Tree Planting

Tree planting is very important for endangered animals as it creates habitat.  The number 1 reason for the decline in global wildlife is habitat destruction due to logging and agriculture.

REACT is therefore dedicated to habitat creation through forest restoration of native species in the UK and Malaysia (Borneo).  In the UK we have teamed up with the Woodland Trust just North of London in what is England's largest native reforestation programme; the Heartwood.  In Malaysia, we support forest restoration with local school children.

The Heartwood is an area that was until recently a agricultural fields.  Within the 800 acre site can be found 3 small ancient woodlands, and it fringes important grassland.  The site is being entirely planting with the help of volunteers so REACT organises two events a year where we invite people to join in the action.  Already, rare British wildlife has been spotted throughout the site, including the Red Kite which was extinct in England until a few years ago.

To find out more about our tree planting events in the UK, please visit our page.

In Malaysian Borneo, we focus on an extremely biodiverse area called the Kinabatangan River.  Amongst the endangered animals here, it has a very high concentration of Bornean orangutans and Pygmy elephants.  Forest restoration along the river is doubly important as it now only creates new habitat but also helps to re-establish forest corridors to allow the wildlife to move through the landscape that is surrounded by oil-palm plantations.

If you would like to donate to tree planting in Borneo with local school children, please click on this page.