By Hannah Kirkland | GlobalGiving Head of Partnerships
We want to take this opportunity to say a big thank you for supporting our efforts to restore the landscape of Ethiopia’s Tigray region.
The project, which we launched last year, restores degraded lands to productive, flourishing forests for people and planet.
So, where are we now? Well, we’ve identified where we will be focusing our restoration efforts, that is, which areas need it the most, and have partnered with several communities in the region to get involved in our efforts.
With much of the decision-making out of the way, we’re extremely excited to announce that our first nurseries are in operation in Tigray. One of these is the Mygoa nursery. We've been busy preparing the nursery bed and planting seeds at Mygoa and we’re just waiting for them to germinate. 19 people manage the nursery, caring for and preparing the seedlings for planting. In time for the first planting season, when the next rainy season begins around June, the Mygoa nursery team will have grown around 40,000 seedlings.
We’ve been extremely busy these last few months collecting seeds from the nearby forest and local markets and will continue to collect even more seeds over the coming months. We’ll be setting up more nurseries as well, so that we can get as many trees growing as possible.
It is our aim to plant 32,380 trees this year.
Thank you for making all of this possible. Together, we're Making Earth Cooler.
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