Operations: Forestry

Merensky plantations comprise both Pine and Eucalyptus, totaling ca 74,000 hectares, across South Africa. Our plantations are the largest privately owned, being managed on a sawlog rotation. Adhering to and often exceeding local and international standards for environmentally sustainable forestry management practices; the Merensky plantations continue to provide the highest quality timber to both the local and international markets.

The ca 60,000 hectares of Merensky softwood Pine plantations extend from the Dargle forests of Kwa Zulu Natal through to the forests of Baziya on the South Western slopes of the Matiwane range in the Eastern Cape.