Carbon performance audit
WithOneSeed co-founders Andrew Mahar AM and Leo Guterres have been working in Baguia, Timor-Leste on a carbon performance audit. The results while very encouraging will be released in a couple of weeks! The carbon sequestered from the WithOneSeed community forestry…
WithOneSeed 2017 – fresh carbon stored!
WithOneSeed is currently conducting a Gold Standard carbon performance audit on the 80,000 trees under management. You can support this through the purchase of a carbon credit from the program. Simple action. Many people. Big impact. carbonsocial.global
Carbon markets pick up after Paris Climate Conference
A 2016 report on Green House Gas market sentiment conducted by IETA, a non-profit international business organisation established in 1999 to promote market based solutions to climate change, suggests that carbon markets will expand in scale as result of the Paris Climate talks.…
Government of Timor-Leste approves MOU with xpand Foundation
The Democratic Republic of Timor Leste and xpand Foundation will sign an MOU that was recently approved by the Council of Ministers. WithOneSeed co-founders Leopoldina Guterras and Andrew Mahar AM presented the WithOneSeed community forestry program to a Council of…
Master tree growers outdoor classroom
Today the East Timorese MTGs arrived in the 'bus' for lessons in an outdoor classroom set up at one of the WithOneSeed nurseries. Mike ran a session around seed propagation, we had lots of discussion about the need to control…
Certification – local stakeholder consultation
WithOneSeed today held it's main local stakeholder consultation in Baguia, Timor Leste to discuss International Carbon Certification with subsistence farmers who are managing over 40,000 mahogany trees in their farms. We have consulted with over 200 farmers over the past…
Master Tree Growers Course in Baguia, Timor Leste
Today WithOneSeed and the Australian Agroforestry Foundation launched the Master Tree Growers Course in Baguia, Timor Leste. Subsistence farmers are undertaking a 5 day tree management program aimed at replanting the forests of Timor Leste and building local village economies.…
Seeds are growing
On a walk to Baguia Central nursery this morning I was delighted to see the hard work of the Ho Musan Ida staff pay off with 4,700 mahogany saplings growing well. This is despite the fact that there has been…
WithOneSeed model
WithOneSeed works with communities across Australia and the Asia Pacific region to make environments sustainable, to end poverty and hunger, to build knowledge and to create regional partnerships. Click to enlarge.