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FSC-certified responsible forestry management

As a company, we support responsible forest management. Plantabal S.A., our balsa plantations, have earned Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Forest Management certification from the Rainforest Alliance’s SmartWood program. This certification ensures that our balsa plantations meet a set of strict environmental, social and economic criteria.
The FSC is the global standard-setter in responsible forest management. Forest Management certification is granted to forestry operations that have met the FSC standards according to an audit by an accredited certifier such as the Rainforest Alliance.
The Rainforest Alliance, an international non-profit conservation organization, is the world’s leading certifier of forestlands to the FSC standards.

What does responsible forest management mean for us?

 

 



We have created a complete management system to nurture and care for thousands of trees at every stage of growth, from seedling to 90-foot adult trees. Climatic conditions are charted, soil is analyzed and trees are constantly examined and measured. Almost seventy years of experience of Baltek Corp. aid us in producing superior quality balsa crop after crop.

Additionally, we maintain an ongoing broad-based programme of research into the sustainability aspects of plantation management.
For detailed information about plantation management, download our Sustainable Forestry Management Policy here.

We also have a special cooperation with Fundacion Chile (FC) which is a non-profit foundation that was established in 1976 by the Government of Chile and ITT Industries. They focus for example on innovative and renewable ways of forestry management.