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 Jean Paul Deprins - Managing DirectorBetter Globe Forestry(BGF) has the vision to create the combination of secure commercial project with vital humanitarian and environmental activities and as a result become the biggest tree planting company in the world within 20 years.
The mission of BGF is to make Africa a greener, healthier place in which to live and eradicate poverty by focusing on the development of profitable, commercial tree plantations that will deliver environmental as well as humanitarian benefits.
BGF is committed to continuously satisfy its investors, employees, suppliers, customers, shareholders, partners and any other present or future stakeholders through a Quality approach which also meets the needs of the environment and the community at large.
It is therefore the Policy of BGF to:
- create attractive financial opportunities for the present and future investors,
- continuously identify and address the needs of employees, suppliers, customers, shareholders, the community at large and any other stakeholders,
- focus on the need to help fight poverty, through promoting massive tree planting
- create and sustain motivation throughout the organization for meeting its Business Objectives,
- continuously maintain and review an effective and efficient Quality System which as a minimum satisfies the requirements of the appropriate Quality System standard(s),
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Better Globe Forestry has the vision to create the combination of secure commercial project with vital humanitarian and environmental activities and as a result become the biggest tree planting company in the world within 20 years.
The mission of BGF is to make Africa a greener, healthier place in which to live and eradicate poverty by focusing on the development of profitable, commercial tree plantations that will deliver environmental as well as humanitarian benefits. |
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It is important to distinguish the work in the plantation areas themselves, and Better Globe Forestry’s interventions in the so-called “buffer zones”, surrounding the plantations. We recognize that a good-neighbour policy is the best way to protect our plantations and as such we developed a whole range of interventions to cooperate with neighbouring communities and individuals.
Better Globe Forestry Ltd. has as a fundamental business principle to conduct all its transactions with integrity and in accordance with good business ethics and practices.
In November 2006 Better Globe Forestry Ltd. started a pilot project of 100ha for a first major tree plantation of 5000ha in the area around Kiambere dam on the Tana River. Over 65% of people in the area are counted among the absolute poor, with very high unemployment.
Ecologically, the area around Kiambere dam is situated in semi-arid lands (ASAL), with an average rainfall of about 600 mm a year. Altitude varies between 700-800 m, making for a hot tropical climate where evaporation exceeds rainfall by large. Rainfall is however erratic and completely dry years do occur. So far, large-scale tree plantations in ASAL do not exist in Kenya and BGF is pioneering the field.
Tree species planted in the Kiambere drylands, to produce economically strong products are Melia volkensii (mukau) for high-quality timber, Azadirachta indica (neem) for biopesticides, and Acacia senegal for gum arabic and Jatropha curcas for bio-diesel.
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