By Julian Stoiber | HAF Volunteer
The High Atlas Foundation promotes local and regional economic development and resiliency by growing trees. HAF has planted 4 million fruit trees in 40 provinces in Morocco, impacting approximately 30,000 farming families since 2003. We receive land in-kind for nurseries from public and civil agencies, including the High Commission of Water and Forests, Ministry of Youth and Sports, schools and universities, the Moroccan Jewish community, and cooperatives and associations around the country.
HAF's tree projects are designed and managed by the people who plant, irrigate, harvest, and gain livelihood from them. Farming families are the sole beneficiaries of the new yield and income. Communities and HAF's team are devoted to monitoring tree growth. This involves oversight of tree survival rates, height, and diameter over time to understand the development and environmental impact. HAF inserts this data into both a registry and a Geographic Information System. This allows us to bolster sustainability. HAF coordinates tree distribution and planting with farmers, supports irrigation installation, certifies and registers trees at timely intervals, and conducts training programs in the technical areas necessary to maximize healthy tree growth.
HAF with its national and international partners sequesters 1 ton of CO2 by planting 24 organic fruit trees with farming communities in the countryside of Morocco at a cost of $0.40 per tree, totaling $9.60 per ton. Help plant trees and attain your certificate, carbon balance, and investment in people and the world. Thanks to the sale of internationally recognized carbon credits, we can reinvest in the very localities from which they are generated. This will reinforce tree planting, increase access to clean drinking water, and augment women’s empowerment and youth initiatives. As the value of carbon credits continues to rise, this monetary source is an engine to achieve food security, safeguard biodiversity, secure sustainable livelihoods, and empower people.
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