We are delighted to let you all know that as part of our ongoing commitment to be an ethical and sustainable business we have made arrangements via Ecologi for one tree to be planted for every online order we received in 2024. This means that through your orders we have made it possible for 31 trees to be planted in Madagascar.

The trees that are being planted on our (and your) behalf are part of the Kandrany 2 project that is being run in partnership between Ecologi and Eden Reforestation Projects. Eden hire local people to grow, plant, and guard to maturity the trees planted through funding from our community – on a massive scale. As well as restoring forest ecosystems, Eden’s “Employ to Plant” methodology results in multiple positive socioeconomic and environment impacts.

Coastal mangrove restoration in Kandrany

Mangroves are a small, coastal tree species that occur worldwide in the tropics and subtropics, and are particularly proficient at absorbing carbon and storing it in their extensive root systems underground. Carbon stored in mangrove forests is considered blue carbon, because it is stored on the coast. In addition to their excellent carbon sequestration abilities, mangroves provide excellent flood and storm protection to the coastal area itself.

Eden’s mangrove restoration efforts in Madagascar support planting locations on parcels of coastal land to the North West of the island, near Mahajanga. Whilst the combined restoration area is wider, to date Ecologi have funded mangrove planting spanning an area of around 600 hectares of this degraded coastal region – and as each small pocket of land is planted, their community’s funding is directed to support further planting, further along the coast.