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- The River
What is going wrong
…king Clay and water Excavated pits in the wetland margin 4. Eucalyptus near the water Eucalyptus grows fast, makes straight poles, and sells. For a household with a wet corner of l…
/river/threats - The River
How the river changed
…m the river, and more discharged into it, in the same reach Eucalyptus on wetland margins A fast-growing plantation species drawing heavily from exactly the ground that used to hol…
/river/timeline - Our Work
River and wetland restoration
…sity; it is what makes the agreement stick. We do not plant eucalyptus anywhere near water. We did in our first season, on a site where we should have known better, and we stopped…
/work/restoration - Our Work
Tree planting and agroforestry
…ind the buffer Direct return to the family giving up ground Eucalyptus Nowhere near water Draws the water table down. We stopped in 2023 and will not resume. Agroforestry, not aff…
/work/agroforestry - Our Work
Our approach
…in their own language. Things we have got wrong We planted eucalyptus near water in our first season. We ran a school programme with our own staff that folded the moment the fundi…
/work/approach - About
Our story
…It largely worked, and survival passed 70%. We also planted eucalyptus on a wet site because it was what was available and it grew fast. 2023 The failure at Nyakayojo A site plante…
/about/story - Impact
What did not work
…ly part of the protocol and no site proceeds without it. 2. Eucalyptus near water In our first season we planted eucalyptus on a wet site, because it was available, it grows fast,…
/impact/lessons - Impact
Stories from the field
…inces people. What three years of the same frame shows. The eucalyptus we planted ourselves It grows fast, it sells, and it draws down the water table. We stopped in 2023. What we…
/impact/stories - News & Media
Press room
…pendently. Documented pressures: sand mining, brick-making, eucalyptus on wetland margins, cultivation to the waterline, and untreated discharge from several categories of premises…
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