Reforestation News
Reforestation News from Costa Rica and Colombia
Reforestation News Costa Rica
Overview Los Chiles & Guatuso
Caño Negro - April 2022
Our area in Caño Negro before the planting work began – still barren, former pasture land – but this is soon to change…
Caño Negro - May 2022
Employees prepare the planting positions
Caño Negro - May 2022
The planting positions were marked and prepared over the entire area
Caño Negro - June 2022
It’s getting exciting: In June, planting began based on our innovative forestry concept
Caño Negro - June 2022
Female staff coordinate the sowing of the seed mix
Caño Negro - June 2022
The start of a new forest
Caño Negro - June 2022
An employee sowing the seed mix
Caño Negro - July 2022
Great joy in the team when the first saplings see the light of day a few days later
Caño Negro - September 2022
One of the many planting nests: In the middle the young tree, surrounded by protective companion plants
Caño Negro - September 2022
Our planting concept works – on the right you can see a larva feeding on the companion plants; on the left the young tree, which is able to develop undamaged
Quebradon - September 2022
The planting positions are marked on our Quebradon reforestation area
Quebradon - September 2022
Preparation of planting nests
Quebradon - September 2022
Arrival and planting of the seedlings in Quebradon
Santa Lucia - September 2022
Planting work was also successfully carried out on our Santa Lucia afforestation area in September
Santa Lucia - September 2022
Easily recognisable planting rows on our Santa Lucia reforestation area
El Pato 1-3 - October 2022
Planting work on our reforestation areas El Pato 1-3
El Pato 1-3 - October 2022
Employees planting at our El Pato 1 site
El Pato 1-3 - October 2022
Drone image of El-Pato 1-3 after successful completion of the plantings
Caño Negro - October 2022
First maintenance work: The companion plants are selectively cut back to ideally promote the growth of the tree in the middle
Caño Negro - October 2022
Progress after 6 months – comparison April 2022 and October 2022
Caño Negro - January 2023
A few months later, you can see enormous progress in our site in Caño Negro: some trees have already reached a height of about 3 metres
Caño Negro - May 2023
In May 2023, Antje Virkus, CEO, visits our site in Caño Negro to see for herself the successful progress that has been made – in the meantime, further trees have reached a considerable height
Videos from our sites in Costa Rica
Caño Negro:
Development May 2022 to January 2023
It can happen so quickly – in the video you can see an impressive before/after comparison approx. 6 months after planting on our reforestation area in Caño Negro in Costa Rica.
Guatuso:
Project impressions of our reforestation May 2023
Our latest reforestation project in Costa Rica is growing and thriving.
Reforestation News Colombia
Overview - El Veraneo, Kolumbien
El Veraneo - November 2022
First visit to our new site and finca in Colombia
El Veraneo - November 2022
First visit to our new site in Colombia – you can still only see former pastureland…but that will soon change
El Veraneo - November 2022
Our finca from the drone perspective
El Veraneo - February 2023
Drone flight over the sites
El Veraneo - February 2023
Construction of our own on-site tree nursery already started at the beginning of the year
El Veraneo - February 2023
Employee prepares to plant the tree seeds
El Veraneo - February 2023
The first young seedlings are already developing well
El Veraneo - February 2023
Employees preparing the soil that will be used to grow the young trees
El Veraneo - February 2023
Employee carrying out the biomass assessment
El Veraneo - April 2023
In April you can see how well our seedlings in the nursery have already developed
El Veraneo - April 2023
Stakeholder consultation with the local population
El Veraneo - May-June 2023
Begin of planting with the seedlings from our nursery
El Veraneo - May-June 2023
Various seedlings shortly before planting
El Veraneo - May-June 2023
Preparation of the planting positions
El Veraneo - May-June 2023
Planting our first trees in Colombia
El Veraneo - June 2023
The first site was prepared…
El Veraneo - June 2023
…and successfully planted
El Veraneo - June 2023
The first young trees on our site
El Veraneo - July 2023
Our Team in Colombia
El Veraneo - July 2023
Infastructure – Overview Finca
El Veraneo - July 2023
top left: The main house for BaumInvest employees
Top right: Dining area, kitchen and lounge area
bottom left: Solar system for own energy supply
bottom right: communal kitchen
July 2023 - Gold Standard Initial Certification
Gold Standard Initial Certification: On-site audit with the Carbon Check team. Inventory of the existing shrub stock.
July 2023 - Gold Standard Initial Certification
Checking the biomass on
the project site with the team from Carbon Check
July 2023 - Gold Standard Initial Certification
Evaluation of the measurement results with the Carbon Check team
July 2023 - Gold Standard Initial Certification
Interview Carbon Check with employees
July 2023 - El Placer
Community support; handover of a water pump in El Placer
July 2023 - Exchange with government representatives and forestry experts on site
(middle) Meeting with forestry experts of the Fundación Hambos
(right) Exchange about our projects with Adriana Rivera (Directorate of Forests, Biodiversity and Environmental Services) and other staff from the Ministry of Environment