Apeforest

ApeForest is an impact-driven reforestation marketplace connecting individuals with indigenous and local communities leading verified, native ecosystem restoration projects. We operate as a business because financial sustainability is what allows us to maintain long-term commitments to our community partners, not as a one-off grant, but as a lasting economic relationship. We are currently pre-launch, seeking funding to plant our first 300 trees with our confirmed partner, the Mbyá-Guaraní community of Tekoá Kuaray Rese (70 people, 46 hectares, Osório, Brazil) and validate our platform in the field. Beyond transactions, we build environmental literacy through educational content tied to each project and climate workshops, because lasting change requires people who understand the ecosystems they are restoring.