Trillion Trees

Forests are critical for tackling the interrelated climate and biodiversity crises. But pledges to protect and restore them have not been adequately implemented. We do not need new promises; we need action. We must meet goals already set, with ambition and accountability.

Last year’s Forest Declaration Assessment showed that the world is far off track to meet global forest goals: in 2022 6.6 million hectares of forest was lost globally despite pledges to halt deforestation by 2030. The Assessment also reported that barely 1% of funding for forests reaches Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs), even though they own and manage over 11% of the world’s land and are proven to be effective forest guardians.

Protecting and restoring forests are some of the best solutions for protecting people, nature and climate. Here’s what Trillion Trees has been doing to help.

https://trilliontrees.org/trillion-trees-2023-impact-report/

There has never been a more critical time to protect and restore our planet. Trillion Trees believes that forests are one of our greatest hopes and play a key role in the fight against climate change and biodiversity loss.

Our projects focus on recovering and regrowing native and natural forests, but we take a landscape approach, using a wide range of methods and work with communities to improve livelihoods and address the underlying drivers of deforestation. This ensures our efforts make a difference to people's lives and a lasting contribution to reducing carbon in the atmosphere, as well as preserving critical biodiversity.

Thanks to the generous support of individuals, foundations and companies that have donated to the ReForest Fund, we are supporting 12 projects so far, which are restoring over 340,000 trees.

https://trilliontrees.org/2023/12/12/reforest-fund-update-december-2023/

In the Gola Rainforest in Sierra Leone, Trillion Trees partner BirdLife International, operating through the Conservation Society of Sierra Leone and the RSPB, are working with the local forest-edge communities to help save precious tropical forest through the power of sustainable cocoa.

Thousands of cocoa farmers, specifically indigenous Ngoleagorbu people, have grown cocoa in this region for generations, but previously earned little benefit: they might have received as little as 3% of the value of the chocolate produced from their cocoa. This project aims to turn that around by investing in forest-friendly, shade-grown cocoa that brings improved long-term returns for local people – and nature.

Full Story: https://trilliontrees.org/2023/04/05/forest-friendly-chocolate/