# Plant-for-the-Planet

> Youth-founded foundation restoring forests in Mexico, Ghana and Spain and running an open restoration platform

Source: https://treerm.org/org/plant-for-the-planet · Updated 2026-11-07 · Data license: CC BY 4.0 (https://treerm.org/about#license)

## Facts

- Type: Nonprofit
- Scope: Global
- Headquarters: Tutzing, Bavaria, Germany
- Founded: 2007
- Website: https://www.plant-for-the-planet.org
- Volunteer sign-up: https://www.plant-for-the-planet.org/youth-empowerment
- Donate: https://donate.plant-for-the-planet.org/?to=proj_bFH0BU0Qw02RuetpQlLOMVYX
- Events calendar: https://www.plant-for-the-planet.org/academies/
- Countries where they plant: Spain, Ghana, Mexico
- Activity types: Reforestation (primary), Nurseries & seedlings, Education & advocacy, Research & monitoring
- Trees on record: 36,672,602 (larger of latest cumulative figure and sum of annual figures; trees planted or distributed)

## 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.

## Programs

- **Yucatan Peninsula Restoration (Mexico)** — Reforestation (2015–present): Plant-for-the-Planet's own restoration and forest-protection project on the Yucatan Peninsula, planting native species and monitoring survival since 2015. https://www.plant-for-the-planet.org/yucatan/
- **Plant-for-Ghana** — Reforestation (2021–present): Reforestation project in Ghana with a stated goal of ten million trees in high species diversity by 2030. https://donate.plant-for-the-planet.org/?to=plant-for-ghana
- **Reforestando Donana and Anillo Verde Granada (Spain)** — Reforestation: Restoration planting in Andalusia around the Donana wetlands and Granada's green belt. https://www.plant-for-the-planet.org/
- **Climate Justice Ambassador Academies** — Education & advocacy (2008–present): One-day academies that train children and young people as Climate Justice Ambassadors; over 100,000 trained in 76 countries. https://www.plant-for-the-planet.org/youth-empowerment
- **Restoration Platform, TreeMapper and FireAlert** — Research & monitoring: Free software for restoration organizations to receive donations, map planted trees and receive wildfire alerts. https://www.plant-for-the-planet.org/

## Metrics

| Metric | Year | Value | Cumulative | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|---|---|---|
| Trees planted | 2026 | 36,672,602 | yes (to date) | organization-wide | Self-reported | [source](https://www.plant-for-the-planet.org/) Homepage 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 | no (that year) | Yucatan Peninsula Restoration (Mexico) | Self-reported | [source](https://www.plant-for-the-planet.org/yucatan/) Yucatan project page, 2022 planting season: 2,386,462; Yucatan project only |
| Trees planted | 2023 | 2,288,521 | no (that year) | Yucatan Peninsula Restoration (Mexico) | Self-reported | [source](https://www.plant-for-the-planet.org/yucatan/) Yucatan project page, 2023 planting season: 2,288,521 (matches Transparenzbericht 2023 p.19); Yucatan project only |
| Trees planted | 2026 | 18,215,608 | yes (to date) | Yucatan Peninsula Restoration (Mexico) | Self-reported | [source](https://www.plant-for-the-planet.org/yucatan/) Yucatan project page: 18,215,608 trees 'planted since 2015' at the Yucatan project |

Confidence: self-reported is the organization's own published figure; independently verified means a third party confirmed it; estimated means TreeRM derived it and the note says how.

## Upcoming events

- 2026-11-28 — Plant-for-the-Planet Akademie Freiburg im Breisgau (Training / workshop), Freiburg im Breisgau — register: https://forms.plant-for-the-planet.org/?ff_landing=57&form=academy_reg&academy_id=701Ty00000wY1Q6IAK&academy_name=Freiburg%20im%20Br.&start_date=November%2028,%202026&location=Freiburg%20im%20Breisgau&locale=de — https://treerm.org/events/plant-for-the-planet/plant-for-the-planet-akademie-freiburg-im-breisgau-2026-11-28.md

## Links

- x: https://x.com/trilliontrees
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plantfortheplanet_official/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/plantfortheplanet
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/plant-for-the-planet
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/PlantForThePlanet

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