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Plant a Billion Trees

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McMahon Lake Preserve Forest Sun streaming through trees at McMahon Lake Preserve in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. © Bigfoot Media (Jason Whalen)

Together We Can Plant More Trees

Planting a billion trees can help us curb the effects of climate change. It's a big number, but we know we can do it with your help.

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What is Plant a Billion Trees?

The Nature Conservancy’s Plant a Billion Trees campaign is a major forest restoration program. Our goal is to restore forests across the planet to help people and slow the connected crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. Help us reach our goal and donate to help restore our forests today!

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Planting a tree, or simply letting seedlings grow in our own backyards, represents something we can do now to reignite our hope for a better future.”

Susan Cook-Patton

Sr. Forest Restoration Scientist

Why help TNC restore forests?

Trees help make peoples’ lives better—they filter clean air, provide fresh drinking water, help curb climate change, and create homes for thousands of plant and animal species.

But around the world, forests are being cut down at alarming rates for all types of reasons. From harvesting timber to cutting down trees to make room for developement, some of these places are now degraded and have lost the ability to provide the benefits we rely on. 

But forest restoration can help bring balance back to these ecosystems while increasing the capacity to store harmful emissions that cause climate change. By supporting Plant a Billion Trees, you can help TNC restore forests that will survive the long term to benefit people, nature and the climate. 

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How Plant a Billion Trees Works

When it comes to reforestation, it’s important to grow the right trees in the right places in the right ways to ensure they survive in the long-term. That’s why Plant a Billion Trees supports every part of TNC’s forest restoration work—whether that means collecting healthy seeds, training workers who can plant and maintain seedlings, or conducting new research to learn more about the science of reforestation.   

Working in partnership with local communities, we can accelorate reforestation to maximize the all the great benefits for both people and nature. After all, trees clean our water, cleanse our air, cool our planet and store our carbon. Trees give us refuge and refreshment, shade and shelter.

Learn More About Plant a Billion Trees

Check out this video to find out how the Plant a Billion Trees program is helping our planet.

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FAQs

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  • TNC brings decades of experience, scientific expertise, and global reach to our reforestation work. With hundreds of successful projects in our portfolio, we leverage cutting-edge research and tested best management practices to ensure reforestation is effective and sustainable. Using rigorous science, we have developed global maps to estimate the potential of reforestation and show where trees could be restored to the landscape. In our Plant a Billion Trees project areas, we work with partners, local communities, governments and other rightsholders to create tailored solutions that benefit people and nature. With your support, we are confident we can reach this ambitious and important goal.

  • The cost to plant a tree varies depending on the location of the project and the type of tree being planted, and ranges between approximately $1.50-$3 USD per tree. Beyond covering costs to simply plant seedlings in the ground, donations support ongoing maintenance, research, and stewardship at Plant a Billion sites to ensure the seedlings grow to be mature, healthy trees.

    Donations also help pay for the reforestation efforts at PBT projects, such as the removal of invasive species, protecting areas where tree saplings are growing, encouraging species to return to degraded areas, and removing any barriers that might prevent a forest from regrowth. Up to 20% of the cost is used to help administer the program.

  • Monitoring procedures vary from site to site, but generally, TNC staff conduct regular site visits to oversee qualitative and quantitative surveys. We gauge measures such as seedling survival rates and tree sizes, as well as assessing ecosystem conditions for invasive/competing species to ensure we are making the appropriate adjustments to best care for our trees over time.

  • TNC staff and scientists, based in-country, manage each of our planting projects. To help accomplish this work, we collaborate with a network of in-country partners—including governments, forestry companies, local cooperatives, non-governmental organizations and local communities. Additionally, we offer assistance and technical guidance to others, using established TNC projects as a model to accelerate results and efficiencies.

  • Partnering with Indigenous Peoples and local communities has been an important part of TNC’s approach for many years. Our partnerships with Indigenous Peoples and local communities are opportunities for mutual learning, sharing and benefit between the communities and TNC. We strive for transformational—not transactional—partnerships in the spirit of reciprocity. We learn from and support their leadership in stewarding their lands and shaping their future.

    Plant a Billion Trees, in particular, works very closely with Indigenous communities at our planting sites in Mexico and Brazil, which are homes to, respectively, the Mayan Forest and the Amazon. Through continued and expanded partnerships, TNC envisions strong indigenous organizations and peoples sustainably managing their lands, while collaborating with governments and other organizations to guarantee the integrity of those areas for future generations.

  • Our Plant a Billion Trees reforestation projects yield important carbon benefits by capturing and storing carbon, helping to stabilize our climate. However, these projects do not offer certified carbon credits or offsets. TNC does offer a Carbon Calculator to estimate your carbon footprint. You can read more about carbon markets and their effects on climate change here.

Support

  • Thank you for caring about the world’s forests! To help us reach our goal of planting and protecting one billion trees, get started with your tree donation. Your support will help us plant trees and protect and restore forests in a location of your choosing, or you can choose to let us decide where the funds are most needed.

    There are other ways to get involved, too:

    • You can check out volunteer opportunities with The Nature Conservancy.
    • Sign up for your local TNC monthly e-newsletter, Nature News.
    • You or your organization can partner with TNC.
  • If you know someone who loves nature and conservation, Gift a Tree is the perfect option to send them a token of appreciation, celebrate a holiday, or honor a loved one. Write a heartfelt message in the form, pick a date, and we will send an e-card letting the recipient know they were gifted trees.

    For each $10 donation received as part of our Gift a Tree option, TNC will plant five trees in our critical forests around the globe. The more you gift, the more trees will be planted in celebration.

    Share the ability to gift a tree with friends and family by using plantabillion.org/giftatree.

  • The Nature Conservancy is a 501(c)3 organization, and donations are tax-deductible. For Plant a Billion Trees donations, you can claim the entire amount of your cash gift as a charitable income tax deduction. 

    The Nature Conservancy does not provide legal, tax or accounting advice. You are encouraged to consult your own professional advisors on tax matters.

    The Nature Conservancy’s tax ID number (EIN) is 53-0242652.

    For more information about donating to TNC, visit here.

  • If you ever have any questions about the Plant a Billion Trees program or need assistance, please contact our member care services by emailing member@tnc.org or calling 800-628-6860.

  • If you are an company/organization that is interested in partnering with TNC, find more information here.

  • While we do not have any specific resources from Plant a Billion Trees, our Nature Lab program has an extensive curriculum to help students learn the science behind how nature works for us and how we can help keep it running strong.

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McMahon Lake Preserve Forest Sun streaming through trees at McMahon Lake Preserve in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. © Bigfoot Media (Jason Whalen)

Plant a Billion Trees Planting Locations

Learn more about where we are planting through the Plant a Billion Trees program and where your donation can have a direct impact.

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Forest from above Aerial view of a green forest. © Jarmo Piironen/EyeEm

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The Green Tunnel This picture beautifully illustrates what is known as "The Green Tunnel" on the Appalachian Trail. On the morning of June 4th of 2015 I captured this image in Virginia while thru hiking the Appalachian Trail. The lush vegetation and whimsical fog embodied everything I love about nature. When I view this image I am temporarily transported back into the forest. © Andrew Forestell

Give the Gift of Tree Planting

Celebrate a holiday, a significant occasion, or recognize someone special by donating to plant trees—it’s the perfect gift for everyone! For each donation, The Nature Conservancy will plant trees in our critical forests around the globe. The more you gift, the more trees will be planted in celebration. Take the guesswork out of shopping by giving the most sustainable gift you could give.

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Why Gift a Tree?

By giving the gift of tree planting with The Nature Conservancy you can celebrate a person or special occasion while also giving back to nature. Here are some highlights:

  • Quick & Simple

    Write a heartfelt message, pick a date and we will deliver an e-card right to their inbox.

  • Universal Gift

    Trees enhance our lives no matter where or how we live, making this the perfect gift for anyone.

  • Long Term Benefits

    Creating healthy forests will help filter air, give fresh drinking water, and help curb climate change.

Share the ability to gift a tree for a friend or a loved one by using plantabillion.org/giftatree.

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