“More than 4,000 trees have been planted on the Citadel with Friends of the Environment organisation in collaboration with the Currimjee Foundation and FORENA,” says Naziha Mestaoui for the One Beat One Tree. Two years later, the result is absolutely staggering.

Some trees are already over 2m and the flanks of the Citadel of Port-Louis have changed face. She says that very soon, the project participants will receive an email in which they can follow up the evolution of the planting site since 2017.
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The progressive reforestation of the Citadel is now one of the association’s flagship activities, alongside projects to restore historic heritage, including the Martello Tower at La Preneuse and the Jewish Refugee Memorial at Saint Martin.

In the 18th century, when the Fort was built, the vegetation was removed so that, perched on the Fort, the English soldiers had a clear vision of any potential threats, explains Erwin Amavassee, Project Coordinator. Continue reading →

Friends of the Environment, a non-governmental organisation, has been working since 2006 to restore the site around the Fort Adelaïde, a.k.a Citadel of Port-Louis. The project is about recreating the ecological landscape of the Citadel for environmental, touristic and cultural purposes.

After  further research works, the non-governmental organisation began planting a native dry forest on 9 hectares around the Citadel Fort, according to Erwin Amavassee, coordinator of this project.
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Trump Forest was founded in March 2017 by British climate scientist Dr Dan Price, American PhD candidate Jeff Willis and French-New Zealander Adrien Taylor; and it is a global forest to offset the Trump Administration’s climate change ignorance.

We’re proud to announce that our reforestation project is now a Tree Planting Partner with the Trump Forest. Continue reading →

The Currimjee Foundation, in collaboration with the non-governmental organization Friends of the Environment, has since 2015 launched the Citadelle Native Re-vegetation Project at the Petite-Montagne to restore the native biodiversity surrounding the fort.

2018 will set the culmination of a three-year project involving the planting of more than 3,000 plants over an area of ​​one hectare on the northern flanks of the hill.  Continue reading →

From virtual to real, her travels in the Amazon and her encounters with different tribes are at the origin of “1 Heart 1 Tree,” a digital and sustainable installation, centered on citizens.

Naziha Mestaoui’s project evolved into One Beat, One Tree. The idea is simple and revolutionary:  Continue reading →

Our eco-volunteers from Ecole du Centre; they are the future leaders of this world and they make a difference in the re-vegetation project!

Biodiversity decline and loss of ecosystem services is a major global threat to the future of our planet and our generations. Continue reading →

Restoring the native degraded ecosystem of the Petite-Montagne is the goal set by the NGO Friends Of the Environment. But to carry out this endeavour, we need support. 

600 volunteers came to help us on the ground. 450 from the Currimjee group and 130 from the Mauritius Scout Association, Continue reading →