• Zimbabwe’s natural ecosystems valuable national resource

    Zimbabwe’s natural ecosystems are a hugely valuable national resource...

  • broken tree with fractured wood

    ...but these ecosystems are under growing threat as rural communities have no choice but to use their natural resources to live.

  • Two agricultural workers planting seeds

    We offer a vision for the future where responsible agriculture and viable restoration programmes can work hand in hand to bring prosperity to local people.

Our goal is to leave both the environment, and the people who depend on it, better off.

Our pipeline includes the following projects:

Cicada Rocket Stove

TECHNOLOGY-BASED

Clean Cooking Credits

Distributing 160,000 fuel-efficient rocket stoves to rural communities in Zimbabwe (100,000 distributed to date). This project has a striking impact on rural livelihoods, health and ecosystems. Each stove will save ~1 Ha of woodland over its useful life.

Cicada Nyangani Seedlings

NATURE-BASED

Nyangani Watershed Soil Carbon

An ambitious VM42 project working with multiple stakeholders across the landscape. The project will focus on catchment restoration, conservation agriculture, and preservation of the rare Afromontane forests of the eastern highlands.

Cicada Seed Planting

SEQUESTRATION

Direct Seeding A/R

Replanting 100m appropriate indigenous trees over the next 30 years in the degraded miombo systems of central Zimbabwe, using a combination of direct seeding and nursery planting.

This ambitious goal will require significant funding.

MyTrees Seedlings
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MyTrees is an implementation partner of Cicada Carbon, operating across Zimbabwe. It is an independent non-profit working towards restoring and protecting ecosystems through grassroots engagement with local communities.

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Direct Seeding

Direct Seeding A/R

An ambitious project to plant over 100m indigenous trees that survive over the next 20 years using a combination of direct seeding techniques and nursery grown trees. We are developing a mobile app to monitor growth and survival rates.

Nyangani REDD+

Nyangani Watershed REDD+

The Nyangani watershed forms the headwaters of two important rivers in Eastern Zimbabwe, the Gairezi and the Pungwe River, and some of the last remnant afromontane rainforest in the country. This REDD+ project would comprise the catchments of both rivers and involve multiple interventions aimed at reducing deforestation in the area.

Cicada Angwa Manyame

Angwa Manyame Basin REDD+

A REDD+ project that aims to dramatically reduce deforestation in the still pristine Angwa Manyame basin, by providing communities with alternative fuels and farming techniques, and enforcing laws on deforestation.

Clean Cooking Credits

Clean Cooking Credits

This project seeks to place 160,000 efficient rocket stoves in Zimbabwean households. These stoves reduce fuel consumption by up to ⅔ and save ~1Ha of woodland over their expected life. The stoves also dramatically impact respiratory disease on women and reduce the time spent by girls and women collecting firewood.

Click or hover over the locations to discover more about each of our Cicada Carbon projects across Zimbabwe.