Reforestation in Mussuquelane, Mozambique. Bringing forest back to land that turned to grass.

This project set out to replant forest on land in the Maputo province of Mozambique, where trees once grew and grass has taken over. Local people are paid to grow, plant and guard the trees.

Reforestation at Mussuquelane, Mozambique

Trees funded by Printlogik: 40
UN global goals supported: 10
Mussuquelane, Mozambique: 26.4°S, 32.1°E

In short

Where: Mussuquelane, in the Maputo province of Mozambique, on the east coast of Africa.
What: Replanting forest on land where trees used to grow and grass has taken over. Ecologi lists the project as previously funded.
Who: Eden Reforestation Projects, a non-profit that pays local people a fair wage to grow, plant and guard the trees.
Why: Most of Mozambique’s forest has been lost, mainly to cutting for firewood and charcoal. Replanting restores it and gives local people paid work.

Why Mozambique

Mozambique is on the east coast of Africa. It has 2,500 kilometres of coastline on the Indian Ocean, facing Madagascar. Ecologi’s page gives the population as 31 million. About 68% of people live in the countryside, and the population is young: around 66% are under 24.

The country once had large forests and wide mangrove estuaries. Most of that has gone. The main cause is heavy cutting of trees for firewood and charcoal.

Life is hard in other ways too. Parts of the north have suffered from conflict in recent years, and thousands of people have had to leave their homes. That makes it harder to provide schools and healthcare. When people have little else, they rely on small-scale farming to feed themselves, and that puts still more pressure on the land.

Why plant forest here

Mussuquelane is in Maputo province. It lies directly south of Changalane, another site Ecologi has supported. Trees used to grow across wide stretches of this land. Today it is mostly grass.

The aim of the project was to bring back the natural forest that once stood here. Ecologi calls this terrestrial forest restoration, which means planting on land.

A forest that recovers does more than store carbon in its trees and soil. As plants and animals come back, it also helps the water cycle, protects the soil, gives wildlife and pollinators a home, and provides food and other things people need.

Who does the planting

The project is run by Eden Reforestation Projects, a non-profit organisation. Its purpose is to restore forests by giving fair-wage work to people in poor villages.

Eden hires local people to grow the young trees, plant them and guard them until they are fully grown. It calls the approach “Employ to Plant”. At Mussuquelane this meant paid work and a steady income for planters, nursery staff, guards and other workers.

So the project restores forest and provides jobs in the same place. Ecologi’s page does not say how many people were employed here.

What was planned

Ecologi began supporting the Mussuquelane site in March 2021. At that point it set out a plan: to fund 3.3 million trees over four years, across more than 3,000 hectares of land that could be planted.

These are the figures from the plan made in March 2021. They are not a count of trees in the ground. Ecologi’s page for this project has no timeline of updates and gives no later figures, so we cannot say how many trees were planted in the end.

The page does not name the kinds of trees planted.

How the project is checked

We do not choose or run the projects ourselves. They are selected by Ecologi. This project carries its “Nature Project Ecologi Approved” mark, which links to Ecologi’s assessment framework for nature projects.

Ecologi now lists this project as “previously funded” and no longer takes contributions for it.

Ecologi also keeps a public record of what each of its members has funded, so our contribution can be checked by anyone. The link is in the project details below.

What Printlogik has funded here

Through the Print A Tree Project, Printlogik orders have funded 40 trees at Mussuquelane.

Because Ecologi no longer takes contributions for this project, that figure is our final count here. Every order we print still funds planting: the contribution is made for you through Ecologi and goes to the projects it is funding today.

How your order gets here

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We make a contributionEach invoice triggers a contribution from Printlogik to Ecologi.
Trees go in the groundEcologi funds projects like this one, and records what we have funded in public.

The UN global goals it supports

The United Nations has set 17 Sustainable Development Goals for a fairer, healthier planet by 2030. Ecologi records this project as supporting 10 of them.

1No poverty
2Zero hunger
3Good health and well-being
4Quality education
5Gender equality
8Decent work and economic growth
10Reduced inequalities
11Sustainable cities and communities
13Climate action
15Life on land

Where it is

Mussuquelane, Mozambique · 26.4°S, 32.1°E

Location	Mussuquelane, Mozambique
Type of project	Reforestation
Run by	Eden Reforestation Projects
Status	Previously funded. Ecologi began supporting it in March 2021 and no longer takes contributions for it
Funded by Printlogik	40 trees
Full record	See it on Ecologi

Questions

Forest in Mozambique, answered

Where is Mussuquelane?

In the Maputo province of Mozambique, a country on the east coast of Africa.

What was planted?

The plan was for forest trees on land where forest used to grow. Ecologi’s page does not list the kinds of trees or say how many were planted.

Why was the forest lost?

Mostly through heavy cutting of trees for firewood and charcoal.

Who planted the trees?

Local people employed by Eden Reforestation Projects, a non-profit. They grow, plant and guard the trees.

Is the project still running?

Ecologi lists it as previously funded, so it is no longer taking new contributions. Ecologi began supporting it in March 2021 and has not published dated updates for it.

How does my print order help?

Every Printlogik order funds tree planting and carbon reduction through Ecologi, at no extra cost to you. Printlogik orders funded 40 trees at this project while it was open. New orders fund the projects Ecologi supports today.