Forest Restoration
Creating tree nurseries with fruiting and hardwood seedlings provides sustainable livelihoods for communities surrounding critical orangutan habitat. Communities therefore no longer need to rely on collecting wood and other forest products for an income.
Our projects concentrate on teaching local communities about the benefits of reforestation and developing alternative livelihoods. We distribute seedlings and establish organic forestry centres near degraded forest areas, and provide training so that communities can produce their own seedlings for future replanting.
We have established a number of nursery and replanting sites in Aceh and North Sumatra, and have now planted over 570,000 seedlings. We work in the deforested regions around and within the Leuser Ecosystem, the most important remaining habitat for the Sumatran orangutan.
We are also restoring degraded areas inside the border of the Gunung Leuser National Park. We are working with local government and local communities to restore vital orangutan habitat that has been damaged by illegal oil palm plantations established within the protected area.