Trees for Lurë implements two main projects, the Reforestation and Tree nursery. Both rely heavily on the local community to execute our operations. This creates strong relationship towards our projects within the community and allows us to contribute to the local economy and jobs opportunities.
REFORESTATION
Reforestation is our main focus, the goal is to help rehabilitate 500ha of damaged forests in the Lurë-Dejës Mt. National Park which means planting approximately 1.2 million trees.
TREE NURSERY
Trees for Lurë nursery is located at 1,100m above sea level which makes it one of the highest in the Balkans. We have a capacity of 20,000 saplings per year and we currently grow Pinus nigra, Pinus peuce and Abies alba.
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
We award most of the work on reforestation and nursery projects to the local community instead of relying on the volunteers. We engage with schools and universities to bringing students to Lurë, tree nursery and planting areas.
TECHNOLOGY
We developed a monitoring and control system for the tree nursery which allows us to monitor the environmental conditions in real-time and automate the control of the irrigation system in the nursery. The system is solar-powered and based on the Arduino platform.
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