Restore.
Regrow. Revive.
Large-scale restoration of native forest ecosystems.
OUR MISSION
We restore large-scale forest ecosystems.
MORFO is a company with a mission committed to climate, biodiversity and social impact.
+20 tree species planted per project
and up to 50 hectares reforested per day
THE IMPACT OF FORESTS
Every year, the planet loses 5 million hectares of forest (FAO, The state of the world's forests, 2022).
According to the UN, 1 billion hectares must be reforested by 2030(Ecosystem reforestation for People, Nature and Climate, 2021). At the current rate, only 5% of the target will be achieved.
...of people - including around 70 million indigenous cultures - depend on forests for their livelihoods. They are farmers, seed collectors, traders, producers...
A restoration
in4 steps
ANALYSIS OF THE AREA
Long-term ecological monitoring of the land
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SEED SELECTION AND ENCAPSULATION
PRECISE AND FAST PLANTING OF OUR CAPSULES
4 pillars
Climate impact
BIODIVERSITY
social benefits
additionality
They support us
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FREQUENTLY
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MORFO has developed a solution for large-scale ecological restoration of forest ecosystems. We restore areas, mainly concentrated in tropical and subtropical regions such as the Atlantic Forest and the African Equatorial Forest, that were previously forested and have been deforested, becoming unproductive.
Our company's MORFO solution is a multi-stage reforestation process:
1> Analyse
First of all, data collection via drones and satellites is used to analyze the area to be reforested.
2> Seed selection and collection
Suitable local or even endemic species are selected from an in-house catalog (i.e. previously studied and tested in the laboratory). They are then collected by local communities to best meet the needs of the ecosystem.
3> Plantation
Our drones disperse seeds in capsules that contain all the biological and nutritive elements required for long-term reforestation. A single drone can treat up to 50 hectares per day, with each drone capable of planting 180 capsules per minute on steep, hard-to-reach terrain. This is 50 times faster than a traditional reforestation solution, and without the months of growth in the nursery.
4> Forestry monitoring
The evolution of plantations is given special attention through monitoring of biomass, biodiversity and carbon stocks, using images taken by drones and satellites.
Today, we have an evolving catalog of 200 species that we select according to reforestation projects, and plant at least 20 local species in each project.
Reforestation is not just about planting individual trees, but about creating complete plant ecosystems. Promoting plant species diversity in our restoration projects is one of MORFO's priorities. We select the species planted to maximize biodiversity and recreate the natural ecosystem, mimicking the stages of forest ecological succession.
Promoting plant species diversity in our restoration projects is one of our priorities. We select the species planted to maximize biodiversity and recreate the native ecosystem, mimicking the stages of forest ecological succession.
Researching and studying tree species is an intensive R&D task. We work with recognized specialist laboratories, such as the IRD, to improve plantations and survival rates in the different biomes we work in.
> Drones are more efficient
They plant between 20 and 100 times faster than humans. A single drone can process up to 50 hectares per day, planting 180 seed capsules per minute.
>Drones cut costs
They are up to 5 times cheaper to use, not only because of their speed of planting, but also because drone planting avoids the need to structure a nursery and maintain it for several months.
> Drones are safer
They provide access to remote regions and enable planting in areas too dangerous for humans, which is very often the case in the reforestation projects we carry out.
>But our drones don't replace humans
At every stage of a project, human intervention remains crucial, from terrain analysis to species selection, planting and monitoring ecosystem evolution. Up to 20% of all our projects are carried out by hand.
MORFO has offices in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Europe (Paris) and Africa (Libreville).
We focus our efforts on restoring forest ecosystems in tropical and subtropical zones, mainly in South America and Africa.
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