OUR MISSION and impact

Forestwise's mission is to #StopDeforestation and create #RainforestValue by developing a market for valuable products from the rainforest and thereby empowering local communities to protect the remaining rainforest. This gives forest communities a sound incentive for continuing to protect the rainforest. By maintaining the rainforest, we also help to conserve wildlife, safeguard fresh water supplies and prevent floods and droughts.
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So far, Forestwise has forest protection agreements in place with 6 villages in West Kalimantan, for a combined forest area of 36.000 hectares. We have increased the average annual income by 16% for over 1,000 raw material collectors. Our aim is to keep adding villages to this list, increasing the area of forest protected to 500.000 hectares and reaching 10,000 beneficiaries by the year 2030.
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Our products have certifications such as Fair for Life (by Ecocert), Organic (by Ecocert and SKAL), COSMOS (by Ecocert) and Halal (by MUI).
Forestwise is a member of the Union for Ethical BioTrade (UEBT).

ABOUT US

Forestwise was founded in 2018 in the Netherlands. We have our own production facility (PT Forestwise Wild Keepers) which is located in Sintang, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. PT Forestwise Wild Keepers is a full subsidiary company to Forestwise Netherlands.

Theo Smits and Dirk-Jan Oudshoorn met in 2013, when they were both working for an Indonesian non-governmental organisation. Theo moved to Indonesia in 2007, looking for ways to share his 30-years of experience and extensive production technology knowledge with people in less developed areas.
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After his masters in Industrial Engineering Dirk-Jan worked on multiple sustainable products and projects. He always had a passion for combining sustainability with making beautiful products. In 2013 he decided to move to Indonesia, together with his partner Alexandra Vosmaer. Dirk-Jan wanted to look for opportunities in Indonesia in sustainability and Alexandra started to work with the endangered orangutans in Borneo.

In the following years, Theo and Dirk-Jan witnessed at first hand the destruction caused by massive deforestation in Borneo. In 2018, they decided to set up their own social enterprise, Forestwise, to empower the local inhabitants to protect the remaining rainforest.

Forestwise does this by producing Rainforest products, creating more value for forest communities while increasing the value of the forest as a natural resource, and providing genuinely sustainable alternatives for consumers around the world.

OUr team

We are a team of professional all-rounders who are committed to creating #RainforestValue in order to sustain the rainforest in Borneo.

Ripka Apriyanti

Finance Staff

Herkulanus Aming

Security staff

Flekurius Anom

Production staff

Matius Mustofo Asen

Security Staff

Basri

Production Staff

Martin Davidson

Factory Manager

Maretta Dewi

Finance Manager

Florensius Jonifer

Field Staff

Marselus Julung

Maintenance Coordinator

Oktaviana Intan Maharani

HRD and Legal Staff

Marpilus

Production Staff

Petrus Deni Kurniawan

Security Staff

Martinus Minto

Driver

Alexander van Oord

Head of Business Development

Dirk-Jan Oudshoorn

Co-founder and CEO

Marcha Adiwara Prawita

Project Manager

Calvinosius Rasula

Security Staff

Tohonan Agus Sirait

Pharmacist

Theo Smits

Co-founder and CTO

Alexandra Vosmaer

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY MANAGER

Riyanto Vrio

Warehouse & Logistics Coordinator

OUr advisory board

Dominique Lecossois

Senior Board Advisor

PT Forestwise wild keepers

The Forestwise entity in Indonesia is named PT Forestwise Wild Keepers. In February 2020 we opened our own factory in Sintang (West-Kalimantan) to produce raw ingredients which are harvested from the areas around Sintang.

PT Forestwise Wild Keepers employs 35 Indonesian staff in the peak season, who work in finance, production, buying of raw materials and CSR activities.