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January 19, 2023

The importance of equity for successful benefit sharing in reforestation

As the carbon market explodes in value, many are starting to wonder: who is benefitting? From...

September 14, 2022

How durability in forest carbon forces us to think about livelihoods

How do you ensure a forest stays in the ground? This is the central question of...

July 25, 2022

5 reasons farmers join CommuniTree

This year, CommuniTree recruited enough farmers to collectively reforest more than 5,000 hectares of land–close to...

May 31, 2022

Update to Taking Root’s Board of Directors: May 2022

Taking Root welcomes new President, Brooke van Mossel-Forrester! As one of the co-founders of Taking Root,...

April 11, 2022

Taking Root launches its new brand

We are so excited to reveal Taking Root’s new brand! It reflects how our organization has...

March 30, 2022

From local to national impact: Communitree 2021 year in review

2021 was another fantastic year for the CommuniTree program. With the carbon market officially surpassing $1...

September 27, 2021

An untapped opportunity for reforestation

How does coffee connect to forests? As one of the world’s largest commodities, coffee grows on...

June 16, 2021

An inside look into one of the local minds behind CommuniTree

Last month, we interviewed Elsa Gonzalez, the COO of Taking Root’s CommuniTree program in Nicaragua. We...

May 6, 2021

New Taking Root project to reduce carbon footprint of coffee farms

Please note that this article contains mention of FARM-TRACE, the previous name for Taking Root’s technology...

April 6, 2021

Reforestation–a farmer’s perspective

A day in the life Taking Root has made some pretty big announcements in the past...

February 20, 2021

Celebrating 10 years of reforestation with impact

A decade of powerful impact After another record year in 2020, Taking Root is celebrating 10...

February 9, 2021

New collaborative approaches drive natural climate solutions

Changing the climate-action game In collaboration with Natural Capital Partners and the Arbor Day Foundation Taking...