The Hayleys Group Plantations - Multiple locations

Horana Plantations PLC (www.horanaplantations.com) , Kelani Valley Plantations PLC (www.kvpl.com) and Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC (www.talawakelleteas.com), are all plantations associated with the Hayleys group (www.hayleys.com), and collectively own a large amount of tea and rubber estates, with a land extent of over 20,000 hectares. As industry pioneers in both tea and rubber, they have raised the bar to integrate sustainable practices into business processes, while joining forces with external parties such as the Rain Forest Alliance to reinforce sustainable approaches. Hayleys Plantations is the world’s most awarded and certified sustainable plantations on environmental friendliness, community welfare, people empowerment and ethical business standards. WNPS through PLANT signed a joint agreement with Horana Plantations PLC, Kelani Valley Plantations PLC and Talawakelle Tea Estates PLC, thanks to the visionary thinking of the company and its leadership.

Under this agreement, over 350 acres of land would be allocated directly to PLANT for Conservation and reforestation purposes in the Horana and Deniyaya regions. In addition, enhancement of Forest corridors along the Kelani River and Maskeliya-Oya, and reforestation of identified existing land areas in high altitude would be undertaken jointly, covering over 500 acres, while broadening over ten kilometers of forest corridors. These properties would be areas in which many biodiversity studies would be conducted by PLANT, while these Plantations would also be setting up several plant nurseries to help provide some of the plant varieties which are required for reforestation. This landmark effort will provide several kilometers of added forest corridor to facilitate animal movement in many parts of the country which are rich in biodiversity and under severe threat. This is by far the largest partnership for PLANT and creates a quantum leap on the efforts being taken to nurture forest corridors and connectivity across protected spaces. This agreement covers a thousand hectares (almost 2500 Acres) and will result in around 500 Acres of new forest being created over time.