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Climate conditions in Benin are very favorable for tree growth, giving us an opportunity to sequester CO2 very quickly after sowing. Sterculia foetida trees which we planted only 2 years ago have grown several meters high and terminalia catapa’s trees planted 3 years ago are already producing fruit. #reforestation #carbonfootprint #carboncapture
For 5 days this month Graine de Vie Cameroon’s team, with help of local villagers, carried out intensive situ seeding of 20 hectares. The project includes reforestation of this 180-hectare reserve within the next 2 years. #planttrees #carboncapture #carbonfootprintreduction
Our annual distribution season of young seedlings has began. Thousands of local villagers and associations line up at our nurseries to receive free plants to be replanted in their own plots and reforestation zones around their villagers. In VOHIMARINA : Commune AMBATOASANA Centre, Region ITASY (Madagascar) 10,000 seedlings were distributed. The tree species include: citriodora,…
Another country joins the ranks of our cause: Burkina Faso. Our new team on the ground just started few weeks ago and is already very much at work establishing our first nurseries on the Burkinabe soil. #reforestation #carbonfootprint #planttrees #grainedevie
As part of the official opening of the national reforestation campaign in the eastern region of Madagascar, GrainedeVie has provided more than 80,000 seeds for the reforestation of 40 hectares in Mahanoro Vatomandry. GrainedeVie, present in Madagascar since 2009, implements sustainable development projects in 19 regions of the island. Offset your carbon footprint by supporting…
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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…
Our local manager Gerard Doga in full action! February 1, 2020. Kpalimé – Togo – New program this morning on Radio Planète Plus of the A.C.D, the Association Culture and Development. Program on the environment. The continuation of a series of programs on bushfires and poachers.
Awareness raising and presentation of the Graine de vie Project programs in SAVA region Mayors meeting in Vohemar district. Especially here, there is less presence of Graine de vie, hence the presentation by the Director of this NGO at the meeting of Mayors in Vohemar, this 31/01/20 . Gerard Poncet.
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
“Reforestation is our future”.A reforestation awareness film that denounces abusive deforestation. This is an 8-minute short film, intended for schoolchildren, but suitable for all audiences. Planting is a simple gesture but a noble gesture, that is the main message that GRAINE DE VIE wants to convey to the youngest because they represent the future and…
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!
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