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An Environmental impact Assessment (EIA) is an assessment of the possible impact—positive or negative—on the environment when a new activity/program is introduced in an area. The assessment considers natural, social and economic aspects.
 
The purpose of the assessment is to ensure that possible environmental impacts are considered before deciding to go ahead with the program or designs the program to avoid possible negative impact.

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We have transported seedlings from the nurseries to each Management Unit.  The seedlings now need 2-4 weeks to acclimatize to the new surroundings before planting.
Total seedlings distributed amount to 454.946
There will be 3871 farmers (and their families) involved in planting them on 784 hectares of land.
   
Gufron, field coordinator of district Kebumen checks soil condition in the acclimatization area.
Musyafa, Field Coordinator of Bulaksari-Cilacap with teak seedlings that are being checked and selected before distribution to farmers.
   

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Representatives from leading UK furniture retailer Barker & Stonehouse

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.
 

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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.
 

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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.

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The Archipelago Fest 2009 - Adopt a Tree Initiative is a partnership fund raising activity of the Manan and Trees4Trees Foundations. The event will be undertaken at Supermal Karawaci, Jakarta, Indonesia from the 30th October to the 1st November 2009.
 

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Old Java produces fabulous handcrafted furniture combining quality and value. The furniture collection is internationally recognized for its simplicity and style.
 
The furniture is skillfully created from teak and mahogany (new and reclaimed) and natural materials including leather, rattan and banana fibre. Sound joinery techniques, traditional carving and hand-finishing of the furniture completes the Old Java ‘look’.
 

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The meeting was held on October 2nd  at Faculty of Forestry  University of Gajah Mada
Agenda of the meeting is:
1) Introducing Trees4Trees
2) Discussion on point of agreement
UGM responded to setup agreement in 2 aspects:
1) Forestry
2) Social
Agreement will be arrange through 2 ways : 1) MoU as umbrella all activities and agreement for each activities
Initially Meeting with Elementary School (SD) of Patemon 2

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The initial seedlings germinated in June, will be planted later this year when they have reached a suitable size for planting. The nurseries are located in the villages of Karangreja, Bojong, and Patemon. These nurseries are situated at three different altitudes on the slopes of Mount Slamet, an active volcano, to provide seedlings adapted to local conditions.
 

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Forest  inventory starting in Cilacap (village Cikedondong) and Pati (Village Bageng)
 
Tree  label used, for wood inventory  tracking.  Jaya Makmur Farmer Group of Kertajaya Village,  identify, collect, measure,  record,  and  mark trees.
 
Suparjo,  Pengging Makmur  farmer group manager  from Cikedondong village, using GPS to map their farmer members’ land plots.  Sumarno  of  Pengging Makmur  farmer group, leader  of Cikedondong village, using  Christen meter to measure tree height.

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Harvesting responsible wood

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.

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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.

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