Planta!
Preserving the pillars of life on Earth
In 2019 Planta!
- Provided conservation education to 4.525 people
- Training to 332 conservation practitioners
- Ran conservation projects that benefited directly the populations of 43 threatened plant species
- A total of 35.738 seedlings of threatened species were planted
Latest news
And we continue planting jíjiras: a hope with thornes
by Duniel Barrios
In the past, the jíjira (Leptocereus wrightii) was common in Cojímar and El Vedado in Havana. Then it was thought Extinct, displaced by livestock and urbanization. Today is the only Cuban cactus that could truly claim the name “El Habanero”.
The life of the “guano palm”
by José Angel García-Beltrán
Named after Dr. Atila Borhidi, a Hungarian botanist who devoted many years to the study of the Cuban flora, Coccothrinax borhidiana needs our help to secure its survival.
Cuban magnolias in Taino territory
by Arlet Rodríguez Meno
From Baracoa, the oldest city of Cuba, Arlet narrates on her trip to nurseries growing Magnolia minor, an endemic and threatened Cuban tree.