Become a tree owner and help fight climate change!

EcoTree is a company of passionate people committed to sustainable forestry and biodiversity enrichment. We develop NBS in response to the climate crisis and diversity loss through local, sustainable, and natural measures. With offices in Brest, Paris, Copenhagen, and Toulon, we have one team dedicated to forestry management and another to biodiversity development. We work with local partners for planting trees and forest maintenance. EcoTree’s foresters design sustainable forest management plans and supervise the on-site management and work.

Once you buy a tree, you own it. But, the tree remains part of the forest where it grows, which is EcoTree property. The EcoTree team takes responsibility for the healthy cultivation of your tree until it is cut, also known as the cutting horizon. You don’t have to lift a finger. We take care of everything. You receive the entire sum once your tree has been felled and the timber sold. You can not fell the tree yourself or provide any care or maintenance for it in any way. The tree you own is part of a greater ecosystem that specialists must manage. Aside from the economic advantage you’ll benefit from (about +2% per year), your tree will give an ecological advantage to society as a whole. It’s also a good idea to gift a tree to a loved one - to celebrate a birth, a marriage, St. Valentine’s, Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, or a life in Memorium.

Forests are one of Earth’s lungs (the other is the ocean). Your investment allows us to purchase, plant, and manage forests in France and Europe to absorb excess carbon dioxide to regulate global temperatures and decrease negative impacts. Our method of sustainable forest management rests on the principles of Pro Silva, which promotes continuous cover (no clear-cutting), irregularisation of forest stands, and species diversity. The promotion of biodiversity comes hand-in-hand with sustainable forest management. It’s not just trees that create carbon sinks, but other natural elements like wetlands and bogs, too.

The quick answer is 'no'. Planting trees and sustainable forest management aren’t enough to stop climate change, nor do they stop human activities that create greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), such as the burning of fossil fuels. We must start by reducing our GHG emissions. We can do this by reducing our energy consumption, considering our energy sources, and working on our daily energy efficiency. Trees are not the solution to all our problems, but one branch of the greater answer: we must take care of nature.

Some places charge €1 for a tree, but EcoTree quotes an equitable price for the plantation and management of your trees. The cost of a sapling at a local nursery varies between €1 and €2. However, it’s essential to consider the cost of labour, plantation, and felling - plus every stage of managing a young forest (replenishment, clearing, thinning, partitioning, admin, etc.). We believe sustainable forest management must be done ethically: working with local businesses that pay their workers fair wages. The cost of one of our trees may seem pricey but is justified by these principles.

Biodiversity is the diversity of living things. It exists in three parts: ecosystem, genetic, and species diversity. Today, ¾ of the living species we know about are insects, even though they have some of the fastest declining populations. Biodiversity represents the entire living world in all its variety. The more prosperous it is, the healthier nature is and the greater we benefit from it.

30% of all animal species in France are endangered. La Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux (LPO) estimates that 41% of bird species commonly found in French gardens each spring have decreased since 2012. Globally, more than one million species are threatened with extinction in the coming years. While several mass extinctions have occurred since the Earth began, the 6th mass extinction is happening faster and on a grander scale than ever before. It threatens the survival of humankind. This is why implementing climate change solutions in forests and all natural ecosystems (the ocean, wetlands, etc.) is imperative.

our biodiversity projects does not benefit you financially, but it does allow us to carry out crucial actions that support nature during the current biodiversity crisis. It’s a form of philanthropy that anyone can give to the world we all share to make it a better place to live for ourselves and future generations. We have many ways of supporting biodiversity, such as creating beehives, planting melliferous hedges, installing nesting boxes, restoring wetlands, bogs, and riparian forests, rebuilding amphibian and reptilian habitats, and more.">Contributing to our biodiversity projects does not benefit you financially, but it does allow us to carry out crucial actions that support nature during the current biodiversity crisis. It’s a form of philanthropy that anyone can give to the world we all share to make it a better place to live for ourselves and future generations. We have many ways of supporting biodiversity, such as creating beehives, planting melliferous hedges, installing nesting boxes, restoring wetlands, bogs, and riparian forests, rebuilding amphibian and reptilian habitats, and more.