operations
The nursery complex is the heart of FFF's operations in Ra province. It houses the plantation management office and Fiji's largest commercial nursery. At current capacity the nursery can produce 400,000 seedlings using 400 square meters of hothouses and a large grow out area.

Operations commenced in 2006 with a trial block of 10 hectares of teak. Since 2007, over 130,000 trees have been planted and managed. The company's minimum plantation target is 3,000 Hectares with over 3 million teak trees. Random forest sampling completed in 2009 and 2010 indicate an excellent Mean Annual Increment (MAI) of timber yield in the Teak plantations to date.

Future Forests Fiji invests heavily in Research & Development to ensure only the best genetic teak materials are used to germinate seedlings and the best silviculture practices are applied to grow high quality Teak. The FFF genetic improvement program and quality control systems ensure only high quality seeds are germinated.

The company expects to continue to achieve medium to high growth yields by planting quality seedlings on good soils in good climatic conditions. The teak plantation rotation is 20-25 years. High input management practices including quality site selection and silviculture best practices ensure high quality timber yields. High input management practice includes good land preparation and planting techniques, weeding the young plantations regularly, singling, pruning annually for up to 5 years up to 6-8 meters clear bole and thinning the forest starting from year 6 onwards. Commercial thinning is planned to commence in 2014. The commercial thinning is expected to provide the first revenue streams from the plantations. The final harvest in 20-25 years following which replanting will occur and the cycle repeated.

Future Forest Fiji commenced the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) certification process. Annual audits will confirm environmental best practices which will enhance access to high value markets.

Research is ongoing that will allow verification of Carbon Sequestration in the growing teak forests. Preparations are underway to finalize the Project Design Document (PDD) and external audit to enable Future Forests Fiji to register on the Voluntary Carbon Standard (VCS).