The Cochabamba Tropics Project
The new Autumn 2011 Share Offer for The Cochabamba Project Limited is now open.
A Loan Stock Offer is also still available for those who prefer interest to be paid out rather than rolled up and are prepared to accept a slightly lower but fixed return
The Cochabamba Project Ltd was established in March 2009 as Industrial Provident Society in the UK with the purpose of supporting a unique reforestation project involving smallholders in the Cochabamba region of the Bolivian Amazon. The society has now raised over £2,000,000 ( as at 31/09/2011) and has declared an annual bonus of 7.5% for the financial year to 31/10/2010.
For a copy of the full share prospectus and applictaion form, click here
For a copy of the Loan stock offer click here and for an application form click here
For a video of the work being carried out in Bolivia please click here
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This pioneering investment model provides collective security, democratic control and increased liquidity for investors. Rather than having to find a private buyer investors are able to redeem their holding to the society. Investors also do not have to wait for decades until the trees actually mature in order to receive a fair ANNUAL return on their investment FROM YEAR ONE |
The wider project, known as ArBolivia, currently manages 1,400 hectares to date and involves almost 1,000 smallholder families, who have committed to the programme. The objective is to manage 6,000 hectares. It was one of the first reforestation schemes in the world to achieve accreditation as a "Clean Development Mechanism" under the Kyoto protocol. However following a change of stance by the Bolivian government the project has now revalidated its carbon credits for sale in the voluntary market using the Plan Vivo standard. |
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The Cochabamba Project Ltd will generate revenue in the long term from the sale of timber grown in association with participating smallholders.
- The Society provides the finance for the germination of seedlings, the preparation of soil and the planting and the ongoing maintenance of trees.
- The participating smallholders in Bolivia provide the land and labour.
- The society is also able to sell carbon credits in order to subsidise the operational cost of its social and environmental impacts.
- The society and the participating smallholders will each receive 50% of future timber revenues
The Society assumes an annual increase in the value of the timber assets in the region of 9%. This is based on the conservative assumptions previously approved for CDM accreditation. However there will be no actual revenues until the trees start to mature. The directors have recommended a rate of 7.5% for the year to 31/10/10
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In this way investors will always receive a fair value for their holdings. |
FOR FURTHER DETAILS:
Go to www.cochabamba.coop
For an interactive map of the plantations go to www.arbolivia.org
To discuss call 0800 018 0881
or email David Vincent