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Breaking Down Barriers: Enabling Smallholders to Access Carbon Markets

16 Mar , 2025 Our News

Small-scale landowners and project developers have a crucial role to play in climate solutions, yet they continue to face significant barriers when trying to access carbon markets. Carbon standards and methodologies are often tailored for large-scale projects, making participation costly, complex, and out of reach for smallholders who want to develop forestry carbon projects. In a recent Carbon Pulse interview, Plant Your Read More

Farmer Case Study: Angel Sarca

10 Feb , 2025 Blog

Farmer Case Study: Angel Sarca

In the remote community of Amaquella, 64-year-old Angel Sarca Cipriani is preparing to plant over 9,000 trees in 2025 This will be his first year working in reforestation. But for Angel, this is about much more than planting trees. It’s about restoring the land, securing a future for his children, and reversing decades of soil Read More

RACHEL LAWTON, Volunteer

12 Dec , 2024 Team

RACHEL LAWTON, Volunteer

Rachel, a passionate geographer with a qualification in sustainable management, left the UK for a life in Peru over ten years ago and hasn’t looked back. She brings over 15 years of combined experience in educational leadership, data management, and content creation to Plant Your Future, supporting our mission to restore the Amazon and empower Read More

ROY ROJAS DOMÍNGUEZ, Field Technician 

12 Dec , 2024 Team

ROY ROJAS DOMÍNGUEZ, Field Technician 

Roy is a skilled Field Technician with expertise in reforestation of native species and sustainable agriculture, particularly in the Amazon region. Based in Ucayali, Roy has been instrumental in establishing and managing forest, agroforestry, and silvopastoral systems for Plant Your Future. His extensive experience includes reforesting degraded land with native Amazonian species and supporting the Read More

Plant Your Future Surpasses Big Give Christmas Challenge Target!

12 Dec , 2024 Our News

Plant Your Future Surpasses Big Give Christmas Challenge Target!

We’re thrilled to announce the incredible success of our Big Give Christmas Challenge 2024! Thanks to the amazing generosity of our supporters, we raised a total of £51,021, surpassing our target of £50,000. This success was made possible by 159 individual donations, all of which were doubled through the Big Give. We are deeply grateful for everyone who contributed, Read More

JENNY HENMAN, Founder and Chairman

1 Dec , 2024 Team

JENNY HENMAN, Founder and Chairman

Jenny founded Plant Your Future and has over 20 years of experience in Natural Climate Solutions.She has a proven track record of implementing successful carbon finance programmes, withextensive technical, commercial, and policy expertise in generating carbon credits from forestry,agriculture, and land-use activities. Her experience spans NGOs, corporate, consulting, and inter-governmental sectors, including work with organizations Read More

OSTING RENATO ROMAN DEL AGUILA, Chief Operating Officer

1 Dec , 2024 Team

OSTING RENATO ROMAN DEL AGUILA, Chief Operating Officer

Osting is a Forestry Engineer with extensive hands-on experience in reforestation and environmentalrestoration, particularly working with smallholder farmers. He specializes in restoring degradedareas using native forest species in regions such as Ucayali, Huánuco, and San Martín. He hapreviously worked with cocoa and coffee cooperatives, as well as with USAID in the PeruvianAmazon. In addition, Osting Read More

We’re hiring: Part-Time Grant Writer/Fundraising Manager

28 Nov , 2024 Our News

Come join our team! Plant Your Future is seeking a talented Part-Time Grant Writer/Fundraising Manager within the UK to help drive our ambitious reforestation and sustainability goals. This flexible, remote role is perfect for a passionate fundraiser with a proven track record in securing grants and building meaningful donor relationships.  Key Highlights: If you’re passionate about environmental Read More

JOANA MENDES GODINHO, Trustee

16 Nov , 2024 Team

JOANA MENDES GODINHO, Trustee

Joana has over 20 years of experience in the forestry sector, working across Europe and Africa inresearch, policymaking, consulting, planning, and project implementation. Joana holds a degree inForest and Natural Resources Management from the Institute of Agronomy at Lisbon University