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Climate change has arrived in Iyenge, Tanzania, in a very real way. The dry seasons have grown longer and hotter. The rains are unpredictable. Simple things, such as making sure there’s enough water for everyone, have become a matter of concern.

We know that trees can help Iyenge’s community adapt. Trees contribute to climate change adaptation by providing shade for crops, preventing erosion, and bolstering the water cycle. The problem: we can’t plant trees in Iyenge.

The climate in this part of Tanzania has become too harsh for tree saplings to survive. Our Tanzanian tree-planting partner, the LEAD Foundation, knew it had to find another way to bring back trees.

Together with local communities, it did. Kisiki Hai, also known as FMNR or natural forest regeneration, is a method that restores forests without planting trees. It’s simple, cheap, and scalable. All you have to do is find a shrub and prune all of its branches except one or two. This removes competition and makes the plant grow, quite quickly, into a tree. The survival rate of those trees is extremely high, because they already have roots and are well adapted to the hot climate.

In this video, the community talks about how their climate has changed, and how they’re using Kisiki Hai to adapt.

#ClimateAdaptation #NaturalRegeneration
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Director and producer Joshua Gottlieb (IG: @joshigot)
Creative director Pako Quijada (IG: @pakoquijada)
Script Joshua Gottlieb
Editing & post-production Pako Quijada
Motion graphics & animation Pako Quijada
Cinematography by Shane Thomas McMillan (IG: @dokumentarian)
Additional support Elise Jost
Music Silent Bloom (SLPSTRM) and Clarity (Lane-King)
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