We can peer into the heart of Katanino Forest Reserve through the lens of remote sensing, where each pixel tells a story: progress! An assessment by WeForest's Monitoring and Evaluation experts used remote sensing imaging to map and quantify the reserve between the project's launch in 2019 and the end of 2023. Their discovery is truly a triumph of nature — a 57.3% surge in forest cover, equivalent to 587 hectares!

That's not even counting the seedlings that were planted in enrichment sites in the reserve in late 2020 and early 2021, as they're still too young and small to be classified as ‘forest’ in this assessment. This means something even more wonderful: the increased tree cover is coming from natural regeneration, which we're nudging along with techniques such as coppicing.

Katanino isn't just a forest; it's a breathing, thriving, regenerating testament to the resilience of nature and the power of human stewardship.