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AREA treats forests in a way that is better for you, your business and the planet.
You are forest owner looking for better ways to manage your forests—methods that benefit you, your business, and the planet?
Sustainable forestry practices can help you maximise productivity while preserving biodiversity and maintaining soil health.
By implementing responsible harvesting techniques, reforestation efforts, and eco-friendly management strategies, you can enhance carbon capture and ensure long-term forest resilience.
Investing in innovative solutions, such as agroforestry or selective logging, allows you to balance conservation with profitability.
Prioritising sustainable management not only secures your business’s future but also contributes to a healthier environment for generations to come.
“If we manage
forests in a
near-natural way,
economically,
we’ll be no worse
off than with
industrial
plantations.”
Our forests experts are with you, all the way.
Our expert-partners:
Why join?
Changing a system takes guts, as it is a real switch.
From suppressing nature, apart from that One particular tree, to embracing a complex system that brings in other species.
It’s a real mindset shift, and it’s a real fear of loss of control.
AREA offers a chance to try it and minimise the risk when doing so.
Doing it all by yourself is a long and lonely road. Our experts and community are there for you from day one. So you don’t have to do those early, costly mistakes yourself.
Forests grow slow, therefore mistakes show late. Not making them gives you a huge advantage.
We don’t have all the answers, but we all work hard to solve those same fundamental questions—why should we not help?
“As a forest owner, I have a relatively high chance of being able to pass on good forests to my grandchildren, thanks to the near-natural forests.”
Knut Sturm,
Head of Department Forest Ecology and Forest Owner.
How we work.
WE BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
We build a community to learn from each other and make the forest a destination for locals.
WE TAKE WHAT THE FOREST CAN SPARE.
Creating the most minimal intervention on the forest possible and without compromising its overall health.
WE handpick quality over quantity.
Not only for the supply of our high-quality products but also for the health of the forest. We carefully cut only a few trees to allow many others to grow and thrive.
WE PRESERVE THE ENVIRONMENT.
By enhancing biodiversity through the preservation of natural habitats.
We secure a fair price.
As we’re using the wood for high-quality products, we’re able to pay more for the timber, making it economically viable for forest owners.
WE REINVEST IN OUR FORESTS.
10% of profits, or 1% of our gross sales, whichever is greater floes back into our local ecosystems.
