PLANT A TREE

We must be aware of the importance of forests for the sustenance of all life on this beautiful blue planet. The millions of cities and fields inhabitants depend significantly on them because they provide medicines, food, different materials, and fibers. Its plants regulate water and air, protect rivers and streams, enrich the soil, capture gases that heat the atmosphere, beautify the landscape and provide us with spaces to enjoy nature.

WHY PLANT A TREE IN OUR RESERVE?

When you make the decision to plant a tree with O2Reserve, you have the certainty that the seedlings with which the forest and restoration areas will be enriched belong to native species of the region.

You are also directly supporting the families that are part of our community, they all live in areas near the reserve and are the ones that develop our forest restoration processes.


EVERY PLANTED TREE HAS TRAVELED THIS WAY

First, the fruit was collected in our forest by residents of the surrounding communities, its mother tree was marked and georeferenced to visit it in the following season of fruit production.

Once the fruits are collected, they are taken to the nursery of Don Nando and Doña Rubi, and with the help of SENA practitioners they are in charge of pulping the seeds, for subsequent germination.

Later, when the seeds germinate, they are transplanted into bags where they will gradually be subjected to full sun exposure and will grow to the size necessary to survive and begin to be part of the forest.

Due to the geographical location of our forest there are two rainy seasons (April and October), in these times the necessary soil moisture conditions are given so that the plant can grow healthy.

BENEFITS OF FOREST RESTORATION

Native trees have been adapting for thousands of years to both physical and chemical conditions of the forest, therefore, they interact with thousands of animal and plant species typical of their area, being an essential part of the trophic chain.

As for their relationship with other organisms: they are used as food and habitat by thousands of animal and plant species, they create shade for the beings that inhabit the forest, generating large corridors where they can move freely.

Together they become important sinks of carbon dioxide or CO2, which is integrated into their biomass (stems, leaves, branches and roots), this compound is a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) produced in enormous amounts daily, which it comes, for the most part, from multiple human activities.