Pierella Rainforest Reclamation Project

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Be part of the Giving to help plant trees and change our earth!
Visit prfrp.org and become part of the ‘Butterfly Effect’

Yep! Help make Cyber Monday Ceiba Monday!
Change our world - PLANT TREES!

Ceiba or Tree of Life (Ceiba pentandra)

Give the gift of multiple lifetimes — a Ceiba tree planted now can live for over 500 years! This towering giant can reach 230 feet in height and ten feet in diameter, growing as much as 13 feet annually.

The Ceiba’s giant limbs create an umbrella shaped crown that are loaded with epiphytes — aerial plants such as bromeliads — where frogs raise their tadpoles in the tiny pools of water that collect in bromeliads’ leaves. Ceiba’s provides shelter for countless species of animals, with birds nesting and foraging in its tall perches, mammals using its huge limbs as aerial highways, and insects reaching the height of their diversity in the canopy of this giant tree. Ceiba’s flowers are important food for bats and insects and the fiber of its fruit is called “kapok” is used similarly to cotton, to light lamps, and to make soap. It was the most sacred of all trees to the ancient Mayans.

You can help plant more Ceiba trees by visiting prfrp.org to donate or volunteer and become part of the ‘Butterfly Effect’.

It's EARTH DAY 2023!

Pierella Rainforest Reclamation Project will be planting the final 2,000 trees to complete our project at the Las Cruces Research Station in Costa Rica.

Each of the six plots will be home to two different reforestation experiments as the growth of the 50+ species is tracked in the coming years. These plots will capture over 100 tons of carbon every year for decades and become home to thousands of insects, birds, frogs and mammals. Fast-growing, indigenous, keystone and pioneer tree species are being planted specifically to support the return of macaws, sloths, monkeys and bats. For more on this project visit www.prfrp.org/home/las_cruces/

PRFRP is collaborating with many organizations to help make this possible: Organization for Tropical Studies; Osa Conservation; Crowther Labs; University of Texas, El Paso; FedSoft; Green Cross

Donate today to help PRFRP plant trees that will capture carbon & reclaim rainforest: www.prfrp.org/donate

Earth Day 2023 is this TOMORROW - Saturday, April 22
and Pierella Rainforest Reclamation Project is planting 2,000 trees this May.

Did you know two-toed sloths spend more time hanging from horizontal branches, while three-toed sloths often sit in trees.

To learn more about the two-toed sloth, check out our website:
www.prfrp.org/our-work/species-pages/mammals-index/2-toed-sloth/

Donate today helping PRFRP plant trees to reclaim critical sloth habitat!
prfrp.org/donate

Earth Day 2023 is this Saturday, April 22
and Pierella Rainforest Reclamation Project
is planting 2,000 trees this May.

Ceiba (aka - kapok, world tree) is one of the species we’re planting.
To learn more about this amazing tree, check out our website:
www.prfrp.org/our-work/species-pages/plants-index/ceiba/

Donate today helping PRFRP plant Ceibas and other native trees
to reclaim critical rainforest!

prfrp.org/donate

Earth Day 2023 is this Saturday, April 22

What is Pierella Rainforest Reclamation Project doing this year?

We're finalizing the planting plans of 2,000 more trees to complete our project at the Las Cruces Research Station in Costa Rica.

Each of the six plots will be home to two different reforestation experiments as the growth of the 50+ species is tracked in the coming years. These plots will capture over 100 tons of carbon every year for decades and become home to thousands of insects, birds, frogs and mammals. Fast-growing, indigenous, keystone and pioneer tree species are being planted specifically to support the return of macaws, sloths, monkeys and bats.

PRFRP is collaborating with many organizations to help make this possible: Organization for Tropical Studies; Osa Conservation; Crowther Labs; University of Texas, El Paso; FedSoft; Green Cross

For more on Pierella Rainforest Reclamation Project and how you can donate to help plant trees and reclaim rainforest, visit: prfrp.org

Be a part of the Butterfly Effect. Pierella Rainforest Reclamation project has already begun working towards our mission of reforesting
crucial habitat in Costa Rica.

Donate to or volunteer with Pierella Rainforest Reclamation Project for .

A donation to PRFRP enables us to plant trees, protect habitats and educate the public on the importance of conservation.

Learn more at prfrp.org

Ceiba or Tree of Life (Ceiba pentandra)

Give the gift of multiple lifetimes — a Ceiba tree planted now can live for over 500 years! This towering giant can reach 230 feet in height and ten feet in diameter, growing as much as 13 feet annually.

The Ceiba’s giant limbs create an umbrella shaped crown that are loaded with epiphytes — aerial plants such as bromeliads — where frogs raise their tadpoles in the tiny pools of water that collect in bromeliads’ leaves. Ceiba’s provides shelter for countless species of animals, with birds nesting and foraging in its tall perches, mammals using its huge limbs as aerial highways, and insects reaching the height of their diversity in the canopy of this giant tree. Ceiba’s flowers are important food for bats and insects and the fiber of its fruit is called “kapok” is used similarly to cotton, to light lamps, and to make soap. It was the most sacred of all trees to the ancient Mayans.

You can help plant more Ceiba trees by visiting prfrp.org to donate or volunteer and become part of the ‘Butterfly Effect’.

The Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) This bird was considered divine by ancient Mayan and Aztecs. It was also a part of Mesoamerican mythology and associated with the feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl.

Beautiful, exotic birds like this thrive in the rainforest, but are endangered because of loss of habitat. Cloud forests, the Resplendent Quetzal's habitat, are one of the most threatened ecosystems in the world.

Help us help magnificent birds like this, by reclaiming rainforest for them. Learn more about the Resplendent Quetzal at prfrp.org

Sloth Saturday
Trees and wildlife corridors are very important to sloths. Visit prfrp.org to find out more about the sloth and how you can help plant trees to maintain a strong sloth ecosystem.

• Sloths live almost all their lives in trees, and they can hang in branches with almost no effort, due to their long claws
• Sloths are folivores, eating leaves almost exclusively, and it takes them 28 days to digest them
• Sloths get most of the water they need from leaves, but do drink, especially when it is hot
• Sloths only come down out of trees to defecate - around once a week

SWEETEST DEAL of the day!
Plant a Guaba Tree (Inga edulis)
- aka the 'Ice Cream Bean' tree. The sweet fruit in the pods is food dozens of species of birds and mammals.
- The tree is a legume and helps fix nitrogen in the soil depleted when the land was pasture.
- It grows to be 100' tall and one tree can capture approximately 18,000 lbs of CO2. It will also release 13,000 lbs of oxygen back into the atmosphere.

You can help change our Earth by helping us plant trees. Visit prfrp.org to donate or volunteer and become part of the ‘Butterfly Effect’.

On this Thanksgiving Day 🦃, we are thankful for our donors, volunteers, team-members, and partners. It takes a team to Change Our Earth.

This group prepped land and planted 225 trees in Sept, and will plant 2,000 more trees this spring.

Go to https://www.prfrp.org to see more about our team and our work

Macaws can grow to 3’ and live about 50 years in the wild. The Scarlett Macaw is protected in Costa Rica.

The biggest threat to their species is habitat loss, so by reforesting the rainforest with almendron, one of macaw’s favorite trees, we are working to save this ecologically important species.

You can help create more habitat for the Scarlett Macaw by visiting prfrp.org to donate or volunteer and become part of the ‘Butterfly Effect’.

Did you know? Rainforests currently provide sources for one-fourth of today’s medicines, and 70 percent of the plants found to have anticancer properties are found only in the rainforest.

We are working towards reforesting land in Costa Rica. We’ve planted over 200 trees— can you help us plant more?

Donate to help us reforest the rainforest today!
www.prfrp.org

Why reclaim rainforest in Costa Rica to fight climate change? This tree was planted just two months ago at OTS’ Las Cruces Research Station. It’s the best place in the world to grow new rainforest. Donate on Giving Tuesday (or today) and help us grow more.

https://www.prfrp.or/donate

Did you know? Rainforests currently provide sources for one-fourth of today’s medicines, and 70 percent of the plants found to have anticancer properties are found only in the rainforest.

Donate to help us reforest the rainforest today!

https://www.prfrp.org/donate

It has been a big year for PRFRP! In February we gained 501(c)3 status. In June we received a generous donation from FedSoft. That donation that enabled us to travel to Costa Rica in September and plant 225 native trees at a local research station!

You can help us do so much more by liking, sharing, donating, and visiting our website: https://www.prfrp.org/

Climate change affects EVERYONE. Rainforest Reclamation is the best way to capture carbon and help stop the climate change and that is why we started PRFRP.

Our organization is working to get trees in the ground and study the reclamation process to see how we can best heal the Earth.

You can help change our Earth by helping us plant trees. Visit prfrp.org to donate or volunteer and become part of the ‘Butterfly Effect’.

Our team traveled to The Las Cruces Research Station in Costa Rica in September and planted 225 native trees as part of our first reforestation project!

This is all thanks to a generous donation from FedSoft that will enable us to plant 2,000 native trees in Costa Rica.

You can help change our Earth by helping us plant trees. Visit prfrp.org to donate or volunteer and become part of the ‘Butterfly Effect’.

🌱BIG NEWS! 🌱

In celebration of , FedSoft is gifting enough funding for the Pierella Rainforest Reclamation Project to plant 2,000 native trees on clear-cut Costa Rican land. 🌱🎉

Pierella Rainforest Reclamation Project updated their business hours.

Watch your step➡ Not all frogs in Costa Rica are tree frogs!

Even though it's no longer Earth Week, we should still be paying attention to what's happening to our planet. Habitats around the world are seeing record losses and we are working to combat that by reforesting the Earth!

Learn more about our project and how to help with the link in our bio.
https://www.prfrp.org/

May is so take some time to check in on those around you, those you love, and remind them that they are not alone 💚

Hang in there! It's almost the weekend!
This red-eyed tree frog will probably be up all night scouring the trees for insects. Their suction cup-like foot pad help them cling to leaves.

What will you be up to?
If you have some free time, learn about our project! https://www.prfrp.org/donate/

Its Wildlife Wednesday!

Strike a pose and celebrate with this Howler monkey.

Help protect howler monkeys and their habitat by supporting our cause. PRFRP is purchasing land in Costa Rica that was once rainforest, but was “developed” and stripped of its trees and turning those parcels back into rainforest.
https://www.prfrp.org/

We've been trying to reach out about helping us reforest rainforests 👀
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DONATE with the link in our bio to help reforest rainforest in Costa Rica.
https://www.prfrp.org/donate/

Every day should be considered Earth Day! 🌏

The Earth needs our protection now more than ever and thats why we’re are taking action.

PRFRP is working to reforest 🌳plots of used land in Costa Rica to replenish the ecosystem, provide essential habitat and expand and essential carbon sink.

Want to help us? Share our message and DONATE whatever you can to help us launch this incredible project! 🌱