In late December, rainy season arrived to Chimanimani, kicking off our miombo planting season.

In 2024, Eden partnered with Chimanimani National Park and three communities in the buffer zone to establish a new restoration area and nursery. Eden operates five community tree nurseries in the area, producing thousands of indigenous trees.

"We are ready to mobilize our communities for restoration."

"This is the first time all stakeholders have come together to discuss restoration and sustainability in the buffer zone."

To read more about the incredible biodiversity in the Chimanimani Mountains, check out this article from the New York Times.

Afromontane, miombo, and tropical evergreen forest types can be found in Chimanimani, highlighting the need for a detailed restoration plan in this landscape.

Eden collaborates with communities around the globe to identify and collect seeds. This work offers sustainable livelihood options and is vital to landscape restoration

The Buffer Zone of Chimanimani National Park is a mosaic of land cover and land uses that requires collaborative planning and community engagement to balance.

The Chimanimani Management Plan makes space for communities to conduct livelihood activities within the Buffer Zone. Restoration must embrace new approaches to ensure this landscape can provide for generations to come.

The concept of a "landscape mosaic" is core to landscape ecology. Strong forest landscape restoration work responds to the diversity of a landscape to achieve sustainable impact.