Trees4Trees
Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia 路 Nonprofit 路 National 路 since 2008
Community-based tree planting with smallholder farmers across Java, Bali and Indonesia's coasts since 2008
About
Trees4Trees is the tree-planting program of Yayasan Bumi Hijau Lestari, an Indonesian foundation based in Semarang, Central Java, active since 2008. It grows seedlings in its own nurseries and distributes them to smallholder farmers who plant and own the trees on their land, with mangrove planting in coastal areas such as Kampung Laut in Cilacap, and monitors survival for up to two years. In its April 2024-March 2025 planting season it planted 4.65 million trees across 15 regions, bringing its total to about 15.9 million trees since 2008. Businesses fund planting through its Trees4Trade program and each tree can be tracked online.
What they run
Distributes nursery-grown timber and fruit seedlings to smallholder farmers in watersheds across Java and Bali, with training and ownership of the trees staying with the farmer.
Mangrove planting with coastal communities, including Kampung Laut in Cilacap Regency, home to southern Central Java's largest mangrove forest.
Four nurseries with a stated capacity of 6 million seedlings a year across 33 tree species, staffed partly by seasonal local workers.
Environmental education and planting events with schools, universities and youth groups.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hectares restored | 2024 | 3,688 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | source2024 Annual Report, p.4: '3,688 hectares land restored'; '21,174 local farmers started in small holder forestry' |
| Survival rate (%) | 2024 | 94 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | source2024 Annual Report, p.4: 'first-round monitoring showed that 94% of all distributed trees were planted alive and healthy'; this is a first-round planting check, not a multi-year survival rate |
| Trees planted | 2024 | 4,650,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | source2024 Annual Report, p.2 Director's foreword and p.4 '2024 Key Achievements': '4.65 million trees planted including terrestrial trees and mangroves' for the April 2024-March 2025 planting operations |
| Trees plantedto date | 2025 | 15,900,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | source2024 Annual Report (published Dec 2025), p.3 'Achievements' infographic: 'trees planted 15.9 million', '90,438 farming families helped', '570 villages supported' |
| Volunteers engaged | 2024 | 550 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | source2024 Annual Report, p.4: '550 volunteers joined our tree-planting events both in rural and urban areas' |
How they report
What earned it
- 5/20 Publishes annual tree figures: 1 year of annual figures on record (5 points each, up to 4 years)
- 15/15 Figures are recent: Latest annual figure is for 2024
- 10/10 Every figure has a public source: 5 of 5 figures link to a source
- 0/15 Publishes financials or cost per tree: No financial figure recorded
- 15/15 Reports survival or monitoring: Survival rate on record
- 0/10 Independently verified figure: All figures are the organization's own
- 4/10 Breaks figures down by program: Programs named, figures not broken out
- 5/5 Reports volunteers or events: Volunteer figures on record
- Latest annual figure
- 4,650,000 trees in 2024
- Trees per volunteer
- 8,454.5 in 2024
- Survival
- 94% (2024, reported)
- Compare
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Upcoming events
None listed here right now. Send us their calendar feed. Their volunteer page is the place to look.