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A MESSAGE FROM EDEN’S FOUNDER/CEO Dr. Stephen Fitch achieve theseeminglyimpossible. commitment to the OneTrillion Campaign.Pleaseconsider joininginonthequest to impossible.” Inthemonths andyears to come, you willhearmore aboutEden’s ramp up but asAlbertEinstein famously said,“Onlythosewhoattempt theabsurd can achieve the 11th 2020, the answer is,“We are working onaplanto dojust that. Yes, itseemsabsurd, asking, “CanEden plant onetrilliontrees inthenext 20 years?” AsofTuesday, February to bringthegoalto fruition–just words. Lately, quite afew ofEden’s donorshave been battle to mitigate . The problem isthere doesn’tseemto beany real plan These days there’s alotoftalkabouttheneedto plantONETRILLIONTREESinthe Eden’s BigHairyAudacious Goals(BHAGs) systems. •Train hundreds oflocalleadersto reproduce Eden’s large-scale for massive scaleforest restoration projects. •Recruit scores ofkey international andnational leaderswhowillaccept responsibility year’s end. •Explore thepotential ofopeningTanzania, Malawi, thePhilippineIslands,andIndiaby •Openmultipleproject nations inCentral Americaandbegintree plantingoperations. systems. •Strengthen oursocio-economic andenvironmental monitoring andverification villagers canenjoy along-term sustainable future. •Enhance ouragroforestry efforts withinallofourproject nations to ensure the nation ofKenya. •Fullylaunchlarge scaleforest restoration operations inournewly openedproject •Produce well over 120millionmore trees -injust oneyear. •Scale-uptree plantingoperations ineachofEden’s current project nations. Eden team will: forward to exponential growth intheyears to come. Aswe consider 2020, thecombined With proven systems inplace andlessons learned,theworldwide Eden team islooking afford aneducation for theirchildren. endangered species,water tablesare refilled, andthousands ofloving parents are able to are restored. Also, massive amountsofCO desperately lookingfor away outofextreme poverty, asregional healthy forest systems Methodology” hastheproven capacityto provide areal-world solutionto people Over thelast 14years, we’ve come to understand that Eden’s “Employ to Plant amazing 66,000,000 more trees: planting production inMadagascar, Haiti,Nepal,Indonesia,andMozambique exceeded an that first year, 330,000 trees were planted. In2019, I’mpleased to report the combined and protecting native speciestrees generated withinseedlingnurserysystems. During 2005. Onthat day, we hired ourfirst 32villagersinEthiopia to start producing, planting, learned lessons. Eden’s work beganalongtheUdoEscarpmentinEthiopiaonMarch 5th, Reflecting on Eden’s launchdate sparksalotof fond memoriesalongwithsomehard- Reflecting Back,Looking Forward, andaHugeBigHairyAudacious Goal 2 are sequestered, habitat isrebuilt for TAKING DOWN A GIANT 2019 was a breakthrough year for Eden Reforestation Projects. In only fifteen years, the organization went from non-existent to the largest tree-planting organization.

The story of David vs. Goliath is about how misfits knock over giants by changing the rules of engagement. In that story, David uses a stone to take down Goliath and uses Goliath’s heavy artillery against him in battle.

This is a lot how Eden operates as we have taken the “stone” of poverty alleviation and are throwing it to tackle some of the most urgent issues facing our planet. By addressing poverty alleviation and empowering local communities as agents of environmental restoration, we are knocking down the giants of global , climate mitigation, women disempowerment, and species extinction. Thank you for your continued support. We hope you enjoy taking a look at the 2019 highlights from all our project nations. NEPAL NEPAL NEPAL EMPOWERING WOMEN INNEPAL **Number offull timeandpartialseasonemployees *Total includes 10%natural regeneration 1,196,368 18 TREES PLANTED PLANTING SITES NURSERIES NUMBER OF 18 * project inthemany years to come. Projects andwants to continue herjourney onthis Balika Gurungisvery thankfulfor Eden Reforestation for food, shelter, andincome. Balika Gurungandher Nepal directly dependsontheirnatural environment countries intheworld, andtherural population in Nepal isoneofthepoorest andleast developed family’s dailyexpenses andsendhersonto school. family are amongthat population. Balika Gurung Projects inBudhiRapti.Now, shecanafford her 3,561 :4,710 6 :12 8,271 has three membersinherfamily: herhusband EMPLOYEES MALE TO FEMALE NURSERY MANAGERS MALE TO FEMALE EMPLOYEES the NurseryManagerfor Eden Reforestation and herson.Sheisthesoleprovider for her to school.In2019, Balika Gurungbecame family, asherhusbandisparalyzed. Before even beartheexpense ofsendingherson sustain theirlivelihood. Shecould not working withEden Reforestation Projects, It was difficult for herand family to Balika Gurungworked asalaborer and had years ofexperience inagriculture. ** INDONESIA INDONESIA INDONESIA RAPID EXPANSION ININDONESIA *Number offull timeandpartialseasonemployees 3,313,890 6 TREES PLANTED PLANTING SITES NURSERIES NUMBER OF 2 the numbergrew to 3,144,521 more trees. 2018 was 1,672,403. By theendof2019, 325. The total production for expanded operations inIndonesia.At the trees eachyear, in2019, Eden rapidly To planthundreds ofmillionsadditional 119 : 132 3 :2 251 NURSERY MANAGERS MALE TO FEMALE EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEES MALE TO FEMALE end of2018, we hadprojects ontwo later, thenumberhadincreased to islands: BiakandSeram. Twelve village planters. Twelve months months later, plantingteams were team inIndonesiaconsisted of63 operating andlaunchingsites island. At theendof2018, the Numfoor, Nabire, andPadaido on sixislandsinWest Papua, including Biak,Seram, Yapan, * MOZAMBIQUE MOZAMBIQUE MOZAMBIQUE TRAINING THENEXTGENERATION *Number offulltimeandpartial seasonemployees 3,739,248 6 TREES PLANTED PLANTING SITES Reforestation Projects. goal isto pursuehighereducation withthehelpofEden he beganhistraining to become aleaderfor asite. His Benjamin AmosManguele. Heisatwenty-one-year-old hiring andtraining thenext generation of leaderslike planting capacityten timesover! Increasing size meant In 2019 theteam inMozambique increased theirtree for photography andhelpstake site photos. In2019, native ofMaputo. Heisthemiddlechildofthree addition to plantingtrees, Benjaminhasapassion siblings. Hisfather diedwhenhewas achild, and serve asahabitat for marineanimals.In leaving hismotherto betheonlyprovider for the landalongseacoast from erosion the family. Benjaminfinishedhighschool, Benjamin understands that mangroves protect know anything aboutmangrove trees. Now, then beganworking ontheKatembe site 38 21 :17 EMPLOYEES MALE TO FEMALE EMPLOYEES Reforestation Projects, Benjamindidnot in November 2018 to helphismotherwith household expenses. Before joiningEden * HAITI HAITI HAITI POSITIVE IMPACT ONFAMILIES 209,127 4 TREES PLANTED PLANTING SITES *Number offull timeandpartialseasonemployees NUMBER OF NURSERIES 2 family, her colleagues, andtheenvironment. Eden Reforestation Projects hasonherlife, her Demosthene isgrateful for thepositive impact Singling Team inBalan,West Haiti. Mercilia Reforestation Projects in2016 aspartofthe Mercilia Demosthene beganworking for Eden Demosthene hasthree children that shecares for children andpay for theireducation. Mericilia Projects, sheisableto take care ofher by herself, asherhusbandhaspassed away. Before Mercilia Demosthene was working while working withEden Reforestation with Eden Reforestation Projects, she rate. With thesteady income sheearns crisis andthecountry’s highinflation practiced archaic agriculture onasmall She was suffering from thefinancial scale. Heragricultural efforts were not enough to meetherfamily’s needs. 32 8 :24 EMPLOYEES MALE TO FEMALE EMPLOYEES * MADAGASCAR MADAGASCAR MADAGASCAR GENERATIONS OFIMPACT **Number offull timeandpartialseasonemployees *Total includes 10%natural regeneration 57,837,472 47 TREES PLANTED PLANTING SITES NURSERIES NUMBER OF 11 * Reforestation Projects. by restoring andprotecting mangrove trees withEden who went to college andfollowed footsteps inhermother’s began as primarily mangrove restoration and reforestation in mangrove estuaries inthenorthwest ofthecountry. What project sites in2007 by restoring ecologically devastated Eden Reforestation Projects launcheditsMadagascar to school.Maman’iSisiispictured here withherdaughter, 2007 grew to includeavariety of native drydeciduous she was ableto care for andsendher five children species in2012. Maman’iSisiwas oneofthefirst while working withEden Reforestation Projects, employees withEden Reforestation Projects. the area. With theconsistent income sheearned 1,363 35 :12 374 :989 At that time, shewas asinglemotherto five NURSERY MANAGERS MALE TO FEMALE EMPLOYEES EMPLOYEES MALE TO FEMALE and enabledthereturn offishandshrimp to mitigate theeffects ofcyclones onthevillage children, andlife was very difficult for her. In The mangrove trees they planted have helped 2007, Maman’iSisiandsixotheremployees started restoration plantinginMahabana. ** KENYA KENYA KENYA CONTINUED generations to come. of thislarge-scale are great. We are and enthusiasmfor planted in2020 began Teams were hired, andthefoundation for over 3,000,000 trees to be 100 nurserybeds,andturningwater-bottles into plantingpots. started inKanaan. The team alsobegancollecting seeds,buildingover Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. By December, nurseryconstruction had officially country ofKenya inpartnershipwiththe KijabeForest Trust andthe In late 2019, Eden beganthereforestation process inthebeautiful RESTORATION to take shape. The need reforestation inKenya excited to seetheresults reforestation effort for EDEN REFORESTATION PROJECTS: BILLIONS OF TREES FINANCIAL GROWTH

5,026,907 $5,000,000.00 SCALING FOR THE FUTURE... $4,500,000.00 Studies show that planting trees is the $4,000,000.00 the most cost-effective way to mitigate climate change. Trees also create prosperity within impoverished nations. $3,500,000.00 Unfortunately, since the beginning of the industrial revolution, half of the world’s trees have been cut down. $3,000,000.00 3,048,162 To address the urgent need, we continued expanding our work into new countries and began planting in $2,500,000.00 different ways. In 2019 the work in Kenya was launched in partnership with the Kijabe Forest Trust and the David $2,000,000.00 2,026,969.49 Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. We are not only expanding our work in Central America and other places around the world; we have also begun varying our planting $1,500,000.00 methodologies on a large scale across all nations to change the rules of engagement in tackling the urgent $1,000,000.00 1,210,586.51 issues of global deforestation, climate mitigation, women 904,489.21 784,855.27 746,489.52 disempowerment, and species extinction. $500,000.00 574,277.14

To scale for growth, we tested and expanded the methods 391,317.72 $0.00 of planting done in all the project nations. These methods 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 for planting producing, protecting, and restoring the environment include Singling, or Farmer-Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR), Seed Ball Production and Planting, Seedling Nursery Production, Bare Root Transfer, Direct Seeding, and Mangrove Propagule Collection and PROJECT TOTAL Planting. This shift in the way we work now allows for NATIONS TREES GRAND TOTAL: TREES planting year-round and will help to increase the number ETHIOPIA 12,533,000 2005-2007 415,000 2014 17,420,000 of trees planted exponentially. HAITI 882,127 2008 2,750,000 2015 26,073,574 INDONESIA 5,168,533 2009 3,320,000 2016 27,388,000 MADAGASCAR 267,195,212 2010 9,015,000 2017 36,191,785 MOZAMBIQUE 4,089,608 2011 18,200,000 2018 51,707,638 NEPAL 4,476,621 2012 17,363,000 2019 66,296,105 2013 18,205,000 TOTAL 294,345,101 MILLION TREE PARTNERS the restoration of land andlives. trees withEden Reforestation Projects andare leadingtheway in These partnershave helpedfundtheplantingofover 1,000,000

BOARD OF DIRECTORS BOARD MEMBER MAUREEN SIGLIANO BOARD MEMBER PATRICIA VOS BOARD MEMBER PATRICK GASTON BOARD MEMBER DERRICK EMSLEY SECRETARY ERIC STATHERS BOARD SECRETARY ROGER HOESTEREY TREASURER GEOF BARKER FOUNDER/CEO DR. STEPHEN FITCH BOARD PRESIDENT MIKE KILBANE EXECUTIVE STAFF DR. STEPHEN FITCH FOUNDER & CEO DEBBIE CRAWFORD CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER SEHR ALI INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS DIRECTOR EDITH STONE MARKETING DIRECTOR IAN BERGLAND DIRECTOR OF FINANCE Eden Reforestation Projects

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