• Longer-term returns from the high
quality hardwood species (Silky Oak)
• The species co-habitat in their
natural environment and will be planted
together in a single plantation.
• BioForest has developed a unique
planting and harvesting format that is
designed to optimise growth, yield and
plantation management
This unique process improves
the potential for attractive returns and
provides in-built risk mitigation.
Multiple harvests:
She-oak – Biofuel
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The first cash flow is
expected to follow harvest and sale of the She-oak approximately
3 years after planting. Further cash flows are expected with the
subsequent harvest of the She-oak coppice (it regenerates after
re-growth) at projected two yearly intervals thereafter up until
the end of year 9 (four harvests). |
Silky Oak – Sawn Hardwood
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The second and the
predominant income stream is derived from the harvest of Silky
Oak a high value hardwood timber for sawn timber and veneer.-
This second additional cash flow is expected to occur with a
partial harvest around year 10 and with a final payment at
clearfell at approximately year 15. Refer to PDS page 30 for
full details of the Project. |
Benefits to you
Tax deduction
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100% Tax Deduction
(as per ATO
Product Ruling above) |
Finance available
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100% Finance available
through two designated independent financiers for application
amount and GST component. |
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12 months interest free
instalment payment option available |
Higher returns with risk
mitigation
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Potentially higher returns
(refer independent research reports above). The dual species
concept allows Growers to participate in products produced for
two independent and under supplied uncorrelated markets (energy
and hardwood) |
Points of Difference
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The unique combination of two species in the one
plantation provides growers with two separate cash flows
derived from: |
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1. |
Biofuel (She-oak) converted to sustainable
charcoal, high density pellets and renewable energy |
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2. |
Sawn hardwood and veneer (Silky
Oak) |
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Growers have access to early cash flows
throughout the Project’s life span that underpins superior
returns to investors |
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Harvest |
approx. |
Year
3 |
(She-oak) |
She-oak has rapid coppice regrowth |
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Year
5 |
(She-oak) |
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Year
7 |
(She-oak) |
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Year
9 |
(She-oak) |
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| Thinning |
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Year 10 |
(Silky Oak) |
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Clearfell |
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Year
15 |
(Silky Oak) |
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End products (renewable charcoal,
Biofuel and hardwood) are specifically targeted for uncorrelated
and under supplied domestic and global markets. |
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Major MoU offtake agreement with
Toyota Tsusho, which is one of the world’s largest trading
houses |
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5 year R&D history with
significant independent reporting and verification |
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This Project is not involved in
woodchip production for the making of paper |
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$5000 per Timberlot + GST (half
hectare) minimum 2 Timberlots |
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Project life approximately 15
years |
An
opportunity to invest
and contribute to the fight
to reverse global warming
In a world where man
continues to consume our
natural forest resources
unabated, plantation
forestry offers an
opportunity for you to give
something back to the
environment.
The BioForest Sustainable
Timber and Biofuel Project
2007 is an investment that
provides returns to growers
in a sustainable and
environmentally friendly
way.
Massive depletion of our
native forests has not only
resulted in land degradation
and reduction in supply of a
valuable and growing demand
commodity, it is also
removing the “lungs” that
help keep our planet clean.
The majority of the
scientific community and
governments now generally
accept the significant
adverse impacts of the
continuing rise in
greenhouse gas emissions and
the effect this is having on
global warming and climate
change.
BioForest introduces a
significant step forward in
forestry with a system that
creates an economically
viable method of developing
a forest based renewable
energy fuel source combined
with a sustainable hardwood
suitable for furniture
manufacture, cabinetry and
many other uses.
While the issue is still the
subject of much public
debate, the general
consensus of the scientific
community is that the
phenomenon of global warming
is driven by dramatically
growing levels of carbon
dioxide (CO2) resulting from
the burning of fossil fuels
such as coal, gas and oil
and clearing forests…the
BioForest Sustainable Timber
and Biofuel Project 2007 has
the ability to contribute to
C02 abatement in the
following ways:
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Renewable charcoal as a direct replacement for
coking coal |
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Renewable high density pellets as a replacement
for fossil fuels |
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Renewable energy as a replacement
for fossil fuels |
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Carbon capture in the sustainable
sawn timber |
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Carbon sequestration |
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