FAQs

About Life Terra

• What is Life Terra?

• Where does Life Terra plant trees?

• What types of trees will be planted? How will the project contribute to biodiversity?

• Will the trees be monitored?

• Who will be taking care of the trees after the planting?

• Do you have any educational resources I can use at school?

• How does Life Terra engage people to take climate action?

• What’s the difference between Partner trees and Life Terra trees?

• Does Life Terra offer carbon credits or carbon offsets?

Tree Plantings

• How does Life Terra protect the trees?

• What does Life Terra do to increase the survival of trees?

• Can an individual contribute to increase the survival rate?

• What is Life Terra going to do if the survival rate is really low?

• How can we know if a tree is dead?

• How does Life Terra calculate the amount of CO2 captured by the planted trees?

Getting involved

• How can I join a tree-planting event?

• What should I bring to a tree-planting event?

• Do you have any volunteer opportunities?

• Are Terra Leaders paid?

• I have land, can you help me restore it?

• I’m interested in collaborating. What can we do together?

• I want my company to get involved. How can we collaborate together?

Adopt a tree

• How can I help by adopting trees?

• Can I gift a tree to somebody else?

• Where will my tree(s) be planted?

• How can I pay for the trees?

• Is my donation tax-deductible?

• Can I name my tree?

• Are there any additional costs after the donation?

• I’m not from Europe. Can I donate from overseas?

• When will I receive my trees?

• If I don’t receive my trees immediately, how do I know when they will be planted?

Tag a tree

• Can I tag any tree?

• How can I tag my trees?

• How can I access my Tree Dashboard?

• Do I need a Life Terra account to tag trees?

• How can I follow my tree(s) growth?

• Can I register the trees I already planted?

• Can I plant/adopt trees and send them as a gift?

• I received a tree as a gift. What should I do?

• How does Life Terra ensure every tree is registered?

Why plant trees?

• Is tree-planting the only solution to fight climate change (CC)?

• We need short-term solutions. Trees take years to remove atmospheric CO2 significantly.

• Is there enough space left in Europe to plan 500 million trees?

• Why plant new trees? Shouldn’t we focus on maintaining existing forests?

• Humans should not interfere by planting trees. Nature will regenerate by itself.

• Why does Life Terra plant climate resilient trees?

• How do we make sure the trees Life Terra is planting are being taken care of?