{"id":75882,"date":"2026-01-19T16:21:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/treesforall.nl\/50-hectare-grasland-omgevormd-naar-bos\/"},"modified":"2026-02-09T17:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T16:09:35","slug":"50-hectares-of-grassland-transformed-into-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/treesforall.nl\/en\/50-hectares-of-grassland-transformed-into-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"How the impossible came true: 50 hectares of grassland transformed into forest on Sulawesi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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On Sulawesi (Indonesia) there are vast areas of grassland where tropical forests once grew. They are now covered mainly by choking grasses whose prolific growth prevents the formation of new forests. So we\u2019ve been working since 2022 with the Masarang Foundation on transforming these grasslands into forest. \u2018An impossible task\u2019, thought the local residents when we started out. But nothing was further from the truth. Thanks to our donors\u2019 support, we\u2019ve managed to transform around 70 football pitches of grassland into forest in the space of 3 years!<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Dozens of hectares of grassland…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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…have made way for forest in a few years\u2019 time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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