Arbor Day Foundation Accelerates AFF's Afforestation Efforts in Georgia
日期 12/12/23
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杰夫•萨勒姆, Director of Communications & Public Relations, 电子邮件华盛顿特区.C. (12月12日, 2023) - Today the American Forest Foundation (AFF), a national conservation organization that works to deliver meaningful conservation impact through the empowerment of family forest owners, announced the receipt of $465,000 in philanthropic funds from the Arbor Day Foundation to further the organization’s Georgia-based afforestation pilot, 从田野到森林.
从田野到森林, a pilot initiative under AFF’s Family Forest Carbon Program, is designed to assist landowners in transitioning marginally productive or difficult-to-manage cropland and pastureland to managed pine forest. 的 pilot leverages funding through the voluntary carbon market to provide family landowners with the financial and technical assistance they need to sustainably manage their land for future generations.
“Family-owned lands are essential in unlocking nature’s climate mitigating potential,” said Rita Hite, president and CEO of AFF. “Without family forests, we cannot effectively fight against climate change. 从田野到森林 provides the financial and technical support small landowners need to establish sustainable and productive forest stands. 的 Arbor Day Foundation’s contribution helps put the power of carbon markets into the hands of rural America – to leave the planet better than we found it.”
With the contribution, AFF will purchase, prep and plant loblolly pine seedlings on 3,000 acres of degraded agricultural land in Georgia. 种植 will begin in January of 2024.
“Forests are some of the world’s most vital natural resources and help shape a region’s climate, community and biodiversity,” said Dan Lambe, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “的 ‘从田野到森林’ initiative is an incredible example of the positive change trees can introduce in both the environment and in people’s livelihoods. We’re proud to help the American Forest Foundation bring this vision to life and support the growth of such a critical ecosystem.”
Georgia landowners with 40 acres of privately owned “open land,” including pasture or cropland, are eligible to enroll in this pilot. To learn more about the 从田野到森林 pilot, please contact [电子邮件 protected].
About 的 American Forest Foundation
的 American Forest Foundation is a national conservation organization that works with a broad coalition of partners to empower family forest owners to make a meaningful conservation impact around carbon sequestration, wildfire reduction, wildlife habitat, 干净的水, sustainable wood supplies and support for rural 社区. To learn more about the Family Forest Carbon Program, visit www.familyforestcarbon.org.
About 的 Arbor Day Foundation
成立于1972年, the Arbor Day Foundation is the largest nonprofit membership organization dedicated to planting trees. Together with our partners, we have helped plant more than 500 million trees in neighborhoods, 社区, cities and forests throughout the world. Our vision is to lead toward a world where trees are used to solve issues critical to survival. Through our members, partners and programs, the Arbor Day Foundation inspires people across the globe to plant, nurture and celebrate trees. More information is available at ngskmc-eis.net.?
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