A very interesting company that came to my attention recently is Silva Tree. The purpose of Silva Tree is to improve and protect the environment, and they do this by offering a number of environmental related 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. And leaving your money sitting in investment accounts is obviously very safe but the amount of interest you’ll get isn’t going to be all that significant unless you have a lot of money sitting there. But with Silva Tree, you have the opportunity to not only make very high returns, but also do something very good for the environment at the same time. This makes it a very attractive for a lot of people.
Some of Silva Tree’s investmentsmake very high returns, with their timber investment plan giving over 15% return per annum (that is very high compared to any other guaranteed investment). Making a steady high return year after year with traditional investments (like the stock market or currencies) is often difficult, and they tend to fluctuate a lot. 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. Returns on your investment are made by harvesting the land and selling timber to a pre-arranged buyer. A purchase price of $275 for every cubed meter of timber is offered by World Paulownia LLC. The total return on a $32,500 investment in a plot over the course of 20 years is close to $150K.
Silva Tree has actually conducted several successful investment projects in the past. 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. There are two benefits of conserving rainforest: habitat for animals is preserved, and global warming is reduced. Another interesting investment was the Princess Project (now sold out) where 1,500 hectares of land were reforested with the Paulownia Elongata tree.
So it seems to me that if you have an environmental conscience and you want a safe, high return, long term investment, then Silva Tree is ideal. 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. There are three main directors of Silva Tree: Patrick Visser (business development), Maurice Sjerps (project management) and Keren Kats (project design and development).
