Category: Nicaragua

Meet A Farmer: David Castellón Martínez

Community: San Juan de LimayVintage(s) planted: 2012Number of trees planted per vintage: 14,103Total trees planted: 14,103Earnings to date: $1,409.12Total earnings (based on successful project): $8,272.10GIS

July 6, 2012

Meet A Farmer: Pablo Cruz

Community: Las Brisas (Limay, Nicaragua) Vintage(s) planted: 2010 Number of trees planted per vintage: 2,368 Total trees planted: 2,368 Earnings to date: $602.86 Total earnings

June 21, 2012

Meet A Farmer: Julian Velasquez

Name: Julian Velasquez Community: La Grecia (Limay, Nicaragua) Vintage(s) planted: 2011 Number of trees planted per vintage: 2,037 Total trees planted: $2,037 Earnings to date:

June 1, 2012

Meet A Farmer: Osman Antonio Cruz Reyes

Name: Osman Antonio Cruz Reyes (pictured center, in green shirt) Community: Parsila (Limay, Nicaragua) Vintage(s) planted: 2010 Number of trees planted per vintage: 2,139 Total

May 22, 2012

Meet A Farmer: Maria Elisa Gonzales

Welcome to the exciting first installment in COTAP’s “Meet a Farmer” series!! Now you can learn more about our projects’ participants’ backgrounds, how many trees

May 17, 2012

Ani Matamosi

Along with around 30 other fabulous women from eight mataqali (clans) in the Drawa Rainforest Carbon Project, Ani is running a honey business in Batiri village, Fiji, set up with income from carbon credits.

Ani says "We women are really happy about this beekeeping business because for some of us, only our husband earns money and beekeeping has enabled us to earn money ... we learn not only to take care of bees but also to be business minded. It has boosted our confidence and self-esteem to engage more in income generating activities, so we want to keep our business alive."

Staluzi and Gerald Muhindo

Country: Uganda
Village: Maliba
Trees Planted: 400
Climate Benefit: 203.4 tonnes of CO2
Earnings as of 3/13/18: $485.92
Total Expected Earnings: $607.40
Livelihood Benefits: House construction, school fees.

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Richard’s enterprise is called Beneco and it’s one of over 30 throughout Uganda which supply seedlings to Ecotrust’s Trees for Global Benefits project. His nursery has 8 full-time and 30 seasonal employees.

Richard Akora

Owner, Beneco Seedling Nursery

Country: Uganda
Village: Maliba

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In 2012, Oliva became a participant of Ecotrust Uganda’s Trees for Global Benefits project. She lives in the Maliba community of Western Uganda’s Kasese district, and she’s planted 400 trees which are sequestering an estimated 203.4 tonnes of CO2.

Oliva is projected to earn $610.40 from TGB. In this interview, you’ll learn how she uses those earnings, as well as about her children and grandchildren, one of her favorite ways to relax, what “MIFA” stands for, how she lost some of her trees, and how her community views firewood thieves!

Oliva Nyirazuba

Country: Uganda
Village: Maliba
Trees Planted: 400
Climate Benefit: 203.4 tonnes of CO2
Earnings as of 3/13/18: $186.18
Total Expected Earnings: $610.40
Livelihood Benefits: School fees for children.