Coombe & Associates Inc is a partner in the Platbos Reforestation Project in the Eastern Cape.

The “Trees for tomorrow” program  is a part of our socio and environmental responsibility campaign.

The Coombe Forest is a designated area within the Platbos Reforestation Project and we have already sponsored over 200 trees in this area.

We are also committed to sponsoring an additional 800 trees during 2010.

Our valued clients also receive trees as gifts, which further assist with reducing the national carbon footprint, as one tree over a period of a hundred years will provide enough oxygen to last a human for twenty years.

• This is a sustainable, carbon-neutral tree planting programme.
• Trees are grown on site and transported by wheel-barrow to their reforestation site.
• Reforested areas receive follow-up watering and maintenance for as long as they require it.
• Reforestation practices follow, wherever practical and possible, natural forest regeneration processes.
• All replanting occurs in fire shadow areas where forest naturally occurred.
• Unlike street or garden trees that are at the mercy of their present and future home owners' whims and fancies, newly planted trees at Platbos are automatically protected under the auspices of DWAF (Department of Water Affairs and Forestry). All things being equal, they will live to 100 + years of age.

• Processed the carbon dioxide in 18 million cubic metres of air and fixed it as 2,500 kg of pure carbon.
• Made 6,600 kg of molecular oxygen available.
• Drawn 2,500 tons of water up from its roots and out through its crown and evaporated it into the atmosphere.
• Supplied one person with enough oxygen for 20 years.

• create top soil,
• provide us with timber, raw materials, fodder, food, medicines and spices, shade and shelter,
• and create harmonious environments in which to live,

Then we can start to understand the words of St Barbe Baker - humanity's future is indeed inextricably linked with the destiny of the planet's forests.