Planting
Staking, pit digging, planting fertilization, seedling transport and planting according to the plan approved by the environmental agency, with georeferenced records of each pit.
Run as a campaign, timed to the region's rainy season.
Service
Planting is only the start. Continuous monitoring is what makes forest restoration work
Planting, maintenance and monitoring, with technical reports filed with the licensing agency.
From planting to acceptance of the licence condition
The obligation taken on during licensing does not end when the seedlings are in the ground. The environmental agency assesses the area by survival and growth rates measured over the period set in the Commitment Agreement. AD delivers planting, maintenance and monitoring under a single contract, with a technical manager and ART registration at each stage.
The three stages
Maintenance
Ring weeding, control of competing grasses, top-dressing fertilization, leaf-cutter ant control and replanting of recorded failures.
Periodic cycles over the first years, following the project schedule.
Monitoring and reports to the agency
Survey of survival, height and collar diameter, photographic records at fixed points, and a technical report filed with the licensing agency with the technical manager's ART.
Frequency defined in the licence condition, usually every six or twelve months.
When this service is mandatory
- Forest compensation tied to a Vegetation Suppression Authorization (ASV).
- Operating Licence conditions requiring area recovery or enrichment.
- Degraded Area Recovery Plan (PRAD) required by the licensing agency.
- Commitment Agreement signed with the environmental agency or the Public Prosecutor's Office.