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Renewable Energy - Paulownia Forestry Plantations (Fuel Wood)

This commercial forestry project has been structured to provide fixed returns over a 20 year period - with payments made to clients after years 5, 10, 15 and 20.

Our partner is building a portfolio of environmental projects ranging from avoided deforestation (REDD) to Biofuel production. All projects

are designed with community benefits in mind and initiatives include

global education programs, seminars, training on the carbon market, climate change, biodiversity and technological research.

Only a small percentage of land used in any project is leased to external investors, ensuring that the company shareholders themselves are the largest stakeholders in every project they develop, reaping the benefits of their success but also taking the majority of any risk upon themselves.

Our partner’s recent project in Costa Rica proved to be highly successful with all external investment plots selling out within eight months of the product launch.  Our partner is committed to reforesting 500 Hectares of land in Panama with fast growing Paulownia Elongata to form a sustainable timber plantation with Carbon mitigation benefits. The timber can be harvested in year five, with a second harvest performed in year ten and so on in years fifteen and twenty.

What is Paulownia?

Paulownia is a wood that can be grown for Biomass use i.e. wood fuel. Known in the industry as the “Aluminium of timbers”, Paulownia is 30% lighter than any comparable hardwood, it is twist, shrink and warp resistant and virtually rot free. The fine grained and warp resistant properties make Paulownia wood exceptionally suited for making wooden surfboards, lightweight touring skis as well as boats, pallets, household furniture and plywood. Several institutions are conducting research to develop fast growing Paulownia as a viable source of bio-fuel, a crucial step towards solving the global energy crisis. Private investors can purchase individual plots of land over a total investment period of twenty years*. The investor will benefit from 4 harvests during this period.

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.A purchase contract is already in place covering all 4 harvests at $275 per m3. Furthermore, a AA+ rated financial institution in the US is placing a bond against this purchase. This will ensure payment is still made in the highly unlikely event that the purchaser is unable to fulfil its contractual obligation. All funds are kept here in the UK in escrow with Citadel Trustees who will facilitate all payments and transactions.

Based on a $32,500 USD investment (approximately £22,500) on one plot (available until Apr 2010), this will provide a total net return of $98,180, split into for separate harvest payments.

Paulownia Tree Leases – 660 Trees per Hectare Plot (figures in USD$)

The £ Sterling purchase price shown in the above table is subject to the exchange rate at the time of investment.