By Johanna Barba | Sinal do Vale team
Since the end of 2018, we have been focusing our reforestation efforts in the area around a spring in our property that had dried out and is coming back. While we planted more than a thousand trees, it is common for some of them to die from exposure to the elements. This is why, every couple of months, we make rounds to check the general health and tree count.
We began the year with the native seedlings that had been growing in the nursery ready to go, so after a monitoring session, we planted another 200 trees to substitute the ones that didn't make it. The good news is, the original seedlings that survived are bigger and can provide shade and protection to the new ones.
Since there are only a couple of months left of heavy rainfall, we also applied hydrogel activated with our own organic biofertilizer to the "nest" of each new seedling, so they will have better chances os survival!
Thank you to our all donors who not only help us to plant trees, but also to expand our research on cost-effective techniques to bring back the Atlantic Forest.
Here are some photos!
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