Donate a native plant
and support our beaches reforestation
Día: Saturday, September 7, 2024
Lugar: Guayanés Beach, Yabucoa
Hora: 8:00AM
FREE EVENT! There will be planting workshops, educational tours, music and excess of munchies.
Record each person in your corridor individually.
How to be part of this effort?
Choose one of these options to donate:
Boricua
Box
With a donation of $40.00
or more, we will plant a tree with a wooden plaque with your name on it and you will receive a box of products made in Puerto Rico by mail.
Adopt a
seedling
With a donation of $20.00
or more, you contribute to the planting of a seedling on the beach, stream and school of Guayanés.
Donate and
support us!
With a donation of $10.00 or more, you support reforestation and beach cleanup in Puerto Rico.
Our commitment:
We know Filler monchosos love going to the beach. But if we enjoy it, we also have to protect it. That's why we created an alliance with C.R.E.S., and Clearwaters, two Puerto Rican youth organizations dedicated to restoring our natural environment.
Results 2023
Last year, we reforested and cleaned the Guayanés beach in Yabucoa together with the Guayanés al Rescate community.
+300 volunteers
+600 trees planted
+950 pounds of garbage collected
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This 2024, we want to surpass these results!
Our goal is to plant larger trees to ensure greater survival of the species. We will distribute the trees between Playa Guayanés, Caño Santiago and the María de Hostos School.
What will we plant?
Native
Trees
Cayur
(Annona glabra)
Essential tree of this ecosystem that forms forests, bears fruit and harbors native fauna.
Mangroves
Mangle Rojo
(Rhizhophora mangle)
It has reddish roots that protrude from its trunk and grows towards the sea.
Flowers and fruit trees
Uva Playera (Coccoloba
uvifera)
Native plant to our beaches that contributes to the formation of dunes.
Native
Shrubs
Icaco (Chrysobalanus icaco)
It is a shrub that grows mostly on the coasts and produces edible fruits.
Make your Donation
Join us in this effort to restore our beaches along with our supporters. Your donation will help us plant trees, engage communities and protect marine life - every contribution counts!
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One time
Monthly
Amount
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Santurcino Reef
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Our Santurcan Ecosystems
Since 2014, we have worked collaboratively documenting habitats, counting species, determining potential problems they suffer and using restoration, maintenance and conservation methods in the Santurce Ecosystems ecotone including: coral reefs, sea grasses, lagoons, bays, mangroves, dunes and coastal forests. Link to a holistic network of urban ecosystem restoration along with the common unit.
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CRESpr.org
An entire Community in favor of the Restoration of Santurce's Ecosystems.
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What do we do?
Dune system documentation
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Monitoring of dune formation, and before and after atmospheric events.
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Analysis of nesting and hatching data of the Tinglar (Dermochelys coriacea) on the urban coast.
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Marine and coastal photographic documentation
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Documentation of damage to structures
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Listening and informing the community
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Recruited and trained community volunteers to learn about the process
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Analysis of sand and data collected
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Coordinate efforts to develop ecosystem restoration and threat abatement plans with collaborating organizations and the community.
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Species Documentation and
Coastal Reforestation
Planting native coastal species to increase vegetation and thus reduce the effects of erosion and water warming. Vegetation influences many other positive aspects such as providing shade, purifying the air and serving as regulating filters for the groundwater cycle, thanks to their long roots, they also help to hold the sand on the beaches avoiding drastic changes in the coasts by stabilizing the sediment.
Let's join hands on Earth!
JOIN the team of ¨Ecosystem Restorers¨ in the planting tasks at the BUCARÉ URBAN GARDEN (B.U.G) Community Garden and Nursery, in Punta las Marías.
We receive volunteer hands from Tuesday to Friday from 10am to 1pm.
Reproducing native species to restore ecosystems, call us at
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Promoting the Conservation of Coastal Species through Reforestation
As coastal neighbors, marine and social science professionals, with experience managing endangered species in Ocean Park and County (2016- 2019), we analyzed scientific documentation, regarding:
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Shoreline Cleanups
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Number of nestings and hatchings per year
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Percentage of survival
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Causes of disorientation
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Threats to the species
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Protection of dunes and vegetation to keep the beach healthy
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Orientation to general public on light pollution and its effect on tinglins
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Benefit analysis of sand dunes for nesting sea turtles
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Our Community Restoration Actions Help Conserve Tinglar Nesting and Hatching Habitat
If you are interested in knowing and learning more about our ecosystems, write to us at CRESpuertorico@gmail.com to get in touch with you and take you to re-discover them.