About Us

We’re a forward-thinking forestry company with a triple bottom line approach.

We started Planting Empowerment in 2006 to create investment opportunities in sustainable forestry that would also produce social and environmental benefits for local communities and the rainforest in Panama.

After finishing our Peace Corps service in Panama, we began developing the idea of a sustainable forestry model with some of the local residents in our villages who would eventually become our community forestry partners. The model is designed to relieve pressure on primary rainforest by reducing the need to deforest. Read more about our story.

Together with our advisory board, the Planting Empowerment management team is committed to sustainable operations and using a mixed species planting model. We are also incorporating initiatives such as biochar and agroforestry to enable us to generate more consistent revenues from our forests while promoting biodiversity.