Our contribution to climate protection

The Lumin / Eucapine Uruguay Forest Plantations project focuses on reforesting degraded grassland areas in Uruguay. The aim is to establish sustainably managed eucalyptus plantations on land damaged by overgrazing and soil erosion. This not only improves soil quality, but also increases CO₂ sequestration and provides wood as a renewable resource. Plantation management follows strict environmental and social criteria, including the integration of extensive grazing to ensure sustainable land use.

The project pursues several key objectives:

• Promoting carbon sequestration through large-scale reforestation
• Restoring degraded land and reducing soil erosion
• Producing timber sustainably in line with international environmental standards
• Combining land use through forestry and livestock farming
• Protecting local biodiversity by creating new habitats

From a technical perspective, the project covers several thousand hectares of land where suitable eucalyptus species are planted. Economically and socially, the project makes a significant contribution to strengthening local communities: it creates jobs in reforestation and plantation maintenance, supports the regional economy through the marketing of sustainably sourced wood products, preserves grazing areas for farmers, and offers training programmes to promote sustainable practices. Overall, this improves local livelihoods and strengthens the resilience of the local population.

By emitting carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases, humans are changing the Earth’s climate. Long-term climate trends, such as gradually rising average temperatures, are leading to greater climate variability and extreme weather events such as storms, droughts, or exceptionally hot summers. To keep climate change manageable, global warming must be limited to well below 2 degrees Celsius compared with pre-industrial levels. This means that the rise in global greenhouse gas emissions must be stopped. Only then do the risks to people and the environment appear manageable. Achieving this requires everyone to contribute.

FORUM Institut aims to contribute by voluntarily offsetting the climate impact of its printed materials. The resulting CO₂ emissions were calculated and offset through the purchase of certificates from natureOffice. In this way, the generated emissions are compensated via the climate protection project “PROJECT TOGO”.

The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known in German as „Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung“, are political objectives adopted by the United Nations (UN). They are intended to help ensure sustainable development at the economic, social, and environmental levels. The goals were designed following the development process of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and entered into force on 1 January 2016 for a 15-year period (until 2030). The SDGs apply equally to all countries.

The SDGs shown on the right-hand side are the goals being implemented through „PROJECT TOGO“ (Togo).

Source: natureOffice

When selecting our service providers, it is important to us that they also work sustainably. That is why we cooperate with a printing company for our print materials that is committed to sustainable printing. As a result, our print products are produced with a balanced environmental footprint.