Every contribution plants native trees and restores nature for future generations.
💲 $25 per month
🌱 5 native trees planted each month
⚡ Balances ~30% of an average household’s annual footprint (~2 tonnes CO₂ over 50 years)
🌍 Protects ~35 m² of native habitat for 50+ years
🎁 Earn carbon rewards annually (official NZ carbon credits)
💲 $50 per month
🌱 10 native trees planted each month
⚡ Balances ~75% of an average household’s annual footprint (~5 tonnes CO₂ over 50 years)
🌍 Protects ~70 m² of native habitat for 50+ years
🎁 Earn carbon rewards annually (official NZ carbon credits)
💲 $75 per month
🌱 15 native trees planted each month
⚡ Balances ~100% of an average household’s annual footprint (~7 tonnes CO₂ over 50 years)
🌍 Protects ~105 m² of native habitat for 50+ years
🎁 Earn carbon rewards annually (official NZ carbon credits)
💲 $90 per month
🌱 18 native trees planted each month
⚡ Balances ~120% of an average household’s annual footprint (~9 tonnes CO₂ over 50 years)
🌍 Protects ~125 m² of native habitat for 50+ years
🎁 Earn carbon rewards annually (official NZ carbon credits)
We’ve built the only end-to-end native forest program in NZ that delivers carbon rewards, transparency, and scale - for funders & landowners.
Not donations. Your funding earns verified carbon credits you can use, hold, or retire - a benefit unique to native forest projects with us.
We plant, restore, and manage every forest block ourselves. By not outsourcing, we keep costs down and quality high - delivering competitive pricing and long-term care.
Every dollar is tied to a specific project. We track, monitor, and report for the full life of the forest - not just at planting.
Our model funds landowners too, making native restoration financially viable. This isn’t one-sided - it’s a system designed to scale.
60% of the cost goes directly into tree planting, focusing on the core mission of regenerating native forests.
20% is allocated to biodiversity support, ensuring the long-term health and sustainability of the ecosystem.
20% represents My Native Forest's profit, which helps fund operational activities and ensures the continuity of our organisation.
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We design our plans to show both the carbon rewards you receive and the true long-term impact of native forests.
1) Carbon rewards (what you receive):
For every tree funded, you earn a 50 kg CO₂ “carbon reward” over the project life. These rewards are issued as verified NZ carbon credits, based on conservative accounting to make sure you always get what’s promised.
2) True forest impact (what the forest delivers):
In reality, a native tree stores far more - typically 120–400 kg CO₂ over its lifetime (Tāne’s Tree Trust data). That’s why we also show the larger climate benefit your forest is creating, beyond the credits you hold.
3) Habitat area (what’s restored):
Native revegetation projects in NZ are planted at ~1,000–5,000 stems per hectare, depending on the site. That means each tree restores around 2–10 m² of habitat. Your plan shows the estimated area of forest your monthly contribution protects for 50+ years.
In short - You receive verified carbon rewards you can use, sell or hold, while the forest you’ve funded delivers far greater long-term climate and biodiversity benefits - and creates protected habitat that lasts for generations.
Hectares of native forest under management
Native trees funded
Hectares of land ready to restore
Our articles can support you in learning about climate investment, carbon management and other related topics.
Calculate how many trees your would need to fund based on your net zero target.
Calculate how much carbon your trees could return based on your funding level and time.
Yes. You’ll see your trees’ location, quarterly project updates and carbon rewards as credits in your account.
All carbon credits earned from your trees will be verified native forest New Zealand Units (NZUs) that are registered in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) under the Permanent Post 1989 (PP89) classification. If you choose to fund an entire forest project, we can provide options on voluntary carbon schemes.
We hold insurance for forest replacement, but ultimately, if in the worst case scenario the trees do not survive, you will not earn carbon credits as they will not exist. We have strict parameters when choosing partners to plant with based on the location, past planting success and the forest management plan/capabilities.
No, currently we can only work with whole units as the registry (NZETR) your carbon is held on does not account for fractional carbon units.
No, our trees are registered in the NZ ETS, this is our country's only carbon scheme. You only earn carbon credits from the trees once they are planted in our projects which happens during Winter/Spring each year.
Tree planting happens between August and October each year. When they are planted, you will be able to trace them to the project and follow them through project updates.
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