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

To maintain the sustainability of trees in community forests, after timber harvesting in the district of Gunung Wungkal, replanting will be done with the same species of trees that have been harvested.

2012 Planting Plan
In 2012, Trees4Trees plans to plant trees as much as 185,000 plc in 8 districts. The districts are Cilacap, Kebumen, Purbalingga, Pati, Jepara, Magelang, Tegal and Klaten. Various preparations are implemented such as socialization, data collection of plots and data collection of farmers who participate in the planting program.

Socialization for the purpose of informing community about Trees4Trees program.

You might wonder how Trees4Trees™ gets all those farmers involved in planting trees, not to mention training them and recording the planted trees? It's only possible with the assistance of people like Badrun Mukhsinin and his 74 fellow Field Coordinators.

At the end of 2011, December, Trees4Trees performs activities in Central Java and East Java. The activities consist of:

• Trees4Trees participation in social event, together with SMKN 1 Kalibagor, entitled 'SMK   Care' in Banyumas (17-18 December 2011)
• Continued activity of research on supply and demand of national timber in East Java, (20-23 December 2011)
• Coordination of 2011 Planting Period (24-29 December 2011)

Successful forest management requires the full cooperation of the communities who are affected by these activities. Gaining this trust and cooperation requires a deep understanding of the area and its inhabitants. The people side of this exercise is called Social Impact Assessment (SIA) and considers a community’s culture and economy.

Community forestry was introduced to villagers in Klumpit village, Pati district, and in Kalikidang, Banyumas district. A Forestry Management Unit , the basic management unit of a certified forest, was established in Klumpit.

After almost four years of planting and growing experience in early 2011, Trees4Trees™ looked back at the success of these activities.

“I decided to take Trees4Trees’ offer of free teak seedlings in 2008, well, why not? I had space to spare between my other crops and trees do not need much maintenance”