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
Aguacate cimarrón: back to its natural habitat
by Edgardo Díaz
Fourteen new individuals of aguacate cimarrón are growing in Guajimico, nearby a popular touristic trail. This huge native cactus could start recovering alongside the industry that occupied part of its natural habitat.
A landscape with silver blue highlights
by Edgardo Díaz
Edgardo travels to a savannah in Central Cuba where a Planta!‘s volunteer studies a population of Coccothrinax spirituana, the endemic blueish palm of this region.
New royal oaks in the “Pan de Matanzas”
by José Angel García-Beltrán
After planting 75 new royal oaks at Pan de Matanzas, this native species that came close to extinction, secures its future in the Island.