WeForest
@weforest.bsky.social
We’re WeForest, the NGO working for people, nature and climate 🌎
Go to our website: https://www.weforest.org/
Go to our website: https://www.weforest.org/
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@weforest.bsky.social
· Aug 5
Restoring forests for People, Nature and the Climate.
WeForest uses proven science-based models to deliver effective reforestation programs around the world.
Through them, we combat climate change, protect and regenerate biodiversity, and uplift local communities.
Learn more: www.weforest.org
WeForest uses proven science-based models to deliver effective reforestation programs around the world.
Through them, we combat climate change, protect and regenerate biodiversity, and uplift local communities.
Learn more: www.weforest.org
A new Google tool uses AI to identify rainforest animals by sound.
Proud to have WeForest's field data from Brazil helping to train it. Now you can help too. Every click by citizen scientists improves the AI for conservation.
Listen and contribute: artsandculture.google.com/experiment/j...
Proud to have WeForest's field data from Brazil helping to train it. Now you can help too. Every click by citizen scientists improves the AI for conservation.
Listen and contribute: artsandculture.google.com/experiment/j...
Forest Listeners - Google Arts & Culture
Search the rainforests for calls of hidden species, tag their sounds, and
help train an AI model to accelerate restoration efforts, in collaboration
with s...
artsandculture.google.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 AM
A new Google tool uses AI to identify rainforest animals by sound.
Proud to have WeForest's field data from Brazil helping to train it. Now you can help too. Every click by citizen scientists improves the AI for conservation.
Listen and contribute: artsandculture.google.com/experiment/j...
Proud to have WeForest's field data from Brazil helping to train it. Now you can help too. Every click by citizen scientists improves the AI for conservation.
Listen and contribute: artsandculture.google.com/experiment/j...
How to build a green economy? Invest in a forest.
In Brazil, our partnership with IPÊ has created a whole new local economy. Jobs for people. Homes for wildlife. A win for the climate.
This is how it's done. Watch the video:
#CommunityLed #SocialEntrepreneurship #Brazil
In Brazil, our partnership with IPÊ has created a whole new local economy. Jobs for people. Homes for wildlife. A win for the climate.
This is how it's done. Watch the video:
#CommunityLed #SocialEntrepreneurship #Brazil
November 12, 2025 at 8:31 AM
How to build a green economy? Invest in a forest.
In Brazil, our partnership with IPÊ has created a whole new local economy. Jobs for people. Homes for wildlife. A win for the climate.
This is how it's done. Watch the video:
#CommunityLed #SocialEntrepreneurship #Brazil
In Brazil, our partnership with IPÊ has created a whole new local economy. Jobs for people. Homes for wildlife. A win for the climate.
This is how it's done. Watch the video:
#CommunityLed #SocialEntrepreneurship #Brazil
With Weforest support IPE is growing an entire restoration value chain in Brazil's Pontal do Paranapanema region, uniting farmers, govt, and communities.
But the real win is the sense of ownership felt by communities.
Watch the video to learn more:
But the real win is the sense of ownership felt by communities.
Watch the video to learn more:
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 AM
With Weforest support IPE is growing an entire restoration value chain in Brazil's Pontal do Paranapanema region, uniting farmers, govt, and communities.
But the real win is the sense of ownership felt by communities.
Watch the video to learn more:
But the real win is the sense of ownership felt by communities.
Watch the video to learn more:
In Zambia's Muchinga Province, 76.6% rural poverty drives deforestation.
The Lavushimanda Project tackles this head-on: building a coalition to create a wildlife corridor and sustainable economies.
We are building a coalition for impact. Learn more about our work: www.weforest.org
The Lavushimanda Project tackles this head-on: building a coalition to create a wildlife corridor and sustainable economies.
We are building a coalition for impact. Learn more about our work: www.weforest.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:18 AM
In Zambia's Muchinga Province, 76.6% rural poverty drives deforestation.
The Lavushimanda Project tackles this head-on: building a coalition to create a wildlife corridor and sustainable economies.
We are building a coalition for impact. Learn more about our work: www.weforest.org
The Lavushimanda Project tackles this head-on: building a coalition to create a wildlife corridor and sustainable economies.
We are building a coalition for impact. Learn more about our work: www.weforest.org
Clearing up the concept: Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR).
This carousel explains this actionable framework. In summary: FLR works to integrate people and nature for lasting impact.
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This carousel explains this actionable framework. In summary: FLR works to integrate people and nature for lasting impact.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Clearing up the concept: Forest and Landscape Restoration (FLR).
This carousel explains this actionable framework. In summary: FLR works to integrate people and nature for lasting impact.
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This carousel explains this actionable framework. In summary: FLR works to integrate people and nature for lasting impact.
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Rural women are sustaining nature for our collective future. They are frontline agents of change, combating climate change & conserving biodiversity.
But they face disproportionate impacts. Our job? Promote their work. Demand their participation. Ensure their equality.
But they face disproportionate impacts. Our job? Promote their work. Demand their participation. Ensure their equality.
October 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Rural women are sustaining nature for our collective future. They are frontline agents of change, combating climate change & conserving biodiversity.
But they face disproportionate impacts. Our job? Promote their work. Demand their participation. Ensure their equality.
But they face disproportionate impacts. Our job? Promote their work. Demand their participation. Ensure their equality.
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What happens when a community decides to build a barrier against the desert?
A fierce battle is taking place on the edge of the Tigray. The desert is aggressively expanding, but the Desa’a team led by @weforest.bsky.social t and local communities are matching its pace.
A fierce battle is taking place on the edge of the Tigray. The desert is aggressively expanding, but the Desa’a team led by @weforest.bsky.social t and local communities are matching its pace.
October 10, 2025 at 8:53 AM
What happens when a community decides to build a barrier against the desert?
A fierce battle is taking place on the edge of the Tigray. The desert is aggressively expanding, but the Desa’a team led by @weforest.bsky.social t and local communities are matching its pace.
A fierce battle is taking place on the edge of the Tigray. The desert is aggressively expanding, but the Desa’a team led by @weforest.bsky.social t and local communities are matching its pace.
Thrilled to announce WeForest is a winner of the Airbus Foundation's call for projects!
We'll use cutting-edge satellite data and machine learning to measure restoration impact in Ethiopia's Desa'a Forest.
A huge step for tech-powered conservation.
We'll use cutting-edge satellite data and machine learning to measure restoration impact in Ethiopia's Desa'a Forest.
A huge step for tech-powered conservation.
October 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Thrilled to announce WeForest is a winner of the Airbus Foundation's call for projects!
We'll use cutting-edge satellite data and machine learning to measure restoration impact in Ethiopia's Desa'a Forest.
A huge step for tech-powered conservation.
We'll use cutting-edge satellite data and machine learning to measure restoration impact in Ethiopia's Desa'a Forest.
A huge step for tech-powered conservation.
Zambia's Miombo woodlands are a climate giant. New research shows they hold an extra 3.7 billion metric tons of carbon.
But climate shocks push local farmers to clear the forest to survive. Solution: Invest in farmer resilience.
👇Read more
But climate shocks push local farmers to clear the forest to survive. Solution: Invest in farmer resilience.
👇Read more
Three ways farmers are reviving land and building climate resilience in Zambia’s Miombo Woodlands
By working with farmers who live close to the Miombo woodlands to improve how land is managed, WeForest protects both community livelihoods and forest resilience long term.
www.weforest.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Zambia's Miombo woodlands are a climate giant. New research shows they hold an extra 3.7 billion metric tons of carbon.
But climate shocks push local farmers to clear the forest to survive. Solution: Invest in farmer resilience.
👇Read more
But climate shocks push local farmers to clear the forest to survive. Solution: Invest in farmer resilience.
👇Read more
Verified! ✅
Our Katanino project in Zambia just passed the rigorous Preferred by Nature Ecosystem Restoration audit.
This endorsement validates years of community-led work to restore Miombo woodlands. Proof that real, credible restoration is happening on the ground.
Our Katanino project in Zambia just passed the rigorous Preferred by Nature Ecosystem Restoration audit.
This endorsement validates years of community-led work to restore Miombo woodlands. Proof that real, credible restoration is happening on the ground.
Katanino project achieves external verification by Preferred by Nature - WeForest
The Katanino project has achieved Preferred by Nature Ecosystem Restoration standard verification highlighting its effective approach.
www.weforest.org
October 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Verified! ✅
Our Katanino project in Zambia just passed the rigorous Preferred by Nature Ecosystem Restoration audit.
This endorsement validates years of community-led work to restore Miombo woodlands. Proof that real, credible restoration is happening on the ground.
Our Katanino project in Zambia just passed the rigorous Preferred by Nature Ecosystem Restoration audit.
This endorsement validates years of community-led work to restore Miombo woodlands. Proof that real, credible restoration is happening on the ground.
Day and night, curious side-striped jackals are checking out our camera traps 🐾📹
Wildlife is coming back to Katanino Reserve in Zambia, as the forest recovers 🌳✨
Learn more about our work in Kantanino: www.weforest.org/programmes/m...
Wildlife is coming back to Katanino Reserve in Zambia, as the forest recovers 🌳✨
Learn more about our work in Kantanino: www.weforest.org/programmes/m...
October 1, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Day and night, curious side-striped jackals are checking out our camera traps 🐾📹
Wildlife is coming back to Katanino Reserve in Zambia, as the forest recovers 🌳✨
Learn more about our work in Kantanino: www.weforest.org/programmes/m...
Wildlife is coming back to Katanino Reserve in Zambia, as the forest recovers 🌳✨
Learn more about our work in Kantanino: www.weforest.org/programmes/m...
A pragmatic case for hope🌍
We can repair the climate system
And forests regulate water and climate. Official estimates say 12–20%, but NASA research suggests their real influence could be up to 40%.
Restoring forests means repairing Earth’s systems. And that means hope. 🌳✨
We can repair the climate system
And forests regulate water and climate. Official estimates say 12–20%, but NASA research suggests their real influence could be up to 40%.
Restoring forests means repairing Earth’s systems. And that means hope. 🌳✨
September 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
A pragmatic case for hope🌍
We can repair the climate system
And forests regulate water and climate. Official estimates say 12–20%, but NASA research suggests their real influence could be up to 40%.
Restoring forests means repairing Earth’s systems. And that means hope. 🌳✨
We can repair the climate system
And forests regulate water and climate. Official estimates say 12–20%, but NASA research suggests their real influence could be up to 40%.
Restoring forests means repairing Earth’s systems. And that means hope. 🌳✨
“We cannot stop the tide – but we can open the door, and let nature lead.” 🚪
Inspired by coastal restoration leader Vona Méléner at the #ChooseNature event. A powerful reminder that whether at sea or on land, working with nature is the only path to true resilience.
#NatureBasedSolutions
Inspired by coastal restoration leader Vona Méléner at the #ChooseNature event. A powerful reminder that whether at sea or on land, working with nature is the only path to true resilience.
#NatureBasedSolutions
September 17, 2025 at 9:30 AM
“We cannot stop the tide – but we can open the door, and let nature lead.” 🚪
Inspired by coastal restoration leader Vona Méléner at the #ChooseNature event. A powerful reminder that whether at sea or on land, working with nature is the only path to true resilience.
#NatureBasedSolutions
Inspired by coastal restoration leader Vona Méléner at the #ChooseNature event. A powerful reminder that whether at sea or on land, working with nature is the only path to true resilience.
#NatureBasedSolutions
WeForest is now RE-EF certified, ensuring full transparency in how your funding makes an impact.
This means:
✅ Ethical fundraising practices
✅ Annual external reviews
✅ Donor guarantees on fund use
Read how we ensure your support drives real impact:
www.weforest.org/blog/news/fi...
This means:
✅ Ethical fundraising practices
✅ Annual external reviews
✅ Donor guarantees on fund use
Read how we ensure your support drives real impact:
www.weforest.org/blog/news/fi...
Finance for the planet: Why joining La Récolte des Fonds Éthiques (RE-EF) matters - WeForest
Discover why ethical fundraising is more than compliance and how we ensure that every contribution is managed responsibly.
www.weforest.org
September 16, 2025 at 11:19 AM
WeForest is now RE-EF certified, ensuring full transparency in how your funding makes an impact.
This means:
✅ Ethical fundraising practices
✅ Annual external reviews
✅ Donor guarantees on fund use
Read how we ensure your support drives real impact:
www.weforest.org/blog/news/fi...
This means:
✅ Ethical fundraising practices
✅ Annual external reviews
✅ Donor guarantees on fund use
Read how we ensure your support drives real impact:
www.weforest.org/blog/news/fi...
10 years, 6,068 hectares being restored, and a bold vision turning into reality to reconnect 75,000 ha of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest! 🌿
Jaguars, tapirs, and communities are thriving thanks to @WeForest and IPÊ’s partnership.
Watch the video:
Jaguars, tapirs, and communities are thriving thanks to @WeForest and IPÊ’s partnership.
Watch the video:
September 16, 2025 at 7:10 AM
10 years, 6,068 hectares being restored, and a bold vision turning into reality to reconnect 75,000 ha of Brazil’s Atlantic Forest! 🌿
Jaguars, tapirs, and communities are thriving thanks to @WeForest and IPÊ’s partnership.
Watch the video:
Jaguars, tapirs, and communities are thriving thanks to @WeForest and IPÊ’s partnership.
Watch the video:
How do you save a critically endangered tree? Malawi's model is a blueprint:
➡️ Give communities 70% of forest revenue.
➡️ Put women & traditional leaders in charge.
➡️ Honor spiritual beliefs that protect the land.
Read the full story:
www.weforest.org/blog/news/gu...
➡️ Give communities 70% of forest revenue.
➡️ Put women & traditional leaders in charge.
➡️ Honor spiritual beliefs that protect the land.
Read the full story:
www.weforest.org/blog/news/gu...
Guardians of the sacred mountain: A community's fight to save Malawi's Mulanje cedar - WeForest
Learn from the guardians of Mount Mulanje on how to protect the sacred Mulanje cedar, for future generations.
www.weforest.org
September 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
How do you save a critically endangered tree? Malawi's model is a blueprint:
➡️ Give communities 70% of forest revenue.
➡️ Put women & traditional leaders in charge.
➡️ Honor spiritual beliefs that protect the land.
Read the full story:
www.weforest.org/blog/news/gu...
➡️ Give communities 70% of forest revenue.
➡️ Put women & traditional leaders in charge.
➡️ Honor spiritual beliefs that protect the land.
Read the full story:
www.weforest.org/blog/news/gu...
How do you turn conservation into a sweet enterprise? 🍯
With beekeeping! Our approach isn't one-size-fits-all. It's tailored to the land and the people.
Here's how it works across our projects. /1
With beekeeping! Our approach isn't one-size-fits-all. It's tailored to the land and the people.
Here's how it works across our projects. /1
September 4, 2025 at 11:30 AM
How do you turn conservation into a sweet enterprise? 🍯
With beekeeping! Our approach isn't one-size-fits-all. It's tailored to the land and the people.
Here's how it works across our projects. /1
With beekeeping! Our approach isn't one-size-fits-all. It's tailored to the land and the people.
Here's how it works across our projects. /1
Zambia’s secret weapon against deforestation? Community radio!
Why? It’s cheap, scales instantly, and breaks down myths in local languages. It even shapes policy by mobilizing thousands.
Read how airwaves are conserving trees and securing futures: www.weforest.org/blog/news/br...
Why? It’s cheap, scales instantly, and breaks down myths in local languages. It even shapes policy by mobilizing thousands.
Read how airwaves are conserving trees and securing futures: www.weforest.org/blog/news/br...
Broadcasting change: How radio is mobilizing Zambia for forest conservation - WeForest
Discover why radio might be the most powerful conservation tool giving forests a voice before it’s too late.
www.weforest.org
September 3, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Zambia’s secret weapon against deforestation? Community radio!
Why? It’s cheap, scales instantly, and breaks down myths in local languages. It even shapes policy by mobilizing thousands.
Read how airwaves are conserving trees and securing futures: www.weforest.org/blog/news/br...
Why? It’s cheap, scales instantly, and breaks down myths in local languages. It even shapes policy by mobilizing thousands.
Read how airwaves are conserving trees and securing futures: www.weforest.org/blog/news/br...
Okay, this might be the most satisfying before-and-after you'll see all week.
This is 3 years of forest restoration work in Pontal, Brasil. /1
This is 3 years of forest restoration work in Pontal, Brasil. /1
September 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Okay, this might be the most satisfying before-and-after you'll see all week.
This is 3 years of forest restoration work in Pontal, Brasil. /1
This is 3 years of forest restoration work in Pontal, Brasil. /1
🌿 Discovered a story that’s redefining conservation: Wof Washa, one of Ethiopia’s last ancient forests. It’s both a sanctuary for rare species and a model for how to actually save ecosystems. /1
August 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
🌿 Discovered a story that’s redefining conservation: Wof Washa, one of Ethiopia’s last ancient forests. It’s both a sanctuary for rare species and a model for how to actually save ecosystems. /1
We are restoring some of the planet’s most overlooked yet vital forests, protecting biodiversity where it matters most.
Our science-led, community-powered approach delivers lasting gains.🌍💚
Endless thanks to our partners. Explore our full 2024 impact in the Annual Report: tinyurl.com/mrydpwpt
Our science-led, community-powered approach delivers lasting gains.🌍💚
Endless thanks to our partners. Explore our full 2024 impact in the Annual Report: tinyurl.com/mrydpwpt
August 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
We are restoring some of the planet’s most overlooked yet vital forests, protecting biodiversity where it matters most.
Our science-led, community-powered approach delivers lasting gains.🌍💚
Endless thanks to our partners. Explore our full 2024 impact in the Annual Report: tinyurl.com/mrydpwpt
Our science-led, community-powered approach delivers lasting gains.🌍💚
Endless thanks to our partners. Explore our full 2024 impact in the Annual Report: tinyurl.com/mrydpwpt
🚨 Event Alert! @WeForest joins #WorldWaterWeek
Aug 26: Our Ethiopia Data Analyst Nesibu Yahya presents "Cool forests: benefits for water & agriculture" at the FAO session
FREE registration gets you: Digital access to all the online event sessions
Sign up now:
worldwaterweek.org
Aug 26: Our Ethiopia Data Analyst Nesibu Yahya presents "Cool forests: benefits for water & agriculture" at the FAO session
FREE registration gets you: Digital access to all the online event sessions
Sign up now:
worldwaterweek.org
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August 20, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🚨 Event Alert! @WeForest joins #WorldWaterWeek
Aug 26: Our Ethiopia Data Analyst Nesibu Yahya presents "Cool forests: benefits for water & agriculture" at the FAO session
FREE registration gets you: Digital access to all the online event sessions
Sign up now:
worldwaterweek.org
Aug 26: Our Ethiopia Data Analyst Nesibu Yahya presents "Cool forests: benefits for water & agriculture" at the FAO session
FREE registration gets you: Digital access to all the online event sessions
Sign up now:
worldwaterweek.org
Senegal’s native trees are showing off:
🌊 Mbadji (Mangrove) – Roots like cathedral arches, fish nurseries, sacred rites.
🌞 Kad (Acacia) – Drops leaves WHEN IT RAINS (reverse phenology = genius).
💰 Nguiguis – Its gum thickens your soda + supports Sahelian families.
#NatureBasedSolutions
🌊 Mbadji (Mangrove) – Roots like cathedral arches, fish nurseries, sacred rites.
🌞 Kad (Acacia) – Drops leaves WHEN IT RAINS (reverse phenology = genius).
💰 Nguiguis – Its gum thickens your soda + supports Sahelian families.
#NatureBasedSolutions
August 19, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Senegal’s native trees are showing off:
🌊 Mbadji (Mangrove) – Roots like cathedral arches, fish nurseries, sacred rites.
🌞 Kad (Acacia) – Drops leaves WHEN IT RAINS (reverse phenology = genius).
💰 Nguiguis – Its gum thickens your soda + supports Sahelian families.
#NatureBasedSolutions
🌊 Mbadji (Mangrove) – Roots like cathedral arches, fish nurseries, sacred rites.
🌞 Kad (Acacia) – Drops leaves WHEN IT RAINS (reverse phenology = genius).
💰 Nguiguis – Its gum thickens your soda + supports Sahelian families.
#NatureBasedSolutions
🌍 Conservation only works when it works for everyone
Community-led models are changing the game—discover 3 approaches proving that people-powered nature conservation works.
#PeopleFirst #Conservation #ClimateJustice
🌿 Read how nature + people = the future of conservation
Community-led models are changing the game—discover 3 approaches proving that people-powered nature conservation works.
#PeopleFirst #Conservation #ClimateJustice
🌿 Read how nature + people = the future of conservation
What is nature conservation and why does it matter more than ever? - WeForest
Nature conservation is one of the most powerful tools we have to safeguard the planet and our collective future.
www.weforest.org
August 13, 2025 at 6:51 AM
🌍 Conservation only works when it works for everyone
Community-led models are changing the game—discover 3 approaches proving that people-powered nature conservation works.
#PeopleFirst #Conservation #ClimateJustice
🌿 Read how nature + people = the future of conservation
Community-led models are changing the game—discover 3 approaches proving that people-powered nature conservation works.
#PeopleFirst #Conservation #ClimateJustice
🌿 Read how nature + people = the future of conservation
Meet the living legends of Latin America:
☕ Yerba Mate – Sacred. Caffeinated. Ecosystem protector.
🐒 Embaúba – Feeds tapirs, houses ants, nurtures cultures.
🎵 Jatobá – Medicine, food, guitar wood.
👑 Jequitibá Rosa – The 500-year-old ‘Forest King.’
Conservation fails without them. #NativeTrees
☕ Yerba Mate – Sacred. Caffeinated. Ecosystem protector.
🐒 Embaúba – Feeds tapirs, houses ants, nurtures cultures.
🎵 Jatobá – Medicine, food, guitar wood.
👑 Jequitibá Rosa – The 500-year-old ‘Forest King.’
Conservation fails without them. #NativeTrees
August 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Meet the living legends of Latin America:
☕ Yerba Mate – Sacred. Caffeinated. Ecosystem protector.
🐒 Embaúba – Feeds tapirs, houses ants, nurtures cultures.
🎵 Jatobá – Medicine, food, guitar wood.
👑 Jequitibá Rosa – The 500-year-old ‘Forest King.’
Conservation fails without them. #NativeTrees
☕ Yerba Mate – Sacred. Caffeinated. Ecosystem protector.
🐒 Embaúba – Feeds tapirs, houses ants, nurtures cultures.
🎵 Jatobá – Medicine, food, guitar wood.
👑 Jequitibá Rosa – The 500-year-old ‘Forest King.’
Conservation fails without them. #NativeTrees