Climate Projects & Tree Planting with Ecologi
As a part of our climate action commitment, we have partnered with environmental social enterprise, Ecologi, to plant trees and fund carbon reduction projects on behalf of all clients that travel with us.
Through our partnership, we are contributing to renewable energy and preservation projects in destinations we visit to help offset the carbon emissions generated from our group tours and tailor-made trips, as well as planting ten trees for every person that we take on holiday.
While actively working to reduce the carbon footprint of our tours, joining forces with Ecologi enables us to invest in a portfolio of robust Gold Standard, and equivalent, climate projects and major tree planting programmes to help mitigate our carbon emissions now, and in the future.
Ecologi offers a transparent platform that records the volume of carbon emissions offset through the projects we support, and allows us to see our forest develop as we fund the planting of trees.
We are looking forward to seeing not only the trees, but this partnership grow.
Through our partnership with Ecologi, Wild Frontiers is planting 10 trees and contributing to renewable energy and preservation projects on behalf of every client that travels with us.
Photo credits: Ecologi & Eden Reforestation Projects
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Renewable Energy Projects
Wind power generation in Bac Lieu Province, Vietnam
This project will generate 320,000 MWh of renewable electricity every year and feed it into Vietnam’s national grid, helping to bridge the gap between supply and demand. It also employs over 100 people and supports the local community by funding social events, contributing to local charities that improve services for local people, and has planted 24,800 trees to promote regional biodiversity. Photo credit: Gold Standard/Ecologi
Producing electricity from wind power in Thailand
This wind power project bundles the West Huaybong 2 and West Huaybong 3 wind farms, which together will generate over 500,000 MWh of electricity every year and feed it into Thailand’s national grid. It provides 80 jobs to local people who operate the two wind power plants, and support community development activities, including festivals and educational projects. Photo credit: Gold Standard/Ecologi
Wind Power in Hondurous
Consisting of 51 2MW wind turbines, this project is generating 345,970MWh of energy and preventing the emission of 226,978 tonnes of CO2e every year by replacing energy generated from fossil fuels with wind power. 32 local people are employed full time, providing a stable income for the employees and their families, while access to clean water for around 2,000 people was improved by the project in 2014 when three water wells were drilled. Photo credit Verified Carbon Standard / EcologiTree Planting Projects
MANGROVES IN MADAGASCAR
Mangroves are a small, coastal tree species that occur worldwide in the tropics and subtropics, and are particularly proficient at absorbing carbon and storing it in their extensive root systems underground. Carbon stored in mangrove forests is considered blue carbon, because it is stored on the coast. In addition to their excellent carbon sequestration abilities, mangroves provide excellent flood and storm protection to the coastal area itself. Photo credit Eden Reforestation Projects / Ecologi