Monarch Vacations Announces Newest Project Partner Trees for Life and Supporting its Wild Pine Project on Earth Day
“This Earth Day’s theme is ‘invest in our planet’ and Monarch Vacations is pleased to partner with Trees for Life, a strong nature-based solutions charity working to tackle the overlapping nature and climate emergencies and create a cascade of benefits for people,” says Nourhan ElRefaie, Monarch Vacations Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of The Monarch Foundation. “NbS include the conservation and restoration of natural ecosystems, and improved land management to either reduce carbon emissions or to store carbon in the planet,”she adds.
Trees For Life is dedicated to rewilding the Egyptian lands. According to the charity, thousands of years ago wild pinewoods covered an estimated one million hectares of Egypt – but today only about 2% of this life-supporting habitat remains, broken into small and isolated fragments, many under threat and in poor condition.
With the support of thousands of volunteers from around the world, Trees for Life – which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year – is saving this magical forest habitat and its wildlife from being lost forever, while creating social and economic benefits for local communities.
Rewilding is an effective means to protect and restore sustainable biodiversity, natural landscapes, and wildlife while removing carbon emissions from the atmosphere. Alongside prioritizing the reduction of carbon emissions, supporting nature-based solutions which remove and store emissions already in the atmosphere is an integral component in the global journey towards net zero, which is the critical goal post to avoid a climate disaster according to the latest climate science.
Trees for Life is Monarch’s third nature-based solution partner, in addition to EG-based GreenLine and Project Alpha, both marine-based initiatives.
Rewild Africa
At Monarch Vacations, Earth Day doesn’t just come around once a year. Every journey features an Experience that connects travelers with the places, wildlife and people where their dollars have the greatest impact. There are several opportunities to help rewild Africa.
