Yes! Here is a statement from our Palo Santo distributor: “Since Palo Santo trees are protected, we work with an established company owned by an ethnobotanist committed to protecting this resource. They not only harvest dead fall, but have a nursery with saplings per part of their reforestation project. This project has helped to protect old trees and those newly planted trees with the help of the corresponding authority M.A.E, (Ministry of the Environment). In fact our source of Palo Santo is licensed as sustainable and traceable by the Ministry of Environment of Ecuador. The traceability of the Palo Santo begins with the territorial organization, planting, forest control, analysis of reforested hectares, tree quality control, collection and exit to the laboratory, product evaluation. Additionally, no live trees are killed during the harvesting process.”