Nicaforest

10/07/2024

Sustainable forestry certification.
Forestry Stewardship Council is a demanding but important certification related to sustainable forestry. We are happy to comply to the certification criteria. You can read the reports here. Download reports from https://www.nicaforest.com/post/fsc-certification-updated-monitoring-reports

27/04/2023

🙌🌍 Nicaforest is now Global Goals certified by Gold Standard!
🌳 Our reforestation project Nicaforest has been certified by the Gold Standard Foundation for a long time. We are excited to announce that we have also received their Gold Standard for the Global Goals certification for contributing to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

📃🌱 The Gold Standard is a non-profit organization that was established by WWF and others to promote sustainable development and ensure the highest level of environmental integrity and positive impact. In 2017, they launched the "Gold Standard for the Global Goals certification," which holds projects to an even higher standard and requires them to quantify, certify, and maximize their contributions to achieving the SDGs.

🦋📒💼🤝 The Nicaforest reforestation project has always worked towards achieving an impact beyond carbon. Our continued efforts to ensure a sustainable future, our transparency and our promise of achieving tangible improvements in Nicaragua were crucial factors in obtaining our Global Goals certificate.

We have a track record of successfully implementing impactful initiatives that address sustainability in the three key areas: environmental, social, and economic.
We are now measuring, taking action and will be reporting on SDGs 4, 8 and 13.

🤝 Receiving the Global Gold Certificate has set a higher standard for us to uphold, and we now have an even greater obligation to our partners, investors, and clients. We invite you to join us in our efforts and to help us make a positive impact. Help us make a tangible impact that is felt. Help us make an impact that goes far, far beyond carbon mitigation.

You can read more about how we report, measure and work with the
SDGs here: https://www.nicaforest.com/post/nf-journal-i-nicaforest-is-now-global-goals-certified-by-gold-standard

Our reforestation project Nicaforest has long been one of the high-impact projects certified by the Gold Standard Foundation. As of now, we are thrilled to say that we have also received their Gold Standard for the Global Goals certification as we are contributing to the United Nations' Sustainable....

21/04/2023

Sustainability and privilege

🌏 It's a harsh reality that sustainability is a privilege not everyone can afford. While some of us are able to live our lives with minimal impact on the environment, we must also confront the painful truth that many people lose the ability to be sustainable through no fault of their own. They are simply left with no viable options. This injustice underscores the need for urgent action to address systemic inequalities that prevent access to sustainable practices and technologies.

Nicaragua's rural communities, particularly those in the Chontales region where the Nicaforest project is based, have shown incredible resilience in the face of economic challenges. Despite these obstacles, they have managed to develop and maintain a thriving cattle-ranging industry that serves as a vital source of income and livelihood for many 🐂 .

🔊 However, both the Nicaforest project and the people of Nicaragua recognize the importance of preserving the natural resources that sustain them and have allowed their cattle industry to thrive. Through innovative solutions and support for alternative economic activities, we can help ensure the sustainable development of these communities while safeguarding their environment.

One such alternative is our ongoing shared benefit agreement, where we lease degraded land from landowners for reforestation, helping both nature and the community. Through this initiative we have made several successful payments to local farmers, promoting inclusive and sustainable development.

Read more about the sustainable value chain here: https://www.nicaforest.com/post/primary-secondary-school-workshops


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Looking for high-impact carbon credits? Check out the Nicaforest high-impact reforestation and keep the trees standing tall: https://www.nicaforest.com/

A Viable & Sustainable Economic Alternative It's a harsh reality that sustainability is a privilege not everyone can afford. While some of us are able to live our lives with minimal impact on the environment, we must also confront the painful truth that many people lose the ability to be sustainable...

20/04/2023

NicaForest is being held accountable

🕕 Accountability matters and taking responsibility for your actions is important. Sometimes it seems we live in a world where bad faith actors can do whatever they want and never face the consequences of their actions. Well, NicaForest isn’t afraid to face the music.

😃 We’re proud to announce that our sustainable forest management project is certified under the Forest Stewardship Council™ guiding principles. They are a non-profit organization established in 1993 to promote responsible forest management worldwide. As the carbon market expands, certification standards become more crucial in ensuring accountability and meeting sustainability objectives.

📜 Organizations like The Forest Stewardship Council and Gold Standard do extensive research into projects so that you won’t have to. By choosing to support certified impact projects you can rest assured you're making an impact.

Across Nature Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)

You can read more about the role certification plays in responsible Forestry here: https://www.nicaforest.com/post/nicaforest-journal-the-role-of-responsible-forestry-in-carbon-removal-1

Looking for high-impact carbon credits? Check out the Nicaforest high-impact reforestation and keep the trees standing tall: https://www.nicaforest.com/

FSC Verification - Fostering sustainable forest management Certification and verified impact are often regarded as key drivers for the development of carbon markets, in addition to serving as a cornerstone in achieving a sustainable future. Nicaforest is proud to announce our project has once again....

19/04/2023

🌄 Less avoidance, more carbon removals.
Right now we’re standing at a crossroads. We can help the environment regenerate or we can keep hurting it. Through the miracle of photosynthesis, trees capture CO2 and store it, before releasing Oxygen into the atmosphere. Trees are one of our greatest allies in the battle against global warming, but they urgently need our help.

🌳 Nicaforest is committed to restore degraded land, create a thriving ecosystem and involve the local community in every step of the process. We’re verified by both the Forest Stewardship Council™ and Gold Standard and sell carbon removal credits that matter.

🌍 The President of the Nicaforest-group, Dr. Carlos Perez has written an article about carbon removal: https://www.nicaforest.com/post/nf-journal-why-carbon-removal-from-the-atmosphere-is-a-priority

Make an impact beyond net zero.
Acquire high-impact verified emission reduction certificates by contacting us at: [email protected]

- Across Nature

It is widely recognized that the concentrations of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases are increasing in the atmosphere, and are the cause of human-made global warming. CO2 is responsible for >70% of the increased radiation, that is why it is urgent to increase actions to reduce emission...

18/04/2023

🏫 For many of us getting to school is a trivial task, but this is not a universal truth. For many students in Nicaragua, their school is located far from any roads and some are only accessible by horseback. You would think these conditions would discourage young learners, but if you thought that, you’d be wrong!

📚 🌱 Access to quality education - remains a core pillar toward the sustainable development of any community, and in rural Nicaragua, driving environmental awareness in young students is vital to securing a sustainable future. Our intern Hazel Salgado is an environmental engineer who graduated from UNAN Chontales and with her help, we are working on providing a quality education for Nicuaragua's future environmental professionals.

🤝 Close cooperation with rural schools in our surrounding community enables Nicaforest to conduct initiatives that foster key drivers of sustainable development for any community.

Read more about our efforts to bolster Education in Nicaragua here:
https://www.nicaforest.com/post/nf-journal-nicaforest-intern-drives-environmental-education-in-rural-schools

Looking for high-impact carbon removal credits? Check out the Nicaforest high-impact reforestation project and learn more about how mitigating emissions can achieve an impact beyond carbon.
https://www.nicaforest.com/


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Promoting education in rural schools by enabling internship opportunities for aspiring environmental professionals SDG 4 - Access to quality education - remains a core pillar toward the sustainable development of any community, and in rural Nicaragua, driving environmental awareness in young student...

17/04/2023

“One cannot continue thinking of agriculture, the environment, health, poverty, and hunger in isolation”
– Gilbert F. Houngbo, president of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)

Solving the problem of food security takes more than just providing temporary rations. According to the United Nations, more than 2 billion people around the world are affected by some level of food insecurity and we want to do our part in lowering that number.

Nicaforest has enabled local families to take matters into their own hands. By establishing the Nicaforest plantations in the region, more than 30 local families reaped the benefits of planting over 70 tons of protein-rich beans, grown locally, right there in the fertile soil of the project’s plantations.

Creating food security is part of a much bigger ecosystem. It takes the entire world working together and we will continue doing our part.

Read more about Food Security here: https://www.nicaforest.com/post/food-security-a-key-pillar-of-sustainable-development

Looking for high-impact carbon removal credits?
Check out the Nicaforest high-impact reforestation project and learn more about how mitigating emissions can achieve an impact beyond carbon. https://www.nicaforest.com/

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19/09/2022

SDG 4 - Access to quality education - is a core pillar of the Nicaforest social impact platform.

The Nicaforest project is proud to promote access to quality education, hosting 8 workshops on environmental awareness for local primary schools in the month of September alone.

At the beginning of September, Nicaforest welcomed the addition of our newest intern - Hazel Salgado.

She is an environmental engineer who graduated from UNAN Chontales and is now seeking to further her knowledge of forestry as well as contribute to fostering education on sustainability.

Thanks to aspiring environmental professionals our project has been able to further our impact on the education of rural schools - while offering them valuable internship opportunities relevant to their field.

Promoting education in rural schools by enabling internship opportunities for aspiring environmental professionals SDG 4 - Access to quality education - remains a core pillar toward the sustainable development of any community, and in rural Nicaragua, driving environmental awareness in young student...

08/06/2022

Nicaforest is happy to announce that in March earlier this year our team hosted workshops for local primary schools on the topic of food security, welcoming students from the San Jose, and Santa Teresita Schools.

Workshops were conducted in two segments, beginning with a talk on environmental awareness and educating students on how keeping school and home gardens can foster food security in their community.

This was then followed by a practical workshop in which students assisted in the planting of close to 200 fruit plants for the purpose of creating food gardens for their schools.

Education and Food Security - Critical drivers for sustainable development Access to quality education and achieving food security are two critical drivers for development in any community, and for the Nicaforest project, fostering these core pillars in our surrounding community represents a corners...

09/05/2022

Nicaforest is proud to announce our project has once again been audited and approved under the guiding principles outlined by the Forest Stewardship Council.

The Forest Stewardship Council is an international non-profit organization established in 1993 with the mission to foster responsible management of the world's forests.

FSC outlines a series of 10 principles related to responsible forestry, covering issues ranging from ensuring project activities do not result in a negative impact on surrounding biodiversity, to fostering community relations and workers’ rights to improve the standing of adjacent communities.

FSC Verification - Fostering sustainable forest management Certification and verified impact are often regarded as key drivers for the development of carbon markets, in addition to serving as a cornerstone in achieving a sustainable future. Nicaforest is proud to announce our project has once again....

10/11/2021

An investment in education is an investment in the future of sustainable development, and for the Nicaforest project, fostering the professional enrichment of the future generation of environmentalists is a key part of our social impact platform.

Our reforestation project cooperates with local universities in Nicaragua, with the intention of enabling knowledge transfer & the goal of granting opportunities to young professionals seeking to bolster their knowledge in the field of sustainable forestry.

This past Tuesday, October 26th, Nicaforest welcomed a group of students from the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua in Chontales.

These students are part of the Agriculture & Natural Resources program at the University, and the internship opportunities enabled by the Nicaforest project provide them with valuable professional enrichment, in addition to first-hand experience in the field of sustainable forestry.

Find the full NF Journal below:

Fostering opportunities for aspiring environmentalist An investment in education is an investment in the future of sustainable development, and for the Nicaforest project, fostering the professional enrichment of the future generation of environmentalists is a key part of our social impact platform....

29/10/2021

Education is a key to the future of sustainable development.

After a year-long hiatus following the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Nicaforest is proud to announce we have resumed our education initiatives.

We have conducted workshops in four schools located in the surrounding community, imparting environmental & sustainability-focused workshops for primary & secondary school students.

In addition, we are proud to welcome the newest member of the Nicaforest team, a 4th-year agronomic engineering student at the Agrarian University of Nicaragua named Daker Morales.

Nicaforest is proud to achieve a positive impact on education in our local community, as well as foster the development of the future generation of sustainability heroes.

To learn more about both of these initiatives, check out the full Nicaforest Journal below!

Primary & Secondary School Workshops The Covid 19 outbreak has influenced all parts of our society, from the way in which we use resources, to the way in which we interact with one another. The Nicaforest project has always maintained a policy of prioritizing the safety of our workers & our communit...