The species-rich forests of Monte Alto were massively deforested in the middle of the 20th century to meet the high demand for beef. By 1976, all but 2 percent of the forest areas had fallen victim to livestock farming. The natural water cycle began to falter and the...
The Monte Alto Foundation and Tropica have been working together for 25 years on the reforestation of a valley basin. The project is now bearing fruit in the truest sense of the word. You can find out exactly how and what role IGS Nordend in Frankfurt/M plays in this...
June 14, 2019 was an important day in our current reforestation project in Monte Alto. The first 115 seedlings were planted on a previously deforested grassy area on "Arbor Day". Schoolchildren from the neighboring schools, parents, volunteers and forestry workers...
Our"Monte Alto" project is not just about the pure reforestation of former cattle pastures - another activity in this project is the environmental education programmes that our local partner organizations carry out: For example, planting trees with schoolchildren from...
Last weekend, the Green Exchange took place in the Palmengarten Frankfurt with the theme "City Land Wilderness". Once again this year, we had an attractive stand at the trade fair organized by BioFrankfurt and were able to get many people interested in our projects in...
In mid-2017, we acquired Finca Alicia - a former cattle pasture that is now to be reforested and thus expand the habitat of the lesser anteater(Tamandu mexicana), among others. The area will be reforested using various methods. Regional tree species are to be used for...