Nourishing Biodiversity,
Empowering People,
Molding Legacy

Our Story

Karya Hutan, a pioneer in technology-driven mixed-use forest stewardship in Eastern Indonesia, was granted 38,0860-hectares forest concession in 2017. The company has scaled to reach $5M annual turnover within three years of operation and more than 50,000 trees planted annually. Now entering its second phase, the company is expanding into high-quality nature-based carbon project with triple standards: Verified Carbon Standard for Improved Forest Management (IFM), Verified Carbon Standard for Afforestation, Reforestation and Revegetation (ARR) and Gold-level Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB). Our approach rewards stakeholders with generous and steady cash flow along with long-term ecological value. Looking ahead, the company shall intensify its assets further into renewable resources production such as biofuel, biochar, glycerol and hydrogen gas. As well as concession expansion with focus in the Eastern Indonesia region.

2014

Founded in Surabaya, Jawa Timur, Indonesia, as an integrated forest management company

2015

Preliminary socialization
and dissemination

2016

Completed Environmental and Social Impact Assessement

2017

Granted 36,860 hectares forest concession license in Halmahera Timur, Maluku Utara

2018

Completed Forest investory and business activity plan (Rencana Kegiatan usaha), started logging activity, obtained Indonesia's wood legality assurance system certification (Sistem Verifikasi dan Legalitas Kayu) 

2019

Established nursery
and sawmill, started industrial forest planting and sawn wood production

2020

Obtained Indonesia's industrial wood legality assurance system certification (Sertifikasi Verifikasi Legal Kayu Olahan) 

2021

Obtained Indonesia's industrial wood legality assurance system certification (Sertifikasi Verifikasi Legal Kayu Olahan) 

2022

Scaling up logging and sawmill output

2023

Repaid angel investors, minimize wood production
from natural forest

2024

Initiate second phase development

2025

Completed feasibility study for carbon project, initiate project design phase

Future

Expansion

2026

Complete Project Design Document

2027

Certified and Registered by VERRA, SRN and IDX Carbon

2028 - 2029

Scaling up reforestation and enrichment planting

2030

Exploring the third phase developments

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A Sustainable Future
from Indonesia for the WORLD

We are the embodiment of the collective local’s courage and wisdom to mold a sustainable future. 

A future where both people and biodiversity flourish in harmony, growing as a robust, resilient and equitable society, contributing significantly to global climate action.

NINE PILLAR OF PURPOSE

1

Improving healthcare through wider access to medical professionals

 

2

Educate the community on environmentally-friendly natural resource harvest practice

3

Improve community hygiene and sanitation by building public toilets and washrooms

4

Develop sources of renewable and affordable clean energy through biofuel, hydrogen gas and biomass

5

Participate in the local economic growth and employment opportunity through sawmill and industrial forest

6

Contribute in the local Infrastructure development through affordable and renewable wood

 

7

Spearhead forest conservation and restoration initiative in Indonesia through enrichment planting and reforestation

8

Safeguarding coastline through community empowerment, environmental friendly fishing, and preventing dangerous waste disposal

9

Nurturing on-land and avian biodiversity preventing poachers

Board of Commissioner

Raymond Murthi

President Commissioner

Family founder, Raymond Murthi brings his +20 experience building Fortune 500 companies’ infrastructure and information system. Currently he works as a top executive in the largest student loan and scholarship company in the United States. He graduated as Master of Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and University of Pittsburgh.

Sukma Edi Mulyono

Independent Commissioner

Retired with honour from Indonesia Police Force as Inspectorate General after +35 years of service. Edi Mulyono brings its extensive network, knowledge and influence being more than 20 years of service in Eastern Indonesia and forestry industry. He graduated as Master of Law from University of Padjadjaran and Indonesia Police Academy.

Board of Director

Victor George Murthi

Chief Excecutive Officer

Interim Chief Financial Officer

Victor founded the company in 2014 and has been acting as CEO ever since. He provides leadership and installs prudent financial management and financing networks from his +10 years as investment researcher in various bulge bracket investment banks including Morgan Stanley and UBS. He graduated with Master of Finance and Accountancy from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and University of Rochester. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst. 

Erie Budiono Widodo

Chief Operation Officer​

Interim Chief Financial Officer

Erie handles the operating aspect of reduced impact logging, industrial tree plantation and export grade sawn wood production. He brings +30 years of experience in sustainable forestry management and woodworking from various North America and Southeast Asia companies such as Sierra Pacific Industry and Weyerhaeuser Company. He graduated with Cum Laude from University of San Francisco as a Master of Business Administration degree.  

Wira Setia Mandiri

Chief Technology Officer​

Interim Chief Financial Officer

Wira is in charge of the technology aspect for nature based carbon project. Including monitoring, infrastructure development and accreditation. He brings +10 years of experience in multiple companies such as United Overseas Bank Group (Indonesia and Singapore). Specialized in Technology, Operation and Business Development through various roles as Project Manager and Business Analyst. He graduated from University of Ciputra with Bachelor in Business Management.

Management Team

Ir. Arnold Rikumahu 

Head of Industrial Forest

Ir. Suwandi, M. Si.

Head of NBS Carbon Project

M. Royen Tuhulele

Camp Director

Ir. Setiabudi Dedi

Camp Manager

Our Science - and Technology - based
operation and monitoring

GEDI Remote
Sensing

Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) is a LiDAR altimeter mission by NASA to measure how deforestation has contributed to atmospheric CO2 concentrations.

A full-waveform LiDAR was attached to the International Space Station to provide the first global, high-resolution observations of forest vertical structure.

Aerial optical &
ground LiDAR

LIDAR, an acronym of “light detection and ranging” or “laser imaging, detection, and ranging” is a method for determining ranges by targeting an object or a surface with a laser and measuring the time for the reflected light to return to the receiver.

Through LIDAR we are able to create a 3d map of our forest concession and increase accuration in biomass calculation..

GIS
Monitoring

We collaborate with our technological partner to leverage advanced analytics, digital monitoring and up-to-date high resolution satellite imagery. The platform essentially provides near real-time nature intelligence.

Automatic drone
and GPS

We develop an internal monitoring system that combines the use of drones and smartphone GPS.

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