Author: Lottie Laken, Marketing & Communications Lead

Lottie shares and amplifies the impact stories from Taking Root’s forest carbon projects. Prior to joining Taking Root, Lottie worked as a freelance copywriter building powerful messaging for brands in a variety of industries. Before that, she was a content writer for a large legal services provider in the UK. Lottie holds a degree in English Literature from Cardiff University.

The power of peer-to-peer collaboration in forest restoration

For smallholder forest carbon removal projects such as CommuniTree, their success is dependent on local teams…

CommuniTree 2023: Building trust and resilience for high-integrity impacts

The publication of the CommuniTree Carbon Program’s 2023 annual report marks the end of another successful…

Updated project design released to create high-integrity carbon removals across Nicaragua

Taking Root has released an updated Project Design Document (PDD) under version 4 of the Plan…

Two years in: catching up with CommuniTree farmer Juan Francisco Ordoñez Obando

Juan Francisco Ordoñez Obando joined the CommuniTree program in 2022, having been inspired by the success…

Why we need to invest in natural climate solutions now

There is a growing tide of negative sentiment towards nature-based solutions (NbS). If this groundswell of…

How do farmers benefit from growing trees?

Healthy, diverse forests sequester carbon and help to mitigate climate change. That, we know. But trees…

Why forest value chains create higher quality carbon credits

If we are to restore the world’s forests, we must first address the drivers of forest…

Considerations for mapping reforested land with smallholder farmers

At Taking Root, we believe that the best opportunity to restore the world’s forests lies with…

Meet APRODEIN’s new recruitment team

More than 3,000 farmers in Nicaragua have now joined the CommuniTree Carbon Program to grow trees…

In conversation with one of CommuniTree’s newest farmers

In 2022, more than 1,000 smallholder farmers joined the CommuniTree Carbon Program in Nicaragua. One of…