Announcements
Be sure to check out our report on Agroforestry in Africa.
Be sure to check out the climate change conference held October 14th and 15th in Vietnam by our partner, the US-Vietnam Trade Council!
The New Forests Project has changed its postal address for donations to a post office box due to requests from our auditors and our bank for more security. Our new address is:
The International Center
New Forests Project
P.O. Box 70272
Washington, DC 20024-0272
Please continue to send all other correspondence to our original address.
The New Forest Project is distributing free bucket irrigation kits to those engaged in reforestation. Click here for more information.
History
The New Forests Project is a people-to-people, direct-action program established in 1982 in an effort to reduce the effects of deforestation in developing countries. Since its inception the New Forests Project has supported more than 4,400 communities in over 120 countries. Its goals are to provide farmers, community organizations, and environmental groups with the training and materials necessary to begin successful reforestation projects, protect their watersheds and other natural resources. More recent initiatives of the New Forests Project include implementing water & sanitation projects in Latin America.
Clear Water Initiative
Water is another essential resource, crucial to the lives of all living beings. The New Forests Project works to provide rural communities in Central America with clean drinking water, a basic necessity that many communities lack. More…
The World Seed Program
The World Seed Program of the New Forests Project was established in 1982 in order to bring training materials, educational assistance and high quality tree seeds to farmers, environmental groups, women's cooperatives, municipal governments and anyone interested More...
