28 July 2020, Laguna Quezon Land Grant, Siniloan, Laguna. Another 3,000 indigenous Philippine trees were sponsored by EcoMatcher to FEED’s reforestation program situated at the Laguna Quezon Land Grant, an over 9,000 hectare protected forest managed by a permanent team of 25 forest guards supervised by the University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) – FEED’s first and longest-serving Living Legacy partner.
FEED’s partnership with EcoMatcher originated in 2017, when the organizations signed a Memorandum of Agreement to conduct regular tree plantings founded on community-based agroforestry principles espoused by the technical guidance provided by UPLB and forestry experts. To date, EcoMatcher has planted a total of 27,500 trees with FEED, achieving the second largest scale cumulative planting reached to date (the first being the 40,000 Mangrove Trees Planted in Bulacan to Restore a Critical Carbon Sink, Flood Protection System & Livelihood Source in March 2017).
FEED is particularly grateful that organizations continue to sponsor reforestation programs during the Covid-19 pandemic, which greatly affected the lives of forest guards and upland communities devoid of regularized incomes. “Due to the disruptive and increasing climate-related catastrophes during early 2020, from the Taal Volcano eruption in January to now Covid-19, FEED is working to conceive and set-up new and relevant Climate Change Action Programs under our Living Legacy initiative, in order to share knowledge and skills on environmental conservation, holistic ecological protection of critical ecosystems and preservation of different indigenous forest tree species. We have also encouraged the UPLB’s recommended adoption of agro-forestry approaches to ensure food and water security in these protected areas with the local communities directly involved. We are also pleased to witness a definite shift in the communities’ approach to sustainable management of these resources we rely on for livelihood, evidenced in their appropriate care for their homes and environments, including taking practical steps towards proper waste segregation, water conservation and organic food (native vegetable & fruit tree) production”, says FEED Strategy Advisor Pieter M. Bakker.
Prof. Emeritus Dr. A.K. Raymundo of UPLB (FEED Advisor) with Ma. Rovelyn D. Tumaneng & John Marlon P. Magbuo – Undergraduate Thesis Grantees of FEED in 2019.
“The COVID-19 global pandemic in turns calls for a global response to humanity’s interaction with and disruptive, destructive manipulation of Nature. But this crisis also presents us with the opportunity to turn the tide, to not only speak about our better appreciation of the significance of our Earth but to also make the necessary steps to ameliorate the way we live, consume and carry about business in a more sustainable, respectable manner,” says Prof. Emeritus, Dr. Asuncion K. Raymundo, FEED Advisor.
Despite of the lockdown EcoMatcher and the 7 out of 25 permanent Forest Guard EcoWarriors were proud to add carbon sequestration capacity to the southern part of Sierra Madre Mountain Range, knowing that now more than ever the forest is essential to our sustenance and life on our one home Planet Earth. “We plant as one!” they proclaim.
About EcoMatcher Ltd.
FEED has been planting with EcoMatcher since 2017 under FEED’s LIVING LEGACY program, and all we can say is thank you and more power to your advocacy. You have reached clients from around the world as far as France and the US to enable us to restore the Sierra Madres to her original glory.
An additional and increasingly in-demand feature of EcoMatcher’s tree-plantings include the capturing of individual tree-specific images, farmers/foresters/community planters names, mobile numbers and Global Positioning System (GPS) tags, using EcoMatcher’s unique TreeCorder application – which enables those who adopted these trees through EcoMatcher with FEED to remotely monitor your tree, from anywhere in the world.
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- 3,000 Native Trees Added to Reach 17,500 by EcoMatcher – Single Highest CSR Contributor to Sierra Madre Reforestation Efforts with FEED & UPLB (22 Feb 2020)
- EcoMatcher Adds 3,000 Trees in 2020 to Expand their Sierra Madre Forest – 14,500 Trees Since 2017 – (21 Jan 2020)
- EcoMatcher Sponsors Another 1,000 Trees in Sierra Madres with GPS Coordinates per Tree (3 Oct 2019)
- EcoMatcher Adopts Another 2,000 Tree Forest to Help Protect Earth (8 Sep 2019)
- EcoMatcher Nears 10,000 “Living Legacy” Trees to Reforest the Sierra Madres (4 Aug 2019)
- EcoMatcher Plants Another 1000 Tree Forest in Sierra Madres for Our Better World (19 Jul 2019)
- EcoMatcher Boosts 3000 Native Philippine Forest Trees to Sierra Madres with GPS Tag (15 Jun 2019)
- EcoMatcher Restores 2,500 Indigenous Philippine Trees to the Sierra Madre Mountains (29 Oct 2017)
- EcoMatcher’s First 1000 Philippine Indigenous Trees Planted with FEED (25 Mar 2017)
- About EcoMatcher a & FEED
Why EcoMatcher
Business Opportunities
More and more companies are starting to realize that climate change and sustainability is a business opportunity, not a burden. Customers and employees are demanding action. Companies, however, need trustworthy partners that offer transparent sustainability solutions
Welcome to EcoMatcher
Through EcoMatcher, companies can plant trees, use them in innovative ways and improve their businesses. For example, companies can use the EcoMatcher platform to gift trees they plant on behalf of the customers, or plant a whole forest and distribute the trees to each of their employees, or gift trees as a reward for finalizing a survey. The possibilities are endless.
So how we do that?
We partner with vetted foundations from around the world that specialize in tree planting. Through our platform, you have access to information about every tree you plant, and you can tap on cool digital technologies to make the best use of the trees you have planted. We cannot change the world by ourselves, however with a bigger team effort we can make a difference, while improving our businesses at the same time.
More here: https://www.ecomatcher.com/
NATURE IS SPEAKING (Narrated by Julia Roberts)
What can I do to stop climate change?
“As the world warms, extreme weather events are becoming more frequent and intense, sea levels are rising, prolonged droughts are putting pressure on food crops, and many animal and plant species are being driven to extinction. It’s hard to imagine what we as individuals can do to resolve a problem of this scale and severity.
The good news: We are not alone. People, communities, cities, businesses, schools, faith groups and other organizations are taking action. We’re fighting like our lives depend on it — because they do.
In a world of more than seven billion people, each of us is a drop in the bucket. But with enough drops, we can fill any bucket.” – David Suzuki
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In 2015, the Philippine government submitted to the United Nations the country’s commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The country committed to reduce its carbon emissions by 70 percent by 2030. The carbon dioxide reductions will come from the sectors of energy, transport, waste, forestry and industry.
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Contact us at FEED for more details, to join our regular activities or to design your own tree-nurturing event: info@feed.org.ph or call/text +63 (0)917 552 4722.
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