Earn much more from your forest trees and help fight climate change!

RI Chem subsidiary Claveria Tree Nursery Inc. (CTNI) located in Claveria, Misamis Oriental, promotes the replanting of Philippine production forests with fast-growing seedlings cloned from superior mother trees of species such as bagras, acacia mangium and falcata.

CTNI is a Filipino company with a vision to be a leader in the propagation of genetically superior trees which will:

Improve the quality, wood volume and value of our forest trees that in turn, will greatly increase income of tree growers

Help the Philippine wood processing industries meet the demand for their products in the domestic and export markets

Contribute to the renewal and sustainable management of Philippines forests

Mitigate climate change with more efficient capture of carbon dioxide

CTNI is cloning fast-growing commercial tree species derived from superior mother trees. The species being cloned now are:

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Gmelina arborea

Acacia mangium

Eucalyptus deglupta

Paraserianthes falcataria

These seedlings grow taller and attain bigger diameters than the usual seedlings grown from tree seeds.  Moreover, the waiting time for CTNI clones to become ready for harvest is about two or three years shorter than trees grown from seeds

Thus, CTNI seedlings produce better yield for tree farmers, contributing to poverty alleviation in the countryside.  They also help mitigate climate change through highly efficient carbon capture.

CTNI has made significant strides in corporate social responsibility with the establishment in Mindanao of barangay nurseries encompassing some 300 hectares and directly benefitting over 900 members from community-based organizations, mostly indigenous people.