WWF and ASN support the project ‘Trees for Wild Elephants’

The World Wildlife Fund recently confirmed that they will support our project ‘Wild Trees for Elephants’ in Kanchanaburi Salakpra with 5,000 euros. The green ASN Bank previously donated 1,000 for this project. This provides us enough funds to continue the project until the end of October 2011, in partnership with the Elephant Conservation Network.

Aims of this project
The coming year we will plant around 34 different tree species within the wildlife sanctuary (15,000 additional trees in 2010 and 15,000 in 2011, planted by the FORRU method) in order to increase biodiversity of the forest. Furthermore, we now have the financial resources to maintain the tree nursery for another year (capacity 20,000 seedlings per year), where the rangers are able to grow trees themselves. Research about biodiversity and planting in a bamboo area is also part of this project. Every two months we arrange weeding and applying fertilizer for the young trees, and is the growth monitored. In the dry season the planting sites will be protected from fire and will be watered if necessary.

Trees already planted in 2010: On 26 June we planted 11,000 trees, on 19 September 1,500 and 16 October 625 trees.

Click “more” for photos of our recent activities inside Salakpra Wildlife sanctuary.


The tree nursery has already many new seedlings after the tree planting events. October 16, 2010.


On the way to the planting site, October 16, 2010.


Nursery manager Lung Waan distributes fertilizer, October 16, 2010.


Youngest tree planter of the day, October 16, 2010.


Most loyal volunteer Tong of 2010, who joined almost every tree planting event of BTEH. October 16, 2010.


Transportation of volunteers to the planting site. September 18, 2010.


Tree planting coordinator Tik with volunteer. September 18, 2010.


Weeding team. September 18, 2010.


Planting instructions on the big tree planting day, June 26, 2010.


Teams divided between three planting sites, June 26, 2010.


Planting site B is almost done. June 26, 2010.

Still more biodiversity needed!