Let’s plant forests together!

 

  1. to prevent European deserts
  2. to bring back biodiverse healthy forests
  3. to help restore balance for planet Earth
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    Our Mission

    Restore Nature Foundation (RNF) is an NGO with the mission to restore forest ecosystems and enable people to take regenerative action now!

    We plant using the most impactful regenerative methods to bring back resilient forests. We facilitate educational events to spread regenerative knowledge. We support landowners through regenerative consultancy.

    We operate mostly in Southern Portugal, one of the driest, most fire prone and degraded areas of Europe. On the frontline of Europe’s desertification processes, we use nature’s power to bring back the forests that were once here, and restore balance for planet Earth.

    Healthy forests ecosystems are vital for:

    • Restoring biodiversity
    • Creating animal habitat
    • Restoring water cycles
    • Creating fertile soil
    • Storing massive amounts of CO2
    • Producing an abundance of food and the air we breath
    • Regulating temperatures
    • Creating food and natural resilience
    • Restoring balance for planet Earth
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    Our approach

    Europe was once covered by forests. And together we can help them return.

    Planting trees: Biodiversity
    Imitating the original forest: it's layers and species
    Restoring the watercycle
    Catching water in the landscape, hydrating the land
    Improving soil conditions
    Organic matter, compost, fungi, microorganisms

    Become part of the movement!

    Adopt your piece of forest

    Adopt squared meters of land on which we will plant a ‘nest’: a micro ecosystem of native trees and plants based on regenerative principles. For only €10 you can adopt a square meter that has a regenerative impact for years and which contributes to bringing back biodiverse forest ecosystems to one of the most degraded areas of Europe!
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    Join our events!

    Join our events where we share regenerative practices, exchange with other regenerators, and put our hands in the soil together. These events often take place around the Barao de Sao Joao area in the Algarve, Portugal.
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    Have us visit your land

    Get a deeper understanding of your land and its potential through our regenerative services, ranging from consultancy, design, implementation and maintenance. We are here to help and empower you to use nature’s wisdom to regenerate the land you care for.
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    Join our events!

    Join our events where we share regenerative practices, exchange with other regenerators, and put our hands in the soil together. These events often take place around the Barao de Sao Joao area in the Algarve, Portugal.
    learn More
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    three core pillars: biodiversity, water management, soil health

    We imitate the forest dynamics, layers and species. We plant in high density, with high native biodiversity, taking into account the light needs of the different species (stratification), the life cycles of species (natural succession), soil life mobilization and protection and careful management to boost the forest systems.
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    Restoring the water cycle

    catching water in the landscape, hydrating land, ‘planting’ water
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    Improving soil conditions

    Through compost, organic matter, minerals, mulch, fungi, bacteria
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    Planting forests

    imitating the original forest, it’s layers, dynamics and species

    Connect to the land we work in through our interactive map

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    Explore our project areas

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    Check out our latest actions

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    Let's bring back forests together

    to prevent European deserts
    Treemattie

    Restore Nature Foundation (RNF)

    restores forest ecosystems in Southern Portugal: one of the driest, most fire risky and degraded areas of Europe. Here, on the frontline, we are dedicated to use the power of nature to turn things around.

    We empower local projects and land regenerators to realize regional impact. Together we work on regenerative solutions to combat desertification and restore nature.

    Forests ecosystems are vital for:

    Preserving water and biodiversity
    Creating fertile soil
    Storing massive amounts of CO2
    Creating the air we breath and many other products
    Connecting us to our natural environment.

    Restore-Nature-Restoring-the-watercycle

    Restoring the watercycle

    Catching water in the landscape, hydrating the land
    VIEW EVENTS
    Restore-Nature-Planting-trees-Biodiversity

    Planting trees: Biodiversity

    Imitating the original forest: it's layers and species
    VIEW EVENTS
    plantingaction

    Improving soil conditions

    Organic matter, compost, fungi, microorganisms
    VIEW EVENTS

    Connect to the land we work in through our interactive map

    47 project actions in the last 90 days
    VIEW PROJECT AREAS