One Tree Planted is a non-profit organisation dedicated to global reforestation. Founded in 2014 it partners with local communities and environmental organizations across 82+ countries; planting trees to create lasting impact for nature, people and wildlife.
Through our work with One Tree Planted, Ozone is now well on its way to achieving our goal of planting 1 tree for every core product sold since we started in 1998, with over 270,000 trees donated to 7 planting projects across the world through One Tree Planted alone!
We will update you as the projects unfold, but here is an overview of each exciting initiative we have chosen to support:
Guatemala
The south west coast of Guatemala faces degradation caused by harmful activities on coastal land such as illegal logging and deforestation in watershed regions leading to a deterioration of the mangrove ecosystem. This causes disruptions to feeding and nesting areas for coastal migratory birds, increased coastal erosion, and greater vulnerability of the region to changing weather patterns, like storms and high winds that contribute to forest fires.
Ozone have donated 103,106 trees (a combination of mangrove and broadleaf tree species) to help overcome these challenges. The mangrove trees and shrubs grow in saline lagoons that connect freshwater to saltwater, making these forests some of the most productive, diverse, and complex while broadleaf trees planted in the surrounding regions protect these vital mangrove ecosystems.
This project expects to increase biodiversity and ecological health through improved water quality, improved climate stability, protection of coastal regions against extreme weather patterns, reduced shoreline destruction and decreased erosion.
© One Tree Planted – Degraded landscape in Retalhuleua
Peru
Ozone have donated 40,110 trees to a project in San Martin, Peru that is seeking to reforest degraded ecosystems with native Amazonian fruit trees in turn increasing carbon capture, improving habitats for endemic fauna, reducing forest fires and increasing the water flow in basins.
Florida, USA
In the western Florida Panhandle, a longleaf pine restoration project is taking place close to an area which includes the largest remaining tract of old-growth longleaf pine in the Southeast, home to ten federally listed endangered species (including the reticulated flatwoods salamander, Okaloosa darter, gulf sturgeon, eastern indigo snake, red knot, piping plover and red-cockaded woodpecker)
This project will replace offsite pine species with longleaf pine. Ozone have donated 40,110 trees which will help to promote and protect biodiversity while helping to ensure that wind and water erosion are all but eliminated.
Romania
A large proportion of the Carpathian basin in Romania is populated by monocultures of spruce that grow quickly for harvesting. However, these types of forest don’t promote biodiversity and their relatively shallow root system make them particularly vulnerable when it comes to windthrow events.
Much of this land was made barren by various storms between 2015-2020. This project aims to restore the naturally occurring biodiversity in the area as well as increase forest resilience. Ozone is helping by donating 40,110 trees (a mix of spruce, beech and pine) which should lead to improved biodiversity, erosion control and increased habitat for wildlife.
© One Tree Planted – Romania wind damage
Thailand
In the Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai areas of Thailand, hillside farmers face problems resulting from poor soil health – the culprits being erosion cause by the heavy rains, intensive farming methods and over reliance on chemical heavy farming methods. We have donated 15,946 trees to a project that is working with farmers, to improve soil health, promote biodiversity, improve water sources and enhance productivity (the tree species are selected by farmers based on their needs and preferences, but all are local to the area).
The local population is being taught about tree seed collection and treatment, tree nursery establishment and management, tree planting, grafting, pruning, thinning, coppicing, management of pests and diseases, reduction in burning practices amongst many other topics. Farmers are given the chance to trial new techniques before testing them out on their own farms and have been encouraged to set up tree nurseries with saplings planted on both farm and on communal land.
Bhutan
In Bhutan, an agriculture-based social impact venture is working with vulnerable smallholder farming families and communities to create long-term livelihood and environmental benefits through growing hazelnut trees on fallow and degraded Himalayan mountain slopes. Ozone have donated 19,505 trees to this project. The hazelnut trees stabilize degraded agricultural land, as well as sequester atmospheric CO2 while providing reliable income generation opportunities for smallholder farmers.
Nepal
Near the Nepal-India border lies an area of degraded grassland which currently inhibits the free movement of red pandas and other endangered wildlife between protected areas in India and the community forests of Nepal. Identified as one of the major bottleneck areas for red panda conservation in the Panchthar-Ilam-Taplejung (PIT) Corridor in eastern Nepal. The area falls inside the Kangchenjunga landscape and has conservation significance with transborder importance.
Ozone has donated 13,636 trees (Rhododendron, East Himalayan fir, Bamboo, Thick Leaved Oak, Himalayan Whitebeam, Umbrella plant), to a project which is seeking to restore 100 hectares of degraded Himalayan land, thus creating new habitats for the endangered wildlife of the region and encouraging the free movement of endangered species between India and Nepal.
© One Tree Planted – Red Panda