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YouCare
A nursery for reforestation in the South-West
BiodiversityNouvelle-Aquitaine
With 5 €,
YouCare finances:
2 tree(s) planted in the nursery
14,965 €17,000 €
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Challenge
As a result of climate disruption and the significant increase in fires in France, many patches of forest have been destroyed. To ensure the sustainability of our forests and terrestrial biodiversity, the YouCare Association has decided to respond to this challenge by creating a network of charitable nurseries.
Together, we're going to create the first YouCare Charitable Nursery. The aim will be to enable everyone, at their own level, to become involved in reforestation in their region.
Solution
With this charitable nursery project, the YouCare Association's aim will be to germinate and propagate over 50,000 tree seedlings per year, to be subsequently reused for reforestation. Depending on the region, more than 20 tree species will be multiplied to avoid any problems associated with monoculture.
Species of bushes and honey plants will also be planted to enable the reintroduction of small mammals and bees.
Recent result
As of today, the YouCare Association is already in possession of a terrain de 2 hectares situated in the South of France (see map below), graciously made available by a partner association, Les 3 Dindes.
Thanks to volunteers on site, clearing work over an area of 500 m2 has already begun.
Thanks to volunteers on site, clearing work over an area of 500 m2 has already begun.
The money will be used for
The donations collected will enable the YouCare Association to continue and finalize the work of clearing the undergrowth, as well as finance the installations and equipment needed to set up the nursery (tunnel greenhouse, water recovery system, etc.).
Goal
The YouCare Association wants to set up the charity nursery in the South-West as a first step, and then create a network of nurseries in several French cities.
22 Rue Aristide Briand, 92300 Levallois-Perret, France
The YouCare Association takes international action to protect animal life and biodiversity!
The YouCare Association is dedicated to protecting the different forms of life on Earth (animal protection and biodiversity). As an association under the French Law of 1901, the YouCare Association takes in abandoned or mistreated animals and has the mission of finding them new homes for life! Its mission is also to reforest parcels of forest that have disappeared.
The association intervenes with its teams directly in the field or in partnership with other associations to provide them with human, logistical and financial support.
The association has also created the search engine YouCare to donate advertising revenues from Internet searches to causes.
Join them to save even more lives!
The association intervenes with its teams directly in the field or in partnership with other associations to provide them with human, logistical and financial support.
The association has also created the search engine YouCare to donate advertising revenues from Internet searches to causes.
Join them to save even more lives!
First results already!
In August 2023, the layout plans for the buildings and greenhouses were finalized. We have also obtained earthworks permission from the town hall for the solar building. We are currently about 30% of the way through the earthworks.
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The large building is an agricultural shed with a solar roof. This building will make it possible to secure the equipment, house the germination chambers, contain the rainwater collection and storage tanks for the greenhouses, and the sanitary facilities and changing rooms for the teams.
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The large building is an agricultural shed with a solar roof. This building will make it possible to secure the equipment, house the germination chambers, contain the rainwater collection and storage tanks for the greenhouses, and the sanitary facilities and changing rooms for the teams.
The wooden buildings shown two by two are the greenhouses. They can be dismantled and are built directly on the ground, without a concrete slab to minimize their impact.
On the left is the cat kingdom. These 4 zones are Algecos (movable buildings) fitted with wooden cladding. Around them, a wire-mesh area will allow the cats to enjoy semi-freedom. These facilities will create a sanctuary for stray cats, to make them safe and limit their negative impact on biodiversity.
Several advances are currently underway!
🌱 Since February 2023, the clearing work has been fully completed.
💪 We have obtained the agricultural status needed to move forward with our future work within the nursery.
🚜 At the beginning of April, our second-hand excavator was delivered. Work on levelling the site could therefore begin.
👨 Once work on the nursery is complete, it will be charitable and therefore open to all. Although most of the people working on the nursery will be volunteers, in early June we welcomed our first employee who is already carrying out work on the nursery, Julien.
We are continuing to work on setting up the nursery so that we can open it as soon as possible!
Here are the results of the clean-up work carried out: the brown color corresponds to the shredded wood chips left on site to make RCW mulch and nourish the soil.YouCare incubator takes shape in the South of France
In 2022, we secured our land to establish our first YouCare nursery in the South of France. Work to clear the undergrowth began last September and October. The association's president returned to the site in December to accelerate the work. Today, more than 2/3 of the site has been cleared.
The next stage? To finish clearing the undergrowth and then start installing the nursery facilities!