Tree planting & growing

Growing trees, planting ideas

The Rai Matak community forestry project is unlike many other tree planting programs. That’s because we are growing and maintaining trees – not just planting them – and we pay tree farmers an annual incentive payment to nurture trees on their own land.

We also monitor the growth of the trees annually using a purpose-designed community forestry platform called TreeO2. This tool means we can track trees and pay farmers for every tree they keep alive. We’re also able to calculate the carbon stored to be sold through international carbon markets, with the income returned to the farming communities.

Find out how Tree02 Works

Adopt a tree

More than 6,160 trees have been adopted to date! These trees have been planted and nurtured by local subsistence farmers across Timor-Leste.

See where the trees are Adopt a tree for yourself

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This project is funded by the European Union and cofunded by the Australian Government Australian NGO Cooperation Program.

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