*Estimated carbon sequestration is 20 kg of CO2e per tree accumulated over five years, based on low estimates of dry and humid tropical growth rates from global restoration databases.
Actual carbon impact of each Priceless Planet Coalition restoration project will be assessed after five years based on data collected throughout the monitoring process.
The project will focus on working closely with Indigenous people and local communities to facilitate connections to key policymakers, provide access to critical technology and sustainability training, and highlight the expertise and experience of Indigenous peoples and local communities — so they can better protect their territories and secure the benefits that these lands provide to all of humanity.
The area is dominated by semi-evergreen/dry evergreen and moist evergreen forests, with some mixed deciduous, montane and deciduous dipterocarp forests. The terrain includes upper watersheds, riparian zones and agricultural areas.
Agroforestry and multi-species agriculture
The intentional mixing and cultivation of woody perennial species (trees, shrubs, bamboos) alongside agricultural crops in a way that improves the agricultural productivity and ecological function of a site.
Tree planting
The planting of seedlings over an area with little or no forest canopy to meet specific goals.
Enrichment planting
The strategic reestablishment of key tree species in a forest that is ecologically degraded due to lack of certain species, without which the forest is unable to naturally sustain itself.
Tree islands
A form of enrichment planting where trees are planted in groups, clusters or even rows, dispersed throughout an area, to encourage natural regeneration in the matrix between the non-planted areas.
Assisted natural regeneration
The exclusion of threats (i.e., grazing, fire, invasive plants) that had previously prevented the natural regrowth of a forested area from seeds already present in the soil, or from natural seed dispersal from nearby trees; this does not include any active tree planting.
A mix of native and non-invasive species, including native species for rehabilitation and enrichment planting, high-value native and non-invasive species for agroforestry, and trees and herbs for local food systems: