerard Poncet

Tree nurseries who have been deployed in Madagascar with funding from Graine de Vie Ecopartners    

This is the short story of the movie soon to be released. From our correspondent, Onjatiana Ravoninjatovo. Iary plays with his kite and ties it to a tree for an outdoor lunch with his grandmother and grandfather, in a contrasting landscape of green surrounded by burnt land. The grandparents tell him how everything had changed…

Graine de vie is preparing to plant 12,000,000 trees starting this December 2019 on the basis of the direct seeding technique. This technique is based on the direct introduction of the seed into the soil, without tillage. We distribute bags to the people who help us harvest 12 million seeds. These seeds will then be…

Land reconnaissance for direct planting, close to Cape Diego at Babaoby towards the tip of Madagascar – Gerard Poncet

4th Octobre 2019. From our correspondent Fiarovam Perenena, 🌳The military region Nr7 prepares to plant young trees on 2000 acres. Inside the nursery of the NGO Graine de Vie at Antsiranana, the green berets are preparing the plants who are about to be planted.

Signing of the partnership agreement between Graine de Vie and the Malagasy armed forces for the reforestation of 10,000 hectares this year in Madagascar!