Plant-for-the-Planet
Tutzing, Bavaria, Germany · Nonprofit · Global · since 2007
Youth-founded foundation restoring forests in Mexico, Ghana and Spain and running an open restoration platform
About
Plant-for-the-Planet began in 2007 as a school initiative by nine-year-old Felix Finkbeiner in Bavaria and was established as a German foundation in 2011; its registered seat is in Tutzing. It runs its own restoration projects on the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico), in Ghana and in Andalusia (Spain), trains children as 'Climate Justice Ambassadors', and operates a free donation and monitoring platform (Restoration Platform, TreeMapper, FireAlert) used by other restoration organizations. In 2020-2021 German media (Die Zeit, Stern) questioned its Mexican planting and survival figures; the foundation commissioned external audits and revised its statutes and monitoring in response.
What they run
Plant-for-the-Planet's own restoration and forest-protection project on the Yucatan Peninsula, planting native species and monitoring survival since 2015.
Reforestation project in Ghana with a stated goal of ten million trees in high species diversity by 2030.
Restoration planting in Andalusia around the Donana wetlands and Granada's green belt.
One-day academies that train children and young people as Climate Justice Ambassadors; over 100,000 trained in 76 countries.
Free software for restoration organizations to receive donations, map planted trees and receive wildfire alerts.
Trees by type of work
| Activity | Trees | Years |
|---|---|---|
| 🌲 Reforestation | 18,215,608 | 2022–2026 |
Only figures attached to a named program count here. Organization-wide totals sit in the table below.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trees plantedto date | 2026 | 36,672,602 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceHomepage counter: '36,672,602 trees planted in our projects' (own projects only; a separate counter shows 110,469,878 trees funded through the platform) |
| Trees planted | 2022 | 2,386,462 | Yucatan Peninsula Restoration (Mexico) | Self-reported | sourceYucatan project page, 2022 planting season: 2,386,462; Yucatan project only |
| Trees planted | 2023 | 2,288,521 | Yucatan Peninsula Restoration (Mexico) | Self-reported | sourceYucatan project page, 2023 planting season: 2,288,521 (matches Transparenzbericht 2023 p.19); Yucatan project only |
| Trees plantedto date | 2026 | 18,215,608 | Yucatan Peninsula Restoration (Mexico) | Self-reported | sourceYucatan project page: 18,215,608 trees 'planted since 2015' at the Yucatan project |
Upcoming events
- Plant-for-the-Planet Akademie Freiburg im BreisgauRegisterSat, Nov 28, 2026, 9:00 AM GMT+1 · Training / workshop · Freiburg im Breisgau