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Visits to the project sites are generally open to members of the cooperative and all persons interested in our work. If you’d like to make a visit, feel free to contact our team but be sure to notify us in advance. We will then ascertain who will meet you there and accompany you to our project site.  

If you visit us between June and September, you will definitely get an enthralling insight into our afforestation work. This usually takes place during the rainy season so that the freshly planted trees get plenty of water to allow them to flourish. However, you don’t have roll up your own sleeves – all the work is done by our well-trained, experienced, on-site team of experts who do a great job.  

We’re also very excited to see your photos and travelogues, and everything else that can tell our forest story back in Germany. One small note regarding your carbon footprint: It would be great if you were to combine the long route with a bigger trip, rather than just coming to visit our project sites. 

We are frequently asked why our afforestation projects are based solely in the tropics with none here in Germany. There are various reasons for this but two of them are particularly important in terms of climate protection: First, plants grow considerably faster located close to the equator. Whereas afforestation projects in Germany require a long time before they can deliver their climate impact, our forests are absorbing CO2 after just a few years.  

Unlike with a plantation, thanks to our rational management of our reafforestation sites, we not only store the carbon in the wood, but also within the entire forest system and its soil, too. In addition, we can do more for the climate with less financial resources because the financial costs per afforested hectare are many times lower.  

Combined together, these factors generate a self-reinforcing leverage effect, which makes the tropics so appealing for afforestation projects designed to have a climate impact. 

We’re delighted that you want to give someone such a sustainable present, and that you’re thinking of the next generation! 

Please complete the following online form and send the signed membership application back to us: Give the gift of forest shares - The Generation Forest. Once we have received the application, you will receive a confirmation email, and the recipient of the gift will be officially registered as a member at the next meeting of the Board of Directors; these take place every ten days. 

On the day they officially become a member, you will be sent a welcome email for you to forward to them. A welcome package including a certificate and key chain will be automatically dispatched to the gift recipient. 

We’ll also happily send you a pop-up card and a brochure for handing over to the receiver when you are getting their signature. 

We expect the first distributions in 2046, i.e. 27 years after the first reforestations in 2019. After that, we continue to remove trees regularly and selectively and sell the timber. Which is why regular distributions can be expected in the long term. According to our model, the cumulative distribution of a share in 2058 (i.e. 40 years after the start of the project in 2019) should exceed the current investment amount of 1,495 euros.

The forests remain ecologically and economically productive. It is therefore worthwhile to stay involved in the long term.

One cooperative share costs 1,200 euro. The largest portion of this money is used for forest management activities. The remainder is used to purchase land and to cover the operating costs incurred in Hamburg. The latter costs should account for no more than 25 percent of the total capital.