Representatives from leading UK furniture retailer Barker & Stonehouse and the wholesale distributor BakerBedford visited the Trees4Trees program in Central Java to learn more about the program and spend time with some of the program's participating growers.
Empowering local individuals and communities to sustainably manage their planted forests and obtain benefit from the commercial use of these resources is a primary goal of the Trees4Trees™ program.
Ms. Yustina Ambarini Murdiningrum, a PhD candidate at the Charles Sturt University's Institute for Land, Water and Society, will study the Trees4Trees Foundation and it's program activities as a component of her academic research in relation to community-based forest management in Indonesia.
Ms. Murdiningrum will be based in Albury, Australia, and will spend time in Central Java with the Trees4TreesTM team to undertake components of her field research and interviews. Dr Digby Race will supervise Ms. Murdiningrum's research.
In preparation for the 2009 planting activities, which will see 470,000 seedlings distributed to 3,871 farmers in early December, the Trees4TreesTM staff developed seedling distribution plans and delivered training on tree planting and establishment with the Trees4TreesTM Area Managers & Field Coordinators. Training was delivered to new field coordinators (9 Field Coordinators and 2 Area Managers) in Banyumas for forest management units in Kebumen and Cilacap.
Mr.Taufik, the trainer, explains planting preparation activities to the Trees4Trees Field Coordinators.
