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CommuniTree – Nicaragua

In the foreground, a hand holding a phone with an app open, in the middle ground a man in a baseball cap measuring a tree

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About the project

The CommuniTree Carbon Program uses reforestation to create long-term income opportunities for farmers in Central America who are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

The award-winning CommuniTree Carbon Program is the largest reforestation initiative in Nicaragua, working with thousands of smallholder farmers to create long-term income opportunities from growing trees on underused parts of their land. 

The CommuniTree Program reports on and communicates these impacts through its use of cutting-edge technology. Using Taking Root’s technology platform (formerly known as FARM-TRACE) the CommuniTree Program uses mobile, satellite and machine learning data to track its impacts with farmers to deliver effective, targeted interventions on farms and give unparalleled transparency to program funders. 

My land is better in terms of pollution because the trees are giving us oxygen. The wells have more water and the soil is improving.
  • In the foreground, a hand holding a phone with an app open, in the middle ground a man in a baseball cap measuring a tree
  • A man in a baseball cap stands under a tree
  • A woman in a striped shirt stands in a wooded area
  • A computer screen showing satellite images of an area of land with symbols
  • Two hands holding a phone looking at an app with plants in the background
  • A man in a blue shirt leans against a tree in profile
  • A man in a white shirt stands on a path with trees on one side
  • A woman in a green polo shirt crouches in the back of a van with seedlings around her
  • A man in a white t-shirt stands in front of plants
  • A woman in a baseball cap smiles at the camera with out of focus trees behind her
  • In the foreground, a hand holding a phone with an app open, in the middle ground a man in a baseball cap measuring a tree
  • A man in a baseball cap stands under a tree
  • A woman in a striped shirt stands in a wooded area
  • A computer screen showing satellite images of an area of land with symbols
  • Two hands holding a phone looking at an app with plants in the background
  • A man in a blue shirt leans against a tree in profile
  • A man in a white shirt stands on a path with trees on one side
  • A woman in a green polo shirt crouches in the back of a van with seedlings around her
  • A man in a white t-shirt stands in front of plants
  • A woman in a baseball cap smiles at the camera with out of focus trees behind her

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