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Gula Gula – Indonesia

A man in a traditional straw hat and orange shirt tends to a coffee plant

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About the project

The Gula Gula Food Forest project restores degraded land and boosts local income and employment opportunities through carbon income and agroforestry products.

Past deforestation and inappropriate land use practices have cleared most of the trees in the Singkarak river basin of West Sumatra province. This mismanagement turned the village-owned upland areas into a degraded state where Imperata grasslands and ferny landscapes are the climax vegetation.

The project combines Assisted Natural Regeneration (ANR) techniques with the planting of economically valuable trees. All planted trees are chosen by the local community to fit their needs and preferences. By working with nature, rather than against nature, a biodiverse and productive food forest builds up in a small number of years, providing local communities with income and employment opportunities.

This project, the attraction is getting seeds, learning how to cultivate and plant well, good fertilisation, and also creating jobs for local residents. 
  • A group of house with pointed roofs in front of wooded hills and a blue sky above
  • A woman in a hijab tends to a coffee plant
  • A deer stands in a clearing in a forest
  • A man is watering seedlings in a tree nursery
  • A man in a traditional straw hat and orange shirt tends to a coffee plant
  • An orange monkey stares into the camera from close range while another orange monkey sits on a tree stump in the background
  • A group of house with pointed roofs in front of wooded hills and a blue sky above
  • A woman in a hijab tends to a coffee plant
  • A deer stands in a clearing in a forest
  • A man is watering seedlings in a tree nursery
  • A man in a traditional straw hat and orange shirt tends to a coffee plant
  • An orange monkey stares into the camera from close range while another orange monkey sits on a tree stump in the background

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