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<span style = "text-align: center; display:block"><span class="txt-white">Forestry Focused</span><br><span class="txt-dark-grey">for the Long Term</span></span>
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<span class="txt-orange">We’re committed to</span> <span class="txt-orange">sustainable</span> and responsible forestry.
<span class="p2">We want to develop the economy, improve living conditions look after people living in around our concessions.</span>
<span class="p2">We’re proud to be the longest holder of FSC<sup>®</sup> certification in the Congo Basin. Our concessions in the <a href="/locations/republic-of-congo">Republic of Congo</a> cover 2.1 million hectares of FSC<sup>®</sup> and PEFC certified forest.</span>
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How We <span class="txt-yellow">Protect</span>
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<span class="p2">A quarter of the area of our certified concessions is permanently protected from forest operations and reserved for the communities. In the harvestable areas, we’re committed to strictly applying Reduced Impact Logging (RIL) techniques, meaning we intensively plan, carefully implement, and do not fell every tree in the area. We harvest at levels significantly below those permitted by national regulations - approximately one tree per hectare every 30 years. </span>
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<span style = "text-align: center; display:block">Managing Our <span class="txt-green">Environmental Impact</span></span>
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Minimising Road Development
<span class="p2">While road development is important to supporting timber operations, we minimise it by closing temporary roads after harvesting. To reduce the impact of temporary access, we’ve developed a digital approach using GPS mapping and customised algorithms to identify the shortest route, protect indigenous trees and minimise damage to young ones. By removing human error, it saves time and fuel, and has significantly reduced the total distance of trails built since its implementation in 2018.</span>
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Protecting Wildlife
<span class="p2">We support eco-guards employed by the government and other organisations to prevent illegal logging and poaching of animals. Partnering with the international NGO, the Wildlife Conservation Society, we run sensitisation campaigns to educate employees and communities about the importance of environment protection, and the laws around this. We maintain dedicated areas within our concessions so that indigenous people can continue to carry out traditional hunting of small game for their family in the local area.</span>
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Water, Chemical & Waste Management
<span class="p2">We care about each step in our timber operations – this includes protecting and managing water quality. Our wastewater treatment plant ensures all water used at our sawmills and facilities meets water quality standards before leaving the plant. We analyse all water samples at our on-site laboratory and have these checked and verified independently. We don’t use any hazardous and prohibited chemicals and are committed to minimising the usage of all chemicals across our timber operations.</span>
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<span class="txt-pink">Celebrating 25 Years</span> of Partnership
<span class="p2">The Ecosystem Management Project for the Periphery of the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park (PROGEPP) is an innovative tripartite partnership involving the Ministry of Forestry Economy, the Wildlife Conservation Society and Olam Agri.</span>
<span class="p2">This project focuses on the protection of wildlife within the buffer zone of the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, particularly within the Kabo, Pokola, and Loundoungou-Toukoulaka Forest Management Units.</span>
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<span class="txt-green">Fire Prevention</span> & Management
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<span class="p2">Due to the permanent semi-humid climate, the risk of fire in Congo's forests is low. However some forests in proximity to savannahs may pose a potential risk. As part of our forest management plans, we’ve put in place a fire response and management procedure to prevent and respond to fire hazards in industrial sites.</span>
<span class="p2">Both our processing facilities are equipped with fire engines, two in Pokola and one in Enyelle, and we continuously work to improve firefighting methods.</span>
<span class="p2">Through our continued engagement, we’re raising awareness of fire-risks, and we monitor for incidents of fire with the local communities, which in some instances means the burning for land preparation for subsistence agriculture.</span>
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Our Forest Concessions
<span class="p2">We operate the largest FSC<sup>®</sup> certified tropical hardwood concession in the world.</span>
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People & Community
<span class="p2">Improving conditions for people living in and around our concessions.</span>
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<span style = "text-align: left; display:block">FAQs</span>
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<span class="h7" style = "text-align: left; display:block">What is Reduced Impact Logging, and does Olam Agri use it?</span>
<span class="p2" style = "text-align: left; display:block">Reduced Impact Logging (RIL) is a harvesting approach that plans and controls tree removal to limit damage to the surrounding forest, rather than clear-felling an area. Olam Agri applies RIL across its harvestable concessions in the Republic of Congo, harvesting at approximately one tree per hectare every 30 years, a rate the company states is significantly below levels permitted by national regulations. A quarter of the certified concession area is also permanently excluded from operations and reserved for communities.</span>
<span class="h7" style = "text-align: left; display:block">How does Olam Agri limit road building in its concessions?</span>
<span class="p2" style = "text-align: left; display:block">Olam Agri closes temporary logging roads once harvesting is complete, rather than leaving them open, and uses GPS mapping with route-planning algorithms to identify the shortest access routes into harvest areas.</span>
<span class="h7" style = "text-align: left; display:block">What is the PROGEPP partnership?</span>
<span class="p2" style = "text-align: left; display:block">PROGEPP, the Ecosystem Management Project for the Periphery of the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, is a tripartite partnership between the Republic of Congo's Ministry of Forestry Economy, the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and Olam Agri. It protects wildlife in the buffer zone of Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, covering the Kabo, Pokola, and Loundoungou-Toukoulaka forest management units.</span>
<span class="h7" style = "text-align: left; display:block">What is Olam Agri's approach to wildlife protection in its concessions?</span>
<span class="p2" style = "text-align:left; display:block">Olam Agri supports eco-guards, employed by government and partner organisations, to prevent illegal logging and poaching in and around its concessions. Working with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), we run sensitisation campaigns to educate employees and local communities on environmental protection laws. Dedicated areas within the concessions remain available to indigenous communities for traditional small-game hunting, which distinguishes this from a blanket no-hunting policy.</span>