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June 2010: Ecological Restoration Workshop
New Root gave a grant for an ecological restoration project and essential school materials to Escuela Embajada Japón in Copán Ruinas, Honduras. 6th grade students from the school gathered seedlings from riparian areas and maintained a nursery for several months. In just one day, 20 students planted 500 native trees on degraded soil. Students learned species identification, planting techniques, and general information about the benefits of forests. Teacher Jose Bringuez and Ben Fash, Executive Director of New Root, led the program.

This reforestation is part of a greater plan to restore the watershed in El Quebracho, an area that was deforested primarily in the 1970s, and suffers from pollution due to the overused Copán Municipal dump. New Root is supporting the relocation of the dump and the remediation of the soil in El Quebracho, a project proposed for 2011.