Breaking Ground on the Restoration of America’s Amazon
We break ground on the restoration of North America’s Amazon in fall 2016. The first project will restore 4,000 acres of freshwater-forested wetland in the Pointe-aux-Chenes Bald Cypress Forest Wetland, Louisiana. The selection of this particular site is deeply...
Coastal Groups Complete Another Major Reforestation Effort
This week marks the completion of a 10,000 tree reforestation initiative executed by Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana (CRCL) in partnership with Restore the Earth Foundation (REF) and the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation...
A New Story: Takeaways from the 2015 Paris Climate Conference
At the 2015 Paris Climate Conference, known as COP21, 150 world leaders emerged with an agreement to limit the rise of temperature increases “well below 2°C” above pre-industrial temperatures with a hopeful target to limit it to 1.5°C. It is an ambitious goal,...
GreenBiz publishes Restore the Earth
GreenBiz features our business case for landscape-scale restoration in the article, “Why Entergy, Wells Fargo and Timberland invest in restoration.” Business leaders who invest in landscape restoration are reducing their climate risks, enhancing their reputation and...