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Congratulations to Tony Rinaudo! The Australian agronomist has won this year’s “Alternative Nobel Prize” for a trailblazing reforestation technique. Since the 1980s, Rinaudo has been developing the so-called FMNR method for reforestation. FMNR stands for Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration. The method uses existing living root fragments of cut trees and makes them grow again. It is mainly used in desert and semi-desert areas in Africa. In the Sahel zone, millions of hectares of land have been restoring vegetation, thereby helping to stop desertification and re-green drylands. The FMNR method is also successfully implemented in our Sodo reforestation project in Ethiopia (https://www.co2ol.de/soddo-community-managed-reforestation/).... Read More

We are very pleased that Engbers, clothing retailer in Germany and Austria, is climate-neutral now. Together with us, the specialist for men’s fashion from North Rhine-Westphalia has calculated its ecological footprint and CO2 emissions across the entire value chain. Emissions that are currently unavoidable are offset with climate protection projects. The CO2 analysis focused on the transport routes from the producer via the head office to the shops, energy consumption, packaging, the vehicle fleet and business trips. Further information in German: https://www.engbers.com/header/unternehmen/ueber-uns/pro-mensch-natur/1-klimaneutraler-textileinzelhaendler/

We gladly announce that the newly launched platform B-Neutral prominently features our Tropical Mix reforestation project. B-Neutral was created by Carbon Trade eXchange (CTX) in London. CTX is the world’s first wholesale exchange platform for carbon credits providing hight quality verified offsets to fund projects mitigating climate change. CTX is an exchange platform for businesses; with B-Neutral it will now start to offer services for individuals as well. For more information read here: https://www.b-neutral.com

At the end of July, our Land Use and Forestry Department will be present at the “Interforst” in Munich. Andreas Schnall and Ruben Goldsztayn, our experts in the development of agroforestry projects and sustainable supply chains, will be attending the “Interforst” from the 18th till 22nd of July in Munich. Both are highly experienced in the implementation and management of forestry businesses and looking for innovations for forestry and technology to keep up-to-date for our clients. Over the years the fair has established as the international key trade for forestry and forest technology, presenting trendsetting solutions around the greater topic... Read More

German Rodriguez Regional Manager Latin America – last week in Guayaquil, Ecuador facilitating a workshop on Cocoa Agroforestry systems, by invitation from Rainforest Alliance and UTZ. In fruitful group sessions, presentations and discussions the participants worked on the topic of Cocoa Agroforestry systems and good practices. By merging Cocoa experience from the field with expertise in investments and economic evaluations of agroforestry projects ForestFinest Consulting could provide crucial insights, advantages and challenges of cocoa agroforestry systems, specifically in Latin America. Focus topics were the design of cocoa agroforestry systems in the field and developments and requirements by the market in... Read More