US Embassy helps with Šumoborci reforestation program

The representatives of the US Embassy joined forces with the organizers of the program - the Croatian Scout Association, Croatian Forests and the HEARTH agency, and planted 1,000 new oak seedlings in the Marča forest near Kloštar Ivanić. The reforestation action was joined by Karlo Ressler, a Croatian Member of the European Parliament, who with his team helped plant oak seedlings.

This was also the last reforestation action in the Šumoborci program in this spring period, which included 1,500 volunteers since the beginning of March, who planted 30,000 new seedlings in 17 actions. Planting campaigns will continue in the fall, when the conditions for planting will be favorable again, and it is planned to plant an additional 50,000 seedlings throughout Croatia.

Šumoborci program is an educational part of the CO2MPENSATING BY PLANTING project (www.compensatingbyplanting.com) which enables companies, institutions and all those interested to compensate for their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by planting trees. In addition to reforestation actions, the project also includes interactive workshops in schools.

The organizers said they were extremely pleased that since the beginning of the project in November last year, more than 3,000 Šumoborci volunteers have been involved in reforestation actions, planting more than 55,000 new seedlings in 34 actions to date.