As a pilot project, Goldteak’s plantation was started by clearing two hectares of land in Bumisari village, Cikidang District, Sukabumi. Local teak is chosen to be planted in former rice fields. The hilly land contours make rainwater flow down quickly. But teak is a tree that is resistant to hot climates.
Since planting in 2002, the tree has grown healthily with a standard tree circumference. Almost no one died from pests, trees died from landslides or hit by lightning.
Edu is a guardian, every day he checks the condition of the plantation and cleans the soil from dry leaves, and keeps the fire from breaking out this summer.
