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The hills of Tanzania where Ecosia operates \u2013 credit, Ecosia, released<\/p>\n The hills of Tanzania where Ecosia operates \u2013 credit, Ecosia, released<\/p>\n
Reaching the milestone just before Earth Day, Ecosia<\/a>, the nonprofit search engine, is celebrating 250 million trees planted worldwide, becoming the world\u2019s largest planter of native trees.<\/p>\n Since its founding in 2009, Ecosia has built the world\u2019s largest network of local reforestation operations, numbering more than 200,000 tree planters and 125 organizations worldwide. Users\u2019 clicks and searches, as well as the ad revenue they generate, translate to revenue which the company uses to organize tree planting.<\/p>\n These partnerships have allowed the tech company to focus on working with local experts to plant 1,600 native tree species, including 144 endangered or vulnerable species making them the leading contributors to threatened-tree conservation. These efforts are helping biodiversity hotspots recover and restoring ecosystems in communities for generations to come.<\/p>\n Founder Christian Kroll\u2014together with Germany\u2019s Federal Minister for the Environment\u2014planted a tree to symbolize the 250 million milestone in front of the German federal parliament, the Reichstag, in Berlin where Ecosia is headquartered.<\/p>\n \u201cAll of our successes have come from this powerful on-the-ground movement, \u201d said Christian Kroll, founder of Ecosia. \u201cFrom one click in 2009 to 250 million trees today, our global community supercharged our climate action.\u201d<\/p>\n GNN has previously reported<\/a> on Ecosia. The search online often targets countries that are the most biodiverse, where tree loss directly corresponds with species loss. This has caused them to launch projects<\/a>\u00a0in Nicaragua and Peru, Burkina Faso and Malawi, and Indonesia and Australia.<\/p>\n In 2018, for example, they created a tree nursery for\u00a0200,000 trees<\/a>\u00a0in Madagascar, to help create a forest corridor leading from an isolated habitat to the ocean. In 2019 they created a\u00a0forest agriculture project<\/a>\u00a0in Borneo, to prevent locals selling the land to oil palm development.<\/p>\n That same year, Ecosia took measures to ensure that it can never be sold and that no one, including the founder, can profit or receive dividends from the company. This means that the business is set up purely to benefit the planet.<\/p>\n Growing trees and forests is a long term game that is more than just planting seedings. Some of Ecosia\u2019s trees get planted because they guarantee future revenue for the community (e.g. fruit and nut trees or trees that boost harvest yields); these provide a strong incentive for the beneficiaries of these products to protect the trees long term. Other reforestation work provides returns on investment for financers. These are the most well funded.<\/p>\n However, not every tree has a straightforward financial return of investment and therefore making a case for long term investment is not clear cut. In fact, much of the deforestation today is the result of trees not being worth much in the eyes of economics.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/tree-planting-mountain-Ecosia-blog-1024x588.jpg\")
\u2013 credit, Ecosia Blog<\/p>\n