Updates in Pictures
/Our Operations Manager Mateo Johnson took some shots of our plantain operations over the past few weeks. Here we publish some of our favorites.
Panama's Alliance for 1 Million Plan and What the Forestry Law Needs
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Last week ANCON (Panama’s Association for the Conservation of Nature), the Panama Association for Reforestation (ANARAP), and the Panama Chamber of Commerce, Industry & Agriculture (CCIAP) announced a 20-year project called the "Alliance for One Million".
The vision of the project is to reforest or afforest one million hectares of forest in Panama, strengthening Panama's forest sector, helping the country meet its CO2 emission goals, and helping to meet the goals laid out in Panama's National Forestry plan.
Read MoreThe Skinny on Thinning
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The dry season in Panama (January to April) brings sun, passable roads, and a lot of work for foresters. In December of 2013, we bought a small Stihl 250 chainsaw for the work ahead. The most pressing issue was thinning out the stands of teak: at about year seven, teak experiences acopamiento, or crowning, when the tops of the trees, initially planted at 3 x 3 meters start to touch.
Read MoreField Update - January 2014
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We kicked off 2014 by taking some of our investors on a tour of the operations in Arimae and Nuevo Paraiso. Overall things are looking good, and we're in discussions with an indigenous community and a smallholder in the Nuevo Paraiso area about leasing land for planting in June.
Read MoreA silvopastoral experiment: cows and trees
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Last month we began using cattle to control pasture growth on our Finca #2 in Nuevo Paraiso, Rio Congo.
Our employee Jose "Ino" had been asking us to try this system, known as silviculture, to reduce our maintenance costs and to generate income. So, we decided to try a controlled experiment to see if the cows would control the vegetation without damaging the trees.
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