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Activity

Supervising of the last seedling of the 2008 planting period

Seed distribution 227.296 plc, 6 species.

Acclimatization areas for seedlings prepared in each management unit.

Acclimatization areas for seedlings prepared in each management unit.

Trees4TreesTM (Yayasan Bumi Hijau Lestari) joint in the National Movement for Plantation Action. The action kicked off in Banyumas District (Management Unit Banyumas) on 28 November 2008.

Review meeting of planning activities in Boyolali, Magelang, Temanggung.

Review meeting of planning activities in Boyolali, Magelang, Temanggung.

Joint meeting with Area Managers.

Training in silviculture for Field Coordinators. Focus was on Management and maintenance of seedlings during the critical first 3 months after planting. Field Coordinators will replicate the program for farmer in connection with planting the seedlings on their local.

Inspecting trees at the nursery before distribution trees to Management Units.

Review of planning activities in Semarang, Pati, Jepara, Brebes, Banyumas, Purbalingga, Cilacap

Monitoring the accuracy of our mapping data and the suitability of the wood species chosen by farmers Follow-up training of field coordinators.

Monitoring the accuracy of our mapping data and the suitability of the wood species chosen by farmers Follow-up training of field coordinators. Review of planning activities in Sragen, Klaten, Tegal. We undertake these meeting to identity short comings in the way each Management Unit has carried out socialization, data collection, mapping and to take corrective steps before the actual planting takes place.

In the 13 management areas, the program was introduced to villagers who took part in planning species to be planted and identified areas to plant.

In the 13 management areas, the program was introduced to villagers who took part in planning species to be planted and identified areas to plant. The plots of land for be planted are usually deforested or land too dry to grow rice or other food crops. The areas were mapped.


The labels say that albazzia, teak and mango will be planted in these fields when the raining season starts.

Seedlings for planting 2008 were checked at the nursery.

Seedlings for planting 2008 were checked at the nursery. The species shown here are : Albazzia, Mahogany (top row left to right), Teak (center row), Mindi, Mango (bottom row).

Cooperation agreements with agricultural schools in Purbalingga, Banyumas, Cilacap, Tegal and Brebes.

Our management system now covers a significant part of Central Java.

Our management system now covers a significant part of Central Java.

The monitoring system is tested on the first plantings by the Bawen Management Unit. Results show that 81% of the seedling from 2007 survived. A yellow label mark plot of land. Each plot of land has a number of trees each with red label.


Trees-4-Trees? started cooperating with the Geographic of Institute Faculty of Social Sciences, state University Semarang (UNNES) in a project called Mapping Community Forests in Java A yellow label mark plot of land.

Taking it Full Circle

Trees4Trees™ has been planting trees in Central Java communities since 2007. One of the big benefits of community forestry is that in addition to added tree cover it provides an income for those communities when the trees are harvested. Some of the fast growing species planted by Trees4Trees are already coming to harvest-able maturity.

Watershed Improvement Programs

Maintenance in the upstream river area is important to ongoing healthy water supply

Water is the essence of life and to provide a healthy living environment for local communities, the water supply must be clean and protected.