Climate change is one of the greatest current threats to our planet and our survival. One of the most effective ways to help fight climate change is by becoming carbon neutral. Reducing our carbon footprint is vital if the world, as we know it, is to survive. In 1950 global carbon emissions stood at 1.6 billion tonnes, fast forward to the year 2000 and we have seen a fourfold increase with emissions standing at 6.5 billion tonnes.
Deforestation generates more greenhouse gas emissions each year than all of the trains, planes and cars on the planet. If we are to successfully tackle global warming, we must find a way to reduce the 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions caused by forest destruction each year and to keep the remaining forests standing.
Keren Katz, Marketing Director of Silva Tree S.A said, “It is true to say that money has never been greener and with that in mind, now is your chance to invest in the future by leasing carbon-offset-producing rainforest and selling the credits to the ever growing voluntary market. Silva Tree S.A is now delighted to present to the world, the Carbon Offset Forestation Project, a groundbreaking new product for environmentally minded individuals or corporations who wish to cash in on the commodity of the future and to genuinely benefit the environment.”
What’s the deal? Silva Tree S.A purchases plots of primary rainforest and plots for reforestations in Costa Rica, which generate varying levels of CO2 offset credits. The primary rainforest creates approximately 360 credits per hectare per year and reforested areas create as much as a 1000 credits per hectare per annum. These credits are then pooled together and divided by the overall size of the land owned by Silva Tree S.A to create an average number of credits produced per hectare per year.
Investors lease part of the forestry project (plots for sale from 5000msq upwards) from Silva Tree S.A The investor now has the rights to the credits produced by their percentage of land. The credits themselves are your ‘property’ and can be used by you as an individual or company to offset your carbon footprint, or sold for you (wholesale and retail) by Go Carbon Ltd, an independent carbon offset credit broker.
Keren continues, “By purchasing a part of the Carbon Offset Forestation Project, you are not just helping to save the planet, you are also making a wise investment for your business or personal portfolio. Not only will you help to conserve the animal and plant life that inhabits the area and to fight climate change, your land will produce hundreds of annual credits, valued at $10-$15 each. This is by far one of the most intriguing and rewarding investments available today, in a market which is estimated to reach a global value of over $5.5 billion by 2011.”
Two household names that are currently offsetting their carbon footprints are HSBC who offsets 700,000 tonnes of CO2 per year and BSkyB who offset 40,000 tonnes per year.
Prices start from just £6,780 for 5000msq. There is a first year guaranteed 8% return with subsequent years projected at a minimum of 15.75% return. Land prices are averaging an 8% increase per annum and credits are increasing by approximately 10% per annum. There is a minimum deposit of £3,100 required with finance for the 1st year available through Silva Tree.
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