{"id":7909,"date":"2026-08-13T19:40:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T17:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/?p=7909"},"modified":"2026-09-03T20:27:22","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T18:27:22","slug":"trees-for-kalassa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/en\/current-news\/2026\/08\/13\/trees-for-kalassa\/","title":{"rendered":"Trees for Kalassa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For several months, young ca\u00efcedrat trees (<em>Khaya senegalensis<\/em>) have been cultivated on the grounds of the CAAS agricultural center. On August 12, the time had come: 84 of the young trees were planted in Kalassa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Transport.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Transport.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Transport-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Transport-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The young trees were transported by motorized tricycle from the agricultural center to the school grounds in Kalassa. The young women of CAAS\u2019s tenth vocational training course were already waiting there. Scouts and employees of the forestry service also joined in the tree-planting campaign..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Baum1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Baum1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Baum1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Baum1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br>August is observed as Environment Month in Mali. The Prefect of the newly established Cercle of Siby also took part in the event and, together with the Mayor of Siby, planted the first tree. The planting then continued with everyone working together. The CAAS trainees participated with great enthusiasm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Azubis_Kurs10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Azubis_Kurs10.jpg 900w, https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Azubis_Kurs10-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Azubis_Kurs10-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the time being, all the trees were planted outside the school grounds. Planting in the schoolyard itself will continue once the current construction work has been completed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ca\u00efcedrat (<em>Khaya senegalensis<\/em>), also known as African mahogany or Senegal mahogany, is native to West Africa and well adapted to the local climate. These hardy trees can withstand periods of drought and, over time, develop large, dense crowns, making them particularly valuable as shade trees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Baumpflanzaktion_JungeBaeume.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Baumpflanzaktion_JungeBaeume.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Baumpflanzaktion_JungeBaeume-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Baumpflanzaktion_JungeBaeume-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The campaign brings together several areas of CAAS\u2019s work: the trees are cultivated at its own agricultural center, the trainees participate in planting them, and in the long term, they will help make Kalassa greener and provide more shade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For several months, young ca\u00efcedrat trees (Khaya senegalensis) have been cultivated on the grounds of the CAAS agricultural center. On August 12, the time had &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Trees for Kalassa\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/en\/current-news\/2026\/08\/13\/trees-for-kalassa\/#more-7909\" aria-label=\"Read more about Trees for Kalassa\">weiterlesen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7899,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[129],"tags":[132,141,133],"class_list":["post-7909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-news","tag-kalassa-en","tag-tree-planting-campaign","tag-village-development","masonry-post","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7909"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7913,"href":"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7909\/revisions\/7913"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caas-mali.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}