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Precious Woods Nicaragua CDM reforestation Project

Ted Scheidegger Christoph Buholzer Carbon Expo Press Event Biocarbonfund Cologne, May 10, 2006

Precious Woods Nicaragua CDM reforestation Project

Ted Scheidegger Christoph Buholzer

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From pasture…

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…to a forest ecosystem

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Precious Woods

1990 1990 Precious Woods Ltd. is established by a group of Swiss forestry experts; Precious Woods Costa Rica begins to reforest abandoned pasture land 1994 1994 Precious Woods Amazon develops the first sustainable forest management operation in the Amazon - operative from October 1996 1997 1997 Precious Woods Amazon is certified in accordance with the criteria of the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) 2002 2002 Precious Woods is listed on the SWX Swiss Stock Exchange 2003 2003 Start of CDM reforestation project in Nicaragua 2005 2005 Purchase of wood-chip fired power plant in Itacoatiara and BK Energia CDM project Acquisition of FSC trading company A. van den Berg

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Project located in Southern Nicaragua

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A marginal rural region

and a young population With basic infrastructure

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Reforestation concept

• Profit-oriented project but different from traditional industrial plantations
• Main species Teak
• plus a number of native forest species, some of them threatened by

extinction

• Preservation of ecologically attractive elements, integration of pre-existing

trees and forests remnants

• Establishing a mosaic with high connectivity
• Low grade of mechanisation
• Fire control and suppression in area where use of fire in agriculture is a

common practice

• Permanent independent control by FSC

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Planting

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Jobs for men and women Training and carreer opportuinities

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Timber processing

Project creates basis for local wood processing industry fed with wood from sustainable sources

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• The project is implemented in accordance with the

Criteria of the Forest Stewardship Council FSC

• The FSC is an international non-profit organisation.
• It was founded in 1993 to support environmentally

appropriate, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world's forests.

• Its members are environmental and social groups,

indigenous peoples' organizations and representatives of the timber trade and the forestry profession.

• In 1997 Precious Woods Amazon

Precious Woods Amazon was the first company in the Amazon to be certified in accordance with the criteria of FSC

• Having the FSC logo means that the forest, in the
• pinion of independent inspectors, is well managed

in accordance with strict environmental, social and economic criteria.

FSC Certification

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Carbon accounting

Mapping areas with GPS Measuring biomass in permanent sample plots

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Projected Carbon Sequestration (total project)

CO2 accumulated

200'000 400'000 600'000 800'000 1'000'000 1'200'000

2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2027 2029 2031

Time CO2 (t)

ERPA signed ERPA signed with with BioCarbonfund BioCarbonfund for for 20% of project 20% of project volume

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