German–Thank you for growing a tree!
Together we regenerate what we consume ON Ecuador’s esmeraldas coast
Soccer fields of cloud forest ARE preserved
seedlings were grown in local nurseries
farmer families received organic certification
tree nurseries are up and running
Your tree grows here
| Area: | Mache Chindul |
| The forest: | Cloudforest the size of 325 soccer fields |
| Rare wildlife: | Mache glass frog, boa constrictor, choco toucan, nine-banded armadillo, white-fronted capuchin, jaguar |
| Original bean: | Rare old-growth Arriba Nacional cacao |
| Your growers: | 14 families in 1 village |
TIMELINE
Updated: 20 June 2021
Spring 2021
The Bean Team provided a training course in forest monitoring and GPS tracker usage in the community-owned forest areas of Mono Bravo.
Winter 2020
Our Bean Team provided the partners with a training course in the grafting of young cacao trees in Mono Bravo to ensure that new cacao trees are productive.
Autumn 2020
Our partners set up a new Cachi nursery at Loma Linda village in the Cotacachi Nature Reserve and 10.000 seedlings are now growing.
Summer 2020
Our Bean Team has invited several indigenous Cachi villages from the Cotacachi Cayapas Nature Reserve into the local grower association and the Original Beans “Esmeraldas” conservation cacao project.
Spring 2020
Our partners planted 13.507 native timber trees.
Winter 2019
Our partners set up a new nursery for 15.000 native timber trees.
Visit the complete timeline of this project
ONE BAR : ONE TREE > GO SEE
Over past decades, the rainforests of Ecuador’s Pacific coast have been reduced to a few green patches. The largest is known as Mache-Chindul Ecological Reserve. It was created in 1996 to protect against large timber companies.
The cacao farmers of Mono Bravo live inside the Reserve and act as stewards of the forest and its wildlife. Your enjoyment of Original Beans Esmeraldas chocolates empowers them cuturally and economically in their old cacao tradition. Cacao here is more than income, it is an identity. That’s why the farmers are preserving their forest as a “Climate Forest”.
ALL THIS IS POSSIBLE THANKS TO YOUR PURCHASE!
PARTNERS IN ESMERALDAS
Esmeraldas Dark 62%
Flowery notes of tropical fruits and nuts in this Nacional cacao balance gently like the tree-hanging sloths under the canopy of Ecuador’s last cloud forest.