Place-Based Partnerships
International Projects
About American Forests
American Forests is committed to creating healthy and resilient forests, from cities to large landscapes, that deliver essential benefits for climate, people, water and wildlife. Those ecosystems and their benefits don’t recognize borders. That’s why American Forests approaches its international projects the same way we approach those in the United States — with a strong commitment to collaborating with local partners who know their communities best, ensuring trees are planted where they are needed most.
46 countries
and 230+ international community groups are supported by reforestation efforts.
Over 5 million
trees planted in communities outside the United States.
5 countries
outside the United States have adapted Tree Equity Score methods.
Canada
Photo: Jenny Nichols / American Forests

Restoring whitebark pine

Since 1995, American Forests has planted over 1.2 million trees across Canada. Our beyond-borders commitment to restoration has restored the critically important and threatened whitebark pine population a keystone species in alpine regions of British Columbia. Our efforts have also supported the restoration of jack pine forests, which are vital to the lifecycle of the once-endangered Kirtland’s Warbler. This work has been implemented in partnership with the Simcoe County Forestry Department and the Whitebark Pine Ecosystem Foundation of Canada. 

Photo: City of Toronto

Tree Equity Score Analyzer in Toronto

In 2024, American Forests launched Tree Equity Score Analyzer (TESA) Toronto, the first deep-dive urban forestry tool of its kind for a city outside the United States. Made possible by a partnership between the City of Toronto, Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests (LEAF) and American Forests, TESA Toronto provides transformative, high-resolution data to the parcel level to guide equity-focused urban forestry planning and practices in Toronto. 

Mexico

Restoring Monarch habitat

Since 2011, American Forests has supported efforts to reforest the last remaining monarch overwintering areas in Michoacán, Mexico. This landscape, critical to monarch butterfly migration as well as the livelihoods of the communities that surround it, has been threatened by illegal logging, climate change-driven wildfires and pest outbreaks. over 1.5 million trees have been planted in partnership with La Cruz Habitat Protection Project, to reforest this habitat. In 2022, American Forests expanded its impact by supporting community-centered research conducted by Dr. Sáenz-Romero on seedling survival rates of oyamel firs, which provided seedlings for future restoration efforts and established data-driven insights. 

Restoration in Puebla

In 2023, in collaboration with Donate a Tree to the World, American Forests partnered with the Ejido de Cuauhtémoc in a reforestation effort to re-establish smooth-barked Mexican pine in this shared community forest in the state of Puebla. The effort to restore native pine forests will benefit the local community by preventing soil erosion, ensuring groundwater replenishment and preserving firefly habitat which is essential to the local tourism industry in the area. As this region is feeling the effects of deforestation, climate change and urbanization, our collaborative efforts offer critical support to ecology and community in the state of Puebla. 

United Kingdom
Photo: Michael Cooper / Woodland Trust / American Forests

Tree Equity Score UK

In 2023, American Forests launched the Tree Equity Score U.K. in partnership with Woodland Trust and The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare. This interactive and vital tool is free to the public and uses demographic, health, air pollution and climate data to highlight inequitable tree cover affecting nearly 80% of the U.K. population. Tree Equity Score U.K. establishes an equity-first standard to guide investment in urban tree infrastructure to help address inequities in canopy cover across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland. 

Honduras

Sustainable agriculture and careers

Since 2007, American Forests has supported the planting of 276,688 trees in Chinda, Honduras. Through partnerships with Sustainable Harvest International and Vecinos Honduras, American Forests isn’t just planting trees, but also supporting the ongoing efforts of local communities to create long-term environmental benefits and sustainable livelihoods. The trees planted help improve soil health, safeguard water resources and provide income-generating opportunities through sustainable agriculture empowering families to build resilience against climate challenges.  

In the Himalayas

Reviving a community forest

In 2020, American Forests partnered with Alaap to revive a community forest in northern India. This project was made possible through collaboration with Village Satoli located in the state of Uttarakhand, India, an area experiencing the negative effects of climate change and economic instability. 27 species of trees were planted employing the Miyawaki method of creating native forests, which will support the declining populations of native leopard and deer and provide sustainable jobs. 

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Map of American Forests' international projects
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