By Lucy Radford | Engagement Manager
Together with our partners on the ground in Sumatra, we train forest-edge communities to learn practical skills and tools to help to bring the rainforest back to life. We work with communities to identify key areas of land to restore back to health, to provide resilient landscapes for orangutans and economic opportunities for the people living alongside them.
'Pop-up’ community tree-nurseries are set up throughout the forest in restoration sites, remaining in place for enough time to grow, plant and establish young tree seedlings. In the nurseries, local people grow native tree species which, when planted out in degraded sites, speed up the forest recovery process and attract wildlife - from birds and insects to elephants and orangutans.
The nurseries are also socially important - providing a lifeline for women who have been bereaved or feel isolated. One woman told us that after her husband died and her children grew up and left home, she became lonely, spending her days at home by herself. The tree nursery and tree planting activities have given her the opportunity to meet other women her age, chat and share jokes, and earn extra income. She now feels excited about life again.
Thank you for supporting this work, which is life-giving in so many ways.
By Lucy Radford | Engagement Manager
By Lucy Radford | Engagement Manager
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