Silva Tree And Their Investments For The Environment
A very interesting company that came to my attention recently is Silva Tree. This is an organization that basically offers environmental investments. Recently, of course, we’ve seen just how dangerous investing in the wrong places can be and we are still recovering from the economic recession. Stocks will give good returns in the long run if you do it right, but they go up and down a lot in the short term and you can never be sure when you should be buying or selling. If you don’t have the heart for investing, then you can just leave your money sitting in interest accounts, but that isn’t going to give you huge returns. With the investments offered by Silva Tree you are able to aid the environment and make a solid return on your money. This makes it a very attractive for a lot of people.
According to Silva Tree’s website, their main investment project on offer right now (the timber investment plan) offers a guaranteed 15.1% return per annum over the course of 20 years. Making that kind of return with other investments, like the stock market, forex or real estate, is not easy. Anything like this normally sounds a little fishy and so you may be wondering how returns are guaranteed. It’s simple. The timber investment that Silva Tree provides allow you to take ownership of a large plot of land, with a high amount of trees per hectare. Timber on your land is harvested 4 times over the course of twenty years and is sold to an agreed buyer (the harvesting, processing and transportation can be done by a company of your choice). A company called World Paulownia LLC has already agreed to pay 275 USD for each cubed meter of timber, but you may be able to do even better. The total return on a $32,500 investment in a plot over the course of 20 years is close to $150K.
There are an impressive list of investments that Silva Tree has organized throughout its history. And the good thing is that they all help the environment or local community in some way. For example, their Carbon Offset Forestry Project (now sold out) operated by buying areas of Costa Rica rainforest in order to protect them from being destroyed. Not only does conserving forest reduce the impact of global warming (trees absorb CO2) but it preserves habitat and prevents certain rare species from becoming extinct. One of Silva Tree’s most successful investments, which is no longer available, is the Princess Project where they reforested 1500 hectares of land.
In my view, Silva Tree is a fantastic opportunity for people that care for the environment, and wish to put their money in a high earning investment. Investments from Silva Tree will give you solid returns every five years without you even having to monitor it, which cannot be said for things like currencies or property, which can easily go down as well as up. Silva Tree offers very high investor safety and all their investments are heavily regulated. Silva Tree is very highly regulated and is a member of the BBB as well as other organizations like Ethical Junction. Also, there are many members and investors of Silva Tree that have a history of producing results. Currently there are three directors that oversee the development of Silva Tree (these are Maurice Sjerps, Keren Kats and Patrick Visser).
