TIST TIST - The International Small Group Tree Planting Program - is an exceptional example of a reforestation model that really works.
TIST is in its 10th year of successfully encouraging subsistence farmers to plant trees, protect and create biodiversity, and improve livelihoods. TIST has proven that it is a scalable and replicable program that counters deforestation, drought, erosion, and poverty while providing new income from the global carbon market to its member farmers.