Mere Plantations are a UK based company with over 15 years experience in reafforestation of degraded forest land.
Who We Are
Mere Plantations grow mainly Teak (Tectona Grandis) due to the resilience of the tree, and the high value of the associated timber.
For the sake of good husbandry and essential biodiversity, Mere intersperse stands with native hardwoods.
Mere grow timber for its own business, as well as contract grow for companies and institutions.
It is said we are the first generation to understand the damage we are causing to the planet. It is said we are the last generation that can do anything about it.
We either take responsibility for our actions, or we leave it to others.
Trees are the lungs of our planet, acting as filters of the atmosphere by taking in harmful pollutants such as carbon monoxide, locking them away in the body of the tree, and releasing oxygen.
LATEST NEWS
Myerscough staff return to Ghana to train tractor drivers & chainsaw operators
Myerscough staff have been in Ghana to train locals in a range of land-based skills including tractor and chainsaw operation. James Willoughby and Steve Slater from Myerscough’s main Preston campus, along with Steve Williams, workbased arboriculture tutor, have...
Sep 26, 2024
Howden launches first-of-its-kind Warranty & Indemnity policy for the sale of Mere Plantations Carbon Credits
Howden, the global insurance intermediary group, today announces the placement of the first Carbon Credits Warranty and Indemnity (W&I) insurance policy. The W&I policy provided insurance cover on the sale of carbon credits for the reafforestation project of...
Jun 27, 2024
Africa’s forestry sector seeks to overcome growing pains
Forestry is not an industry that tends to move quickly. Trees need years to grow, even in tropical climates. But there are clear trends supporting the worldwide growth of commercial forestry. One factor is the rising consumer demand for timber products. Wood is...
Jun 10, 2024
High-integrity offsets key to restoring confidence in voluntary carbon market
March 4 - The idea that companies can offset their emissions by purchasing credits from schemes that remove carbon from the atmosphere, or avoid emissions in the first place, has never been universally welcomed. Critics fear that carbon credits merely serve as a...
Apr 29, 2024
Arbor Day UK celebrates vital global industry
The annual event a huge celebration of the outdoor environment, those that work with trees (arborists), and recognition of a hugely important global industry. Related story: Final planting of trees marks completion of Myerscough’s King’s Drive The day featured a...
Feb 15, 2024
FIRE PREVENTION 2024
The Fire Prevention and Wildfire Plan for Mere Plantations in the Afram Headwaters Forest Reserve this dry season has been discussed and agreed with personnel of Ghana’s National Fire Service (GNFS) and Ghana Forestry Commission (GFC). Mere have engaged with GNFS...
Feb 15, 2024
Carbon Credit Certification
Mere Plantations Limited (“Mere”) are proud to have achieved full certification of its plantation sites, under the Cercarbono Certified Carbon Standard. Mere’s carbon offering is one of the single biggest tropical hardwood reforestation projects globally, achieved...
Feb 15, 2024
UKGCC celebrates resilience and tenacity of member businesses at end of year gala dinner and awards 2023
The UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce (UKGCC), a member-based trade association that promotes trade between Ghana and the United Kingdom, has celebrated its member companies in grand style at its 2nd End of Year Gala Dinner and Awards to celebrate the resilience and...
Nov 20, 2023
Rose Road Association Charity Swim returns to the Southampton International Boat Show
Following the hugely successful inaugural event in 2022 we are delighted to see the return of the Rose Road Association mass swim event at this year’s Southampton International Boat Show (Sunday 17 September). The event offers a rare opportunity to swim around one...
Sep 30, 2023
Myerscough staff head to Ghana to train tractor drivers & chainsaw operators
Myerscough staff have been in Ghana to train locals in land-based skills including chainsaw operation and tractor driving. James Willoughby and Steve Slater from Myerscough’s main Preston campus, along with Steve Williams, arboriculture tutor from our Cumbria...
Aug 30, 2023
WORK DIARY OF PATROL TEAM LEADER – SALISU (12 – 16 MAY 2020)
My name is Salisu Fuseini. I have been working for Mere Plantations for a little over 8 years now. My job is Patrol Team Leader. I love going to work, every day is different. We have our basic functions that need to be performed each day but there is always...
Aug 9, 2022
Mandatory Reporting of Climate Change Risks by Large Companies and Asset Holders. By Michael Rawlinson QC
The Treasury has announced that large organisations and those financial organisations which have holdings within them are likely to be required to report the risks which they directly or (via their holdings) indirectly face at the hands of climate...
Nov 26, 2020
CARBON OFFSETTING IN AVIATION: THE SIZE OF THE TASK
CARBON OFFSETTING IN AVIATION: THE SIZE OF THE TASK Introduction I have recently blogged on the ability and, indeed, the necessity of the aviation industry to engage in carbon offsetting in order to try to reach carbon nett neutrality by 2050. I will assume...
Oct 29, 2020
WORK DIARY OF LADY TRACTOR OPERATOR – ATU, JOSEPHINE OYINTEKO (20TH – 25TH JULY 2020)
Name: Atu Josephine Oyinteko Age: 25 years Place of Birth: Kyebi/ Eastern Region. Education: SHS – completed 2013 Marital Status: Single. MONDAY 20TH JULY 2020 Performed the daily vehicle checks by checking engine and hydraulic oil levels, water, tyres, fluids,...
Aug 3, 2020
A week in the life of Mike – Plant Fitter/Mechanic for Mere Plantations
Hi, my name is Michael Amponsah. I am 30 years old, I come from Mallam, a district of Accra, the capital city of Ghana. I now live in Abofour, a small town on the edge of the Afram Headwaters Forest Reserve. I went to school in Accra at the New Life School. That...
Aug 3, 2020
UK CARBON TRADING SYSTEM & THE CHANGING ROLE OF CARBON OFFSETTING
Introduction We should draw a clear distinction at the outset between two separate, albeit related, concepts. As I set out in my last series of blogs, one method of ensuring that a nation’s carbon emissions reduce over time is by constructing a ‘cap...
Jul 13, 2020
(3/3) THE PERSONAL IS GLOBAL: A whistle-stop tour of climate change finance and how it affects us all whether we like it or not….
Let us now return to our main narrative. Kyoto set emissions targets until 2020 but long before that it became clear that even the systems set up under Kyoto would be insufficient to bring about the required level of carbon change. Zahar analyses (convincingly to...
Jun 15, 2020
(2/3) THE PERSONAL IS GLOBAL: A whistle-stop tour of climate change finance and how it affects us all whether we like it or not….
There were several problems with Rio. First, it set no binding targets; second, it left the provision of funding ad hoc; third it did not really consider how private capital should be utilised for carbon mitigation and fourth, it left the majority of the world...
Jun 15, 2020
(1/3) THE PERSONAL IS GLOBAL: A whistle-stop tour of climate change finance and how it affects us all whether we like it or not….
In this series of three linked initial blogs, I want to show you that however large the global figures for the production of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) generally and CO2 particularly may seem, climate change is a problem which can be broken down into manageable chunks,...
Jun 15, 2020
Mere Plantations: New member to the TTF
Mere Plantations, a UK company, established in January 2007 to reforest 10,000 Acres of UNFCCC classified degraded forest land within the Afram Headwaters Forest Reserve in Ghana, are the latest member to the UK Timber Trade Federation. Mere are one of largest...
Jun 15, 2020
My week as a Plantation Manager.
My week as a Plantation Manager. Thomas Agyekum, everyone calls me Agyekum. I am 53 years old and have been a professional forester all my adult life. The forest is where I feel most at home. I have 4 children who all live with me in Abofour. Originally, I...
Jun 15, 2020
Greetings from Mere Plantations Afram Headwaters site. Located in the Offinso District of Ghana.
My name is Salisu Fuseini. I have been working for Mere Plantations for a little over 8 years now. My job is Patrol Team Leader. I love going to work, every day is different. We have our basic functions that need to be performed each day but there is always...
Jun 10, 2020
Myerscough staff return to Ghana to train tractor drivers & chainsaw operators
Myerscough staff have been in Ghana to train locals in a range of land-based skills including tractor and chainsaw operation. James Willoughby and Steve Slater from Myerscough’s main Preston campus, along with Steve Williams, workbased arboriculture tutor, have...
Sep 26, 2024
Howden launches first-of-its-kind Warranty & Indemnity policy for the sale of Mere Plantations Carbon Credits
Howden, the global insurance intermediary group, today announces the placement of the first Carbon Credits Warranty and Indemnity (W&I) insurance policy. The W&I policy provided insurance cover on the sale of carbon credits for the reafforestation project of...
Jun 27, 2024
Africa’s forestry sector seeks to overcome growing pains
Forestry is not an industry that tends to move quickly. Trees need years to grow, even in tropical climates. But there are clear trends supporting the worldwide growth of commercial forestry. One factor is the rising consumer demand for timber products. Wood is...
Jun 10, 2024
High-integrity offsets key to restoring confidence in voluntary carbon market
March 4 - The idea that companies can offset their emissions by purchasing credits from schemes that remove carbon from the atmosphere, or avoid emissions in the first place, has never been universally welcomed. Critics fear that carbon credits merely serve as a...
Apr 29, 2024
Arbor Day UK celebrates vital global industry
The annual event a huge celebration of the outdoor environment, those that work with trees (arborists), and recognition of a hugely important global industry. Related story: Final planting of trees marks completion of Myerscough’s King’s Drive The day featured a...
Feb 15, 2024
FIRE PREVENTION 2024
The Fire Prevention and Wildfire Plan for Mere Plantations in the Afram Headwaters Forest Reserve this dry season has been discussed and agreed with personnel of Ghana’s National Fire Service (GNFS) and Ghana Forestry Commission (GFC). Mere have engaged with GNFS...
Feb 15, 2024
Carbon Credit Certification
Mere Plantations Limited (“Mere”) are proud to have achieved full certification of its plantation sites, under the Cercarbono Certified Carbon Standard. Mere’s carbon offering is one of the single biggest tropical hardwood reforestation projects globally, achieved...
Feb 15, 2024
UKGCC celebrates resilience and tenacity of member businesses at end of year gala dinner and awards 2023
The UK-Ghana Chamber of Commerce (UKGCC), a member-based trade association that promotes trade between Ghana and the United Kingdom, has celebrated its member companies in grand style at its 2nd End of Year Gala Dinner and Awards to celebrate the resilience and...
Nov 20, 2023
Rose Road Association Charity Swim returns to the Southampton International Boat Show
Following the hugely successful inaugural event in 2022 we are delighted to see the return of the Rose Road Association mass swim event at this year’s Southampton International Boat Show (Sunday 17 September). The event offers a rare opportunity to swim around one...
Sep 30, 2023
Myerscough staff head to Ghana to train tractor drivers & chainsaw operators
Myerscough staff have been in Ghana to train locals in land-based skills including chainsaw operation and tractor driving. James Willoughby and Steve Slater from Myerscough’s main Preston campus, along with Steve Williams, arboriculture tutor from our Cumbria...
Aug 30, 2023
WORK DIARY OF PATROL TEAM LEADER – SALISU (12 – 16 MAY 2020)
My name is Salisu Fuseini. I have been working for Mere Plantations for a little over 8 years now. My job is Patrol Team Leader. I love going to work, every day is different. We have our basic functions that need to be performed each day but there is always...
Aug 9, 2022
Mandatory Reporting of Climate Change Risks by Large Companies and Asset Holders. By Michael Rawlinson QC
The Treasury has announced that large organisations and those financial organisations which have holdings within them are likely to be required to report the risks which they directly or (via their holdings) indirectly face at the hands of climate...
Nov 26, 2020
CARBON OFFSETTING IN AVIATION: THE SIZE OF THE TASK
CARBON OFFSETTING IN AVIATION: THE SIZE OF THE TASK Introduction I have recently blogged on the ability and, indeed, the necessity of the aviation industry to engage in carbon offsetting in order to try to reach carbon nett neutrality by 2050. I will assume...
Oct 29, 2020
WORK DIARY OF LADY TRACTOR OPERATOR – ATU, JOSEPHINE OYINTEKO (20TH – 25TH JULY 2020)
Name: Atu Josephine Oyinteko Age: 25 years Place of Birth: Kyebi/ Eastern Region. Education: SHS – completed 2013 Marital Status: Single. MONDAY 20TH JULY 2020 Performed the daily vehicle checks by checking engine and hydraulic oil levels, water, tyres, fluids,...
Aug 3, 2020
A week in the life of Mike – Plant Fitter/Mechanic for Mere Plantations
Hi, my name is Michael Amponsah. I am 30 years old, I come from Mallam, a district of Accra, the capital city of Ghana. I now live in Abofour, a small town on the edge of the Afram Headwaters Forest Reserve. I went to school in Accra at the New Life School. That...
Aug 3, 2020
UK CARBON TRADING SYSTEM & THE CHANGING ROLE OF CARBON OFFSETTING
Introduction We should draw a clear distinction at the outset between two separate, albeit related, concepts. As I set out in my last series of blogs, one method of ensuring that a nation’s carbon emissions reduce over time is by constructing a ‘cap...
Jul 13, 2020
(3/3) THE PERSONAL IS GLOBAL: A whistle-stop tour of climate change finance and how it affects us all whether we like it or not….
Let us now return to our main narrative. Kyoto set emissions targets until 2020 but long before that it became clear that even the systems set up under Kyoto would be insufficient to bring about the required level of carbon change. Zahar analyses (convincingly to...
Jun 15, 2020
(2/3) THE PERSONAL IS GLOBAL: A whistle-stop tour of climate change finance and how it affects us all whether we like it or not….
There were several problems with Rio. First, it set no binding targets; second, it left the provision of funding ad hoc; third it did not really consider how private capital should be utilised for carbon mitigation and fourth, it left the majority of the world...
Jun 15, 2020
(1/3) THE PERSONAL IS GLOBAL: A whistle-stop tour of climate change finance and how it affects us all whether we like it or not….
In this series of three linked initial blogs, I want to show you that however large the global figures for the production of Greenhouse Gases (GHG) generally and CO2 particularly may seem, climate change is a problem which can be broken down into manageable chunks,...
Jun 15, 2020
Mere Plantations: New member to the TTF
Mere Plantations, a UK company, established in January 2007 to reforest 10,000 Acres of UNFCCC classified degraded forest land within the Afram Headwaters Forest Reserve in Ghana, are the latest member to the UK Timber Trade Federation. Mere are one of largest...
Jun 15, 2020
My week as a Plantation Manager.
My week as a Plantation Manager. Thomas Agyekum, everyone calls me Agyekum. I am 53 years old and have been a professional forester all my adult life. The forest is where I feel most at home. I have 4 children who all live with me in Abofour. Originally, I...
Jun 15, 2020
Greetings from Mere Plantations Afram Headwaters site. Located in the Offinso District of Ghana.
My name is Salisu Fuseini. I have been working for Mere Plantations for a little over 8 years now. My job is Patrol Team Leader. I love going to work, every day is different. We have our basic functions that need to be performed each day but there is always...
Jun 10, 2020