Solutions Activism
Our Past Results
Every year since 2010 iGiveTrees has given locally grown native species trees to smallholders in the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, in the biome of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest. In 2023 we added support for a nursery project in Brazil’s Cerrado as well as another nursery project in the Amazon.
2022-2023
Amazonian field partners Ashaninka-Apiwtxa began harvesting tree seeds for their village nurseries to use in local reforestation projects. With our support they were able to purchase climbing gear to reach treetops for seed collection. Then in late 2024, they secured major funding from the Amazon Fund, enabling them to massively scale their knowledge and methods among many neighboring communities. In November 2024 OPIRJ secured $6.8 million in support from the Amazon Fund.
“We are expanding everything that we did at Apiwxta to an entire region,” said Ashaninka and OPIRJ leader Francisco Piyãko, speaking in front of his home in Apiwtxa. “This is not only about implementing a project. What is at stake is cultural change. This is essential to protect life, the territory and its peoples.” ~ Seattle Times
This is one of the projects we’ve supported that deserves the recognition of the listing iGiveTrees received on the Regeneration Nexus for Tropical Forests.
To follow the progress of trees planted by the Piyãko family’s projects within the Ashaninka communities, please visit : https://yorenkatasorentsi.org/
2020-2022
Since partnering with Chapada Verde in 2022, we’ve been able to fund the construction of their nursery. Now supplies for neighbors needing trees to restore their smallholdings can be locally sourced.
This is one of the projects we’ve supported that deserves the recognition of the listing iGiveTrees received on the Regeneration Nexus for Tropical Forests.
To follow the progress of their work within the region of Chapada dos Veadeiros, please visit their website: http://redeterra.org.br/
Field partners Fazenda Sertão, in the biome of the Mata Atlântica (Atlantic Forest), in the state of Rio de Janeiro, began to reforest neighboring properties with native species trees.
This is one of the projects we’ve supported that deserves the recognition of the listing iGiveTrees received on the Regeneration Nexus for Tropical Forests, the Regeneration Nexus for Agroforestry and the Regeneration Nexus for Regenerative Agriculture.
2019-2020
In 2020 iGiveTrees made an introduction to our Financial Pollinator, who was able to link to funding for former planting partners Pretaterra, enabling them to massively scale up their planting operations in Timburi. See the results of the seed funds we provided in the January 2023 Time Magazine Climate Emergency story and on Instagram.
This is one of the projects we’ve supported that deserves the recognition of the listing iGiveTrees received on the Regeneration Nexus for Agroforestry and Regeneration Nexus for Tropical Forests.
To learn about Pretaterra’s current projects please visit their website: https://pretaterra.com
2013
Former planting partners, Instituto Oikos de Agroecologia in the state of Sāo Paulo, were extremely reliable in sending us field reports of the plantings for the first two years after planting. Unfortunately, they are no longer in operation, or we would have happily continued to support them.
2010
This video zooms into one of the many planting sites that received trees from iGiveTrees in 2010. The landowners had fenced off the former pasture to allow the native species of wild plants to return (a practice now known as “rewilding”), and into that fertile ground, planted trees we donated.
9 years later we went back to see the results of the planting, that you can now view on Explorer.land.
The forest was nearly impenetrable and the natural springs had returned.