Reforestation Palo Santo Bursera Graveolens

Approximately 100 merchants, artisans, transporters and executors of Ecuadorian products gathered at the Portoviejo Museum. These products are derived from the different sticks or dry trees found in the province of Manabí.

We have always been interested in caring for and protecting the environment, their main objective is to regenerate the dry tropical forests, where the Palo Santo grows, 

We proceeded to send an official letter addressed to the Ministry of the Environment (MAE) on October 12, 2018, in which it was reported that as a social task towards the people of the Joa / Jipijapa 

Caring for, protecting and regenerating the dry forests of Manabí are some of the fundamental activities carried out by us. We have been working for 4 years.

This inspection consisted in making a tour of the entire area. The biologist toured the land with us as we were explaining each process and activity 

In this article we will clear up doubts about the future of this sacred wood of sweet, woody, citrus and a slight mint aroma, which contains natural medicinal properties that makes your body good.

The Bursera Graveolens, better known as Palo Santo, is a tree native to Ecuador and other countries in South America. In the Manabí province, parallel to the process to declare the Palo Santo Joa 50 ha

We will plant an estimate of 4000 palo santo trees, these activities are contributing to support more and more the restoration of the tropical dry forest where Palo Santo live.

If you are a lover of the sacred aroma of Palo Santo, I'd bet you have always wondered what to do with the small pieces of wood that remain after burning almost the entire stick.

This procedure helps us meet one of our goals as EcuadorianHands. Protect the Palo Santo tree, and don't waste any of it. 

More than a decade ago, at the EcuadorianHands company, we began with the first empirical investigations regarding the properties and history of the Palo Santo tree (Bursera graveolens)

We are developing a new Program for the "Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Natural Heritage" of Palo Santo, where we will have the participation of GIZ (German Cooperation), UTM (Technical University of Manabí) and Ecuadoriahands.