Plantation

Ratch Pathana Group has plant propagation center to distribute seedlings to communities, agencies and other people. This will lead to more green area comprising various plant species such as rare tree species, native tree species, decoration plants, economical tree species and multi purposed tree species. This project was initiated in 2012 and has been continued since then.

The fast-growing trees which the company selects to cultivate are Acacia Mangium, Leucaena, Eucalyptus, Mahogany, Samanea Saman and so on. It is a sustainable renewable energy source to prevent a lack of biomass fuel as raw material to generate power of Ratch Pathana Group & Affiliates’ alternative energy business and also adding green areas and reducing global tempurature.

The social responsibility management of the company is complying with the policy of the government that supports the collaboration between public and private sectors. The forest management office number 3 (Lampang), an office under the Forest Department, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, launched a bamboo planting project to help create sustainable revenue sources for local community in Tungpueng sub-district, Jaehom district, Lampang Province. The pilot project covers the area of 1,000 rais based on the policy to improve the deforested area. The areas for agricultural activities are provided together with the bamboo sprouts.

The planting areas provided by the government as well as the supports in terms of training sessions about planting bamboo plants as a sources of foods and to generate revenue for people in local cummunities. Moreover, the bamboo planting also helps reduce the deforestation. The bamboo parts can be used in various ways. The soil fertility can also be improved and enhance the ecology variety. The project running supports the goal to comply with the united nation goals of sustainability development in economy, society and environtment. The poverty reduction, the development of food supplies and nutritions; the sustainable agricultural activities; civilliance’s well-being; good water supply and irrigation system; the protection and sustainable usage of the aquatic, on-land, forest resouces; and the support to bio-diversity.