The main aim of this project is to raise awareness of the need to protect and improve Portugal's woodlands. This social and environmental responsibility scheme aims primarily to conserve the environment by raising awareness amongst Portuguese children and young people, and has reached out to an increasingly wide audience.

Launched in the International Year of Forests, in 2011, the scheme has reached out to an increasingly wide audience, with a growing focus on educating people for sustainability. We have organised educational activities for thousands of primary school children and their teachers, dealing with forestry protection issues and the sustainable paper cycle.

Run in partnership with municipal authorities, "Give the Forest a Hand" has been well received by local communities up and down the country. The scheme has also included giving away thousands of saplings and ornamental plants from the Group's nurseries. This project has offered the Group an excellent opportunity to reaffirm its public commitment to generating wealth and well-being in the regions around its industrial sites and forestry operations, and has made a significant contribution to creating a culture of improving and protecting woodlands.