By Sheena Thiruselvan | Assistant Director of Communications
Thank you for helping us restore the tropical rainforests of the Southern Cardamom Mountain Range! Your gift to the Tropical Reforestation Project directly helps to restore denuded forests through seed collection, nursery germination and propagation, soil enrichment and planting, post planting treatment to fight invasive grasses, and the replacement of weak plants in order to ensure forest growth. The theme of this year's Earth Day, on April 22nd, will focus on planting trees for the earth because they absorb polluted air and excess CO2 from the atmosphere while helping communities achieve long-term economic and environmental sustainability. The Tropical Reforestation Project employees are all local Cambodians, earning a susatainable living and helping to ensure the future of one of the world's biodiversity hotspots.
The Tropical Reforestation Program has been working to maintain the 733,000 trees that were planted over the last 6 years. 733 hectares (1,811 acres) of reforested land is maintained and kept healthy with soil enriching activities.
The Tropical Reforestation Project sites are all areas that have been cleared of tropical forests. The clear-cut areas experience flooding, soil erosion and runoff, and are plagued by invasive weed species. In 2015, the projects effort’s focused on maintaining the planting fields and helping seedlings survive and grow. Maintenance work in 2015 involved sustaining grass and plowing between the planting rows, and adding additional grass, compost and natural fertilizer. These activities ensure that the seedlings grow into a healthy forest.
In 2015, 760,273 seedlings were germinated in the Chi Phat shade net, 122,022 seedlings were transferred from the Chi Phat nursery to the road 48 planting field, 127,147 seedlings were transferred to the Chi Phat planting field and, 47,902 seedlings were transferred to the Sihanoukville planting field.
Thank you again for your support! We hope you will continue to ensure the success of this vital program.
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