Our mission and history demonstrate how dedicated we are to sustainable agroforestry. Learn more about us by clicking on the links below:
The earth is warming up, and the best available evidence points to the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases as the leading cause.
Deforestation and climate change are intimately connected: Globally, deforestation releases nearly 2 billion tons of carbon dioxide per year, and is responsible for nearly 25 percent of man-made CO2 emissions. The destruction of the world's forests not only harms the communities that depend on them, but increasingly affects us all.
While the root causes of deforestation vary from region to region, there are some common solutions. Communities need seeds, training, and technical support in order to adapt long-standing cultural and agricultural traditions (such as gathering fuelwood in nearby forests and practicing slash-and-burn agriculture) to new realities. Starting nurseries and planting trees is part of this process.
It is not too late. We are solution-oriented people. We have developed programs that work, which are restoring trees and forests to degraded lands. We are working with individuals, communities, and other organizations around the world with a shared vision for a positive change. We are a hands-on people-to-people program at the grassroots level, and we are leading by example.
Agroforestry is a land-use system that integrates agriculture, trees, people, and animals in the same space, resulting in improved soil quality, higher yields, and improved standards of living. Agroforestry has been practiced around the world in varying forms for thousands of years, and as such it works well with the low-input land-management systems that are common throughout the developing world. Our role is to train communities in advances in agroforestry, and to facilitate the diffusion and promotion of these strategies.
Agroforestry techniques are tailored to the needs of the community. In communal forests, tree planting programs focus on large-scale reforestation and the promotion of non-timber forest products. In agricultural fields, fast-growing multipurpose tree species are integrated into the agricultural system for specific functions such as a windbreak, firebreak, woodlot, living fence, contour-planting for erosion control, and alley-cropping to improve soil fertility.
To learn more about agroforestry, you can download a copy of our agroforestry training manual, or join our free distance training program.
1) | Stop putting more carbon dioxide into the air, and |
2) | If you do put CO2 into the air, absorb it and store it. |
1) | To encourage people around the world to use fossil fuels more efficiently,
and even more important, to switch to renewable energy sources. |
2) | To protect old-growth trees and rainforests as “warehouses for carbon”
and to harvest existing forests in a sustainable manner. |
3) | To plant trees in the tropics to offset the carbon dioxide that we produce. |
In simple terms, reduce what you can, and absorb the rest by planting trees in tropical locations.
Trees for the Future plants trees at less than 10 cents per tree. These trees absorb about 50 pounds of carbon dioxide per year. Planting trees is a great way to help mitigate some of your impact on the planet. Please donate today, and help us plant trees!
Donate and Help Us Plant Trees
Click here to make an online donation, or click here to find out more about donating stocks, cars, in-kind donations, and sending in a donation through the mail. Our average cost per tree planted is under ten cents, and we also offer tree planting certificates that make a great gift.
Learn More About Agroforestry
You can learn more about agroforestry by clicking here to download a free copy of our agroforestry training manual or clicking here to review our online agroforestry resources.
Help Start a Project
If you are interested in starting a new project, or know someone who is, please click here to fill out our project application form
Volunteer
Volunteers are always needed. We are primarily interested in people with language skills that can help us translate manuals and training materials into different languages. Please click here to fill out our volunteer application form.
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Ask a Question
If you have any ideas, suggestions, comments, or concerns, please email them to info@treesftf.org
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These are our current programs where our field representatives are organizing regional tree-planting efforts. Click on the country for the latest information. | ||||||||||||||||
In conjunction with these major projects, we are working in thousands of communities across the globe through our distance agroforestry training and seed distribution program. Click here for more information on our distance training program. To fill out a project application to receive seeds and training materials, please follow these links (English) (Español).
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| GPS Monitoring:Click here to see the locations of nurseries, planting sites, and villages in Google Earth (last update for points: March 2010)
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Trees for the Future P.O. Box 7027 Silver Spring, MD 20907 1.800.643.0001 or 1.301.565.0630 Skype: treesftf | |
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