Forestfonds in Malaysia

Forests of the world
The global supply of wood is declining rapidly and the demand for this commodity is continually increasing. Half of all the worlds forests have been cut down without any afforestation measures.

While in 1961 the global annual consumption of wood consisted of roughly 1,000 million cubic meters, 1993 marked another record year with over 1,500 million cubic meters being consumed worldwide. It is expected that in 2010 the world’s demand  will exceed 2,250 million cubic meters. (Figures based on World Resources Institute, Washington)

Rainforest
The annual loss of rainforest through felling is roughly 0.7 to 0.8 percent of its global area. (Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; FAO, 1997).

These figures are double the amount of forests being cut down in the northern and southern hemispheres. As a comparison this is almost the area of the state of North Dakota in the USA.

Schrader in Malaysia
In 1997 Schrader set-up a tree nursery in Malaysia for the production of forest plants.

In 1999, together with the DEG (State Development Bank in Germany) we started the cultivation of an test-area of 250 hectares, turning a former plantation of  Acacia into a natural mixed forest.

Forest management by Schrader
After the success of this conversion of the 250 hectare test-area we expanded the project and on Feburary 22nd 2001 signed the lease agreement increasing the project to 5,000 hectares.

The project area is located about 50 Km north of the nation’s capital, Kuala Lumpur and the Schrader Forest Management Sdn. Bhd. is successfully pursueing its goal of achieving sustainable forestry in the area.

Fund Tropenwald_1
On December 23rd, 2003 the “Tropenwald_1” Fund was developed by the Schrader Umweltmanagement AG with a total investment sum of 3.5 million euros.

Liquidation of the investment
In 2006, after towns close to the project area had experienced significant growth, several bids were made to take over the area.

As a result of these the investors decided to sell the company in Malaysia and the investments were paid off in the summer of 2008 with a return exceeding 20%.