Help Fight Poverty in Africa, Go Green and Invest in Trees

Investors with a long term savings outlook now have an opportunity to do both social good and make a profit while at it with the help of Better Globe Ltd. Headquartered in Norway, Better Globe’s vision is to help eradicate poverty in Africa through tree planting, agriculture and education.

“We do not believe in just charity, but we do believe strongly in “self-help” and will support poor people in Africa based on principles of profitability. This way they can be self-sustained and able to work themselves out of poverty.” – Better Globe

Similar to other investments regarding hardwood or bio-fuel tree plantations where the purpose is to both help the environment and turn a profit, Better Globe’s plans involves adding an objective to fight poverty in Africa.

Better Globe’s vision encompasses three areas in which they believe will help eradicate poverty and stop the desertification of land in Africa.

1. Tree Planting – plant 5 billion trees in Africa by 2026. Planting trees will counteract dehydration of soil, desertification and global warming. As the trees mature, they will become the products that are sold for profit.
2. Agriculture – build the world’s largest Micro Finance bank helping poor farmers in Africa by 2026. Micro loans to African farmers will enable them to become independent and earn more income.
3. Education – build more schools than any other organization has done by 2026. More schools will provide basic education to poor children in Africa, the key to fighting poverty and better welfare.

To accomplish these goals, Better Globe was formed with a Network Marketing business model and offers participants three ways in which they can be involved and make money.

1. Members - can buy Donation Packages and earn more than he donated.
2. Ambassadors - sell packages/products to Members and Investors, and able to make money
3. Investors - can buy tree packages which are expected to yield more than four times profit. The profit could in fact be more than ten times the investment in a period of 20 years.

“.. these activities should be based on business and profit and not charity alone. We want to support the poorest people in Africa by business principles and profit: The poor will learn how to make money. We who are helping will make money.” – Better Globe

How much can you make as an investor?

Managed timber averaged 15% returns annually from 1973 – 2002 as an investment and tree prices has risen about 5% per year.

“Better Globe Forestry takes care of the trees you purchase for 20 years from purchase date. From the fifth to the twentieth year you get paid 15% profit on your Better Globe trees. The 20th year you will receive an additional 10 times the recommended retail price. You will also receive possible increase in price.” – Better Globe

Assuming you invested in a lot of 100 trees at a price of €13 per tree and see a 0 increase in prices for trees over the life of the investment, you can expect a return of €14,630 for an initial spend of €1,300. The chart below shows the potential increases in profit if tree prices increases (Source Better Globe).

If there is a 5% increase in tree prices, your profits would be €36,120. That’s a 2778% return on the investment over 20 years or an annualized 138.9% per year. Imagine if the price of trees going above 5%!

Facts indicate that the price of timber and harvestable products will continue to increase in the next 20 to 30 years. World demand is outstripping current supply. This is what Better Globe has to say about it.

• Today nearly 1 out of 3 people in the world (1.7 billions) are living in countries and areas which have critically low coverage of forest. If the present deforestation continues the figure will be tripled to 4.6 billion people by 2025.
• The total forest areas have diminished by 50 % since 1960.
• More than 90 % of the original forests in West Africa are temporarily lost.
• In Africa, only 1 tree is planted for each 28th that is cut.
• 8 out of 10 people use less paper than what is estimated to be necessary needs for education and communication in the future.
• Countries like Japan, England and USA are today among the largest consumers of wood. In the future however, countries like China and India, with a population many times the size of the three mentioned countries combined, will have an enormous increasing demand for wood.
  Some figures for comparison:
  In Japan every person consumes about 242 kilos per year, while the consumption in India is still only about 3 kilos a person a year.
• At the same time prognoses show that the area covered by forest in India will decrease by more than 30 % per person the next 20 years. This, among other things, is a result of an increasing population of more than 300 million people during the same period.
• Today the forests of China are covering about 16 % of the total land. The demand is however more than doubled. This implies that there is a shortage of about 270 million cubic meters of wood each year. The situation is worsening due to population growth and economic revolution taking place in China right now.

Here is a chart on comparing the rate of tropical deforestation versus the rising demand for wood:

The outlook for profits from sustainable trees and harvestable wood products as a long term investment looks promising. If you are interested in investing in this sector, visit www.betterglobe.com or contact:

Einar Formo, Managing Director

Sandbakkveien 60
7072 Heimdal
NORWAY
Org.no. UK 05924317
Phone: (+47) 72 900 260
Fax: (+47) 72 900 262
Cell Phone: (+47) 98 66 78 41