August 2024
Restoring forests should start with biodegradable pots. Our local sister team's hand-cut bamboo is an alternative to costly plastic containers in our farmer-run tree nurseries.
Bamboo pots are durable enough to serve all of our agroforestry needs–from germinating seedlings to transporting young trees to distant farms for planting. Making them takes extra effort, but the process supports local employment and creates zero plastic waste.
With enough funding support, our new 2024-2025 Agroforestry for Resilience effort will work with rural farmers to plant 40,000 native seedlings and understory plants in four rainforest-bordering communities in northeastern Madagascar.
Many of the native plants that will germinate in these bamboo pots are hosts for wild silk moths. Their cocoons will be collected using CPALI's no-kill method to provide supplemental income for farmers and enhance biodiversity. Local artisans on the SEPALI Madagascar team use this silk to create stunning textiles available from tananasilk.com.
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