As an ethical & socially responsible business, we are proud to announce our new Corporate Social Responsibility program in partnership with FNPF for you to help in our tree planting commitment through your decking and flooring orders!
The Friends of the National Parks Foundation (FNPF) has been working in Kalimantan, Borneo since 1997. In 2021 we successfully started to work with the FNPF (Friends of the National Parks Foundation) to replant 50 ironwood trees, known as Eusideroxylon zwageri, as a first trial.
Now here is the big news! Starting January 1st, 2022 we take our engagement even further by promising you to replant 50 Ulin trees for every 950 sqm of fully processed decking and/or flooring purchased at Kaltimber.
Friends of the National Park Foundation’s (FNPF) runs habitat restoration projects in Kalimantan’s Tanjung Puting National Park, the largest national park in southeast Asia, and in Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve.
Prior to the national park’s extension in 1984, Pesalat was an area of traditional slash and burn farming. When FNPF project began, the area was severely degraded – completely cleared of trees and overrun by imperata grass. Despite being surrounded by secondary forest, natural forest regeneration was unable to occur because of the imperata grass, an aggressive weed that overpowers any tree seedlings and prevents them from growing. The area is mostly flat and includes both peat swamp and dry land.
Since 2000, their focus has primarily been on reforestation in the dry areas, which were once dominated by Ironwood trees. They have planted over 50 hectares, initially planting 400 saplings per HA, and then planting additional saplings almost every day in order to increase the density and diversity of the trees, and to replace any dead saplings with new ones.
This commitment from Kaltimber is your chance to do good for the planet. Not only by purchasing FSC Recycled Certified wood, but also to help in replanting a very rare tree species
