Before we started tracking trees with Greenstand’s Treetracker App, Haitian families and communities took what they could carry and rarely counted the trees they took them home.
This made it challenging for us to know how many trees were being planted. But now that we are following each tree with timestamped and geotagged photos, and compensating growers for keeping each one alive, every single tree is counted before it leaves the nursery.
The value for trees is growing and the regular income for keeping trees alive is a great way to support the community until the trees provide products of their own (fruit, wood, shade, etc).
