Paulownia Timber Investment with 13.7% Guaranteed Returns

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(Free-Press-Release.com) July 26, 2010 -- Silva Tree is a fully incorporated Central American company specializing in environmental development. Silva Tree Directors have 17 years of forestry experience as well as strong business and financial backgrounds. The Silva Tree group currently has offices in Costa Rica, Panama, Spain and the United Kingdom and are involved in programs dealing with conservation, reforestation and renewable energy.

Silva Tree design and develop environmental projects around the world, working with a team of lawyers, accountants and trustees to create a safe and practical investment structure for each ethical investment opportunity offered. By selling small parts of our own projects, Silva Tree facilitate greater environmental benefits than we would achieve on our own, as well as offering ethical, safe and diverse investment products with unrivalled returns. Our funds are operated by an FSA-regulated trustee and offer highly regulated investments with excellent returns.


Princess Project

The Princess Project is a pioneering reforestation venture in central Panama. 1,500 hectares of land, currently used for cattle grazing, are being reforested with the fast growing tree Paulownia Elongata (also known as Princess Tree or Empress Tree). Paulownia is a fascinating species; believed to be the fastest growing hardwood in the world, it can be harvested 4-5 times in the space of just one Teak harvest and it provides an array of environmental benefits, from soil regeneration to an extraordinary rate of carbon dioxide uptake.

The Princess Project is a commercial timber plantation which is also being developed as a Carbon Offset Project, following CDM guidelines developed for the Kyoto Protocol and verified to meet VCS and CCB standards, with environmental and socioeconomic benefits at the core of the project. The trees will be harvested after their fifth year of growth and sold as a sustainable timber product. New trees will regenerate from the roots to create three more cycles of growth and harvest over the 20 year project term. The investment opportunity is based on the sale of the project’s timber to a commercial wood trader (please see Investments section for details or download a free brochure).

Timber Investment

All Silva Tree investment opportunities are genuine environmental projects that happen to be open to investment, not the other way around. We develop programs that we believe are important, and expand them by offering private individuals to participate. We make our money the same way you do; from our projects’ yields.

After oil, timber is the most intensively traded raw material in the world… The (FAO) expects that this demand will experience a further rise of 50%... The present supply of hardwoods from managed plantations cannot meet this need.

In the current property and financial climate, sustainable forestry projects offer a low-risk investment opportunity with additional environmental benefits. The Princess project is the only timber investment to offer guaranteed returns* payable in just 5 short years.

The Princess Tree, officially known as Paulownia, is recognized as the fastest growing hardwood in the world. The timber it produces is durable and strong, lightweight and fire resistant. Unlike other Tropical timbers, the demand for Paulownia is not being met by abundance of plantations and, as a carbon reducing facility; it absorbs more CO2 than any other Tropical plantation tree. The world market price, supply and demand, speed of growth and quick return on investment make Paulownia an ideal commercial plantation tree. Moreover, a buyer for the timber has already been found with an insured purchase guarantee in place, ensuring your investment return is completely guaranteed.

Private investors are invited to join in this project by purchasing individual plots of land providing net returns of 13.7% per annum over a total investment period of twenty years (applicable to investments made before the 1st January 2010). Not just an exceptional financial investment, buyers can enjoy a variety of tax breaks, assurance of security and enjoy the environmental benefits and community initiatives facilitated by the project.

Key points

Low investment amount from just 35,000 US$ per unit*
Gross return of 145,200 US$ over 20 years*

Guaranteed returns of 13.7% p.a. for 20 years*
Returns paid every 5 years
Tax advantages
SIPP qualified
CO2 climate change mitigation
Benefits to local communities
Land held in trust
Timber buyer with insured guarantee
*Based on introductory purchase price of 35,000 USD applicable to all purchases made before 30.06.2010, please see “guaranteed returns” section for details and definitions.

Investment returns

The investor will receive 660 trees per hectare of land purchased
A lease will be registered in his/her name for 21 years, which will produce 4 timber harvests

A purchase price of USD 275 per m3 of timber is guaranteed by World Paulownia LLC, if the investor wishes to take this option

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