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Environmental
and Social ImpactProject development including forestry and renewables
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The Fast
Growing Tree1,500 hectares of land reforested with Paulownia
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Sustainable
DevelopmentSocio-economic and Carbon sequestration benefits.
Environmental Impact
- Carbon sequestration
- Biodiversity benefits
- Avoided deforestation
- Sustainable harvest
- Climate change mitigation
News Archive
Germany’s Lufthansa carries out flights using biofuel
German airline Lufthansa last Thursday carried out...
Kedco plans five U.K. biomass facilities
For £59 million ($92 million), Kedco Plc, an Irel...
Report Suggests Biomass Energy Won't Harm Food Production
Biomass could cover 20% of the global energy suppl...
Renewables Surpass Fossil Fuel in New Power Plant Investment, Bloomberg Reports
Renewable energy is surpassing fossil fuels for th...
Port of Amsterdam Makes Way for Biomass
The Port of Amsterdam is preparing for a growth in...
U.K. Biomass Project Development Continues to Pick up
Just his week, Kedco Plc, a renewable energy devel...
Princess Project Planting Season Finished
As 2011 nears its end, so does the Princess Projec...
Timber Demand Projections for Q4 2011 and Q1 2012
Japan’s Forestry Agency has released projections...
China Prepares For Biofuel Demonstration Flight
China will be next to conduct a biofuel demonstrat...
Air China Flies First Biofuel Powered Plane
Air China has launched its first demonstration fli...
UK Releases Long-Awaited Renewables Support Proposals
The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change r...
More Biomass Support Needed to Meet Targets - Drax
Drax has called for more backing for biomass power...
School Field Trip to Princess Project
In early October, a local class of school children...
Trees Win Big as Forest Carbon Surges to Record Year
Investors and buyers have funneled record amounts ...
Silva Tree Project Reaches 100 Employees
Silva Tree's reforestation project in Panama is an...
60,000 call for end of nuclear power in Japan
Sixty thousand Japanese citizens marched in centra...
Approval for two new wood-powered biomass plants
Two major biomass power stations have been given t...
Chaotic UK biomass demand in danger of fuelling landgrab in developing countries
Rising demand for woodfuel worldwide, including in...
Energy Investment in renewable energy hits $211 billion, with a shift towards developing economies.
Renewables Investment Breaks Records
Global investment in renewable power and fuels set...
Land Banking Disguised As Carbon Trading Schemes
Financial Services Authority warns against unregul...
IFAs warn over carbon credit 'boiler room'
Advisers have sounded alarm over the sales practic...
Silva Tree Supports Crackdown on Carbon Credit Scams
The FSA has issued a statemement warning consumers...
Carbon Markets Showed Strong Growth in 2010
The Voluntary Market rose by 58.6% on average tran...
Global Biomass Market Outlook Published
A new market research report is available called T...
UN Approves Silva Tree Use of Year of Forests 2011 Logo
The International Year of Forests 2011 (Forests 20...
Global Carbon Emissions Reach Record, Says IEA
Energy-related carbon emissions reached a record l...
Germany: Nuclear Power Plants to Close by 2022
Germany's coalition government has announced a rev...
Princess Project SIPP Compliant in Ireland
Irish Self-Administered pension provider, Independ...
UK energy market reform plans must be more ambitious
The UK is at a critical juncture in the way it use...
BDO Appointed as Biomass Fund Auditor
Silva Tree is delighted to announce the appointmen...
New High-spec. Houses Built for Princess Project
In anticipation of the opening of the Silva Tree m...
New Trees Thrive in Unexpected Rains
Panama is currently in its so called "dry season";...
Rainforest Alliance VCS Validation Field Visit
Two representatives from the Rainforest Alliance v...
Silva Tree Princess Project Greenhouse Construction
As a part of the Silva Tree Princess Project Panam...
Silva Tree Applies for United Nations Environment Program Study
Silva Tree has submitted an application for a URC ...
Silva Tree Carbon Offset Project Validation
The Rainforest Alliance auditing team will perform...
Silva Tree Launches Biomass Energy Fund
Environmental developer Silva Tree Panama confirms...
Princess Project Unaffected by Panama Flooding
Panama has recently experienced extreme flooding d...
Biomass Fund Information Memorandum Completed
Silva Tree's exciting new project, the Paulownia f...
Laboratory Equipment Loaded for Shipment
The equipment for Silva Tree's micro-propagation l...
New ST Website Dedicated to Carbon Offset Project
Silva Tree launched its latest website, www.silvat...
Silva Tree Princess Project Brochure Updated
The Silva Tree Princess Project brochure is being ...
Green investment funds under threat
The green investment funds offered by a number of ...
Panama 'leading the way,' says IMF
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)...
Voluntary Market Shrinks as VCS+SOCIALCARBON Appreciates
In 2009, the Voluntary Carbon Market experienced i...
Silva Tree Participates in SOCIALCARBON Standard Application Manual Review
The SOCIAL CARBON manual was built to help organiz...
Silva Tree Panama Joins National Reforestation Association
ANARAP stands for the Asociacion Nacional de Refor...
Climate Week Hands Over the Mantle to Private Sector
Climate Week is being held all this week in New Yo...
Planting Complete on Phases I & II of Princess Project.
Planting has been completed on Phases I & II of th...
Silva Tree Open Days for IFAs and Investment Brokers
Silva Tree has sceduled two open day presentations...
The Future Of Biomass Report Published
A report entitled, The Future Of Biomass: Technolo...
Final Shipment of Seedlings Arrives from the US
More seedlings arrive at Silva Tree's Chepo planta...
Equipment For Silva Tree Lab Due for Shipment
This week distilation units, test tubes, meters, p...
Launch of Biomass Fund Pending Tax Opinion
The highly anticipated Silva Tree fund for biomass...
On this day in 1977 the US ceded control of the Panama Canal
33 years ago today the US ceded control of the Pan...
UK's Largest Coal-Fired Power Plant Could Switch To Biomass Within 10 Years
The Guardian reports on UK energy giant Drax's ann...
BP Oil Spill Re-emphasizes Need for Alternative Energy Sources
This summer's unfortunate accident in the Gulf of ...
Biomass Grows In Popularity With Corporates and Investors
Looking at which renewable subsectors are most att...
Princess Project Returns Figures Reviewed
Following the development of the Paulownia for Bio...
Renewables in Electricity Generation Continue to Rise
The "Renewable Energy Snapshots" report, published...
Additional Accommodation Built for Field Workers
Due to the intensive rainy season planting, it has...
Rainforest Alliance Begins Pre-Validation Process
The Rainforest Alliance has begun the pre-validati...
European Biomass Industry Prepares for Expansion
As energy and engineering giants rush into the sec...
Financial Times Recommends Forestry Investment
Merryn Somerset Webb's column on the 4th June talk...
Rainforest Alliance to Perform Silva Tree VCS Audit
Silva Tree Panama has contracted the Rainforest Al...
Over $3 Billion for New Infrastructure in Panama
With less than a month to ensure compliance with t...
Silva Tree Mentioned in University Article
Fort Valley State University, who are developing p...
Biomass More Attractive to Investors Than Renewables
A report conducted by KPMG suggests that biomass a...
Finns to Build Biomass Power Plants in Poland
Finnish energy company Fortum is planning to build...
Silva Tree Laboratory in Final Stages
The Princess Project's onsite seedling production ...
Hundreds of Thousands of Paulownia Seedlings
200,000 Paulownia seedlings are to be delivered to...
Silva Tree Client Open Day June 2010
The highly successful Silva Tree open days are con...
Silva Tree Agents Open Day June 2010
The highly successful Silva Tree open days continu...
Silva Tree Prices Fixed Until End of Week
Further to ongoing exchange rate fluctuations, Sil...
Silva Tree Open Day, Final Spaces Available
Silva Tree are holding an open weekend in Central ...
Princess Project PDD Available in English
After many months of planning, measuring, research...
Princess Project Phase 3 EIA Completed
As a part of compliance with Panamanian environmen...
Silva Tree Pleased About Carbon Survey Results
A news article from Ireland has confirmed that for...
Silva Tree Visit Fort Valley State University
Silva Tree Directors were invited to visit Fort Va...
Princess Project Prices Fixed For April
Invest in April, save 1000 Pounds. Due to recent ...
Princess Project Carbon PDD Available Online
The first version of the Princess Project PDD (in ...
False Accusations By The Christian Science Monitor
When a friendly young reporter from a seemingly pr...
Licence Agreement Signed For Seedling Production
During an important meeting in Georgia last week, ...
Your SIPP Allowance- Use it or Lose it!
Invest in the Princes Project and take advantage o...
Silva Tree EIA Approved by Government
Silva Tree recently submitted an Environemtal Impa...
Dry Season Planting of Great Significance
A further delivery of tens of thousands of seeling...
Investors Receive First Year's Returns
Those investors who bought land in the Carbon Offs...
Silva Tree Princess Project Socioeconomic Plans Finalised
Having spent December 2009 in Panama, Silva Treeâ€...
Citadel Trustees 25 year anniversary
Citadel, who hold the Princess Project in trust, a...
Forest Carbon Markets Grew in 2009 Despite Recession
Companies that rescue and restore forests to earn ...
Interest in voluntary carbon credits picks up
Carbon offset retailers and brokers have seen incr...
Copenhagen Climate Accord Now Accepted By Nine Nations, UN Says
Australia, France and Canada are among nine countr...
Silva Tree Directors spend Xmas in Panama
The Silva Tree Directors spent Xmas 2009 in Panama...
Christmas Party held for local schoolchildren
The Silva Tree directors held a special Christmas ...
Silva Tree Directors meet local authorities during recent Panama visit
The Silva Tree Directors met with local authoritie...
Silva Tree finalise plans to help community and local area
Silva Tree agrees to help the community and local ...
Why tropical Trees are Low Risk but High Return
The Economist magazine has stated that the average...
Forestry Dispatch: Haiti before the quake
Can Paulownia Save Haiti?
Chris Snavely, 81, was taking on a new project: to...
Panama Emerges as a Prime Location for Close-To-Nature Resort Development
Trendsetters in environmentally responsible real e...
Best time for green business is now
The time to build a green business is prime right ...
Silva Tree Directors to spend Christmas in Panama
All 3 Silva Tree owners will be spending the festi...
Silva Tree Winter Sale- completion deadlines extended
Winter Sale Application forms received in 2009 hav...
More venture capitalists tuning in to green investments
The "perfect storm" of consumer interest and gover...
Forestry Investment – Canada’s British Columbia to market wood products to China
British Columbia’s government has pledged to inc...
Fast growing sector spreads its roots
Institutional investors keen to diversify their po...
Silva Tree Listed in Carbon Catalog
In anticipation of the soon to be completed projec...
Silva Tree Represented at Copenhagen Climate Conference
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...
Panama moves up in democratic development index
The Index of Democratic Development in Latin Ameri...
Carbon trading could be worth twice that of oil in next decade
The carbon market could become double the size of ...
Environmental Minister Joins Silva Tree Team
Silva Tree are very proud to announce that Ing. Ed...
Improvements to Field Staff Facilites
Silva Tree holds a great deal of importance to the...
First Phase of Princess Project Planted
Seedlings have been planted in the first phase of ...
Second Seedling Delivery Arrives in Panama
Having flown in from the USA, the second batch of ...
Second Batch of Seedling Sent to Princess Project
The second shipment of seedlings headed for the Pr...
How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued From the Brink
The frogs are dying. From Canada to Panama, swamps...
Holdren: Ice age will kill 1 billion
White House science czar John Holdren has predicte...
Seedlings arrive at Princess Project
After a long and dangerous journey from the US, th...
Panama butterfly migrations linked to climate change
Research permits were provided by Panama's Nationa...
Important changes to contact details
As of today, the Silva Tree telephone and fax numb...
Princess Project prelaunch a sell-out
The Princess Project prelaunch, which ran for just...
Princess Project community interviews
Silva Tree conducted interviews with people from t...
The Security of Forestry Investment
Most people are looking for a reliable home for th...
Timberland Investment World Conference 2009
Now in its 6th successful year, the Timberland Inv...
ST Newsletter- Last Remaining Units
Having reached the limit of units we wish to give ...
Voluntary Carbon Standard lays groundwork for forestry offset boom
The Voluntary Carbon Standard Association (VCSA) w...
Silva Tree Community Project- Escuela Caño Zapota
As a part of their World Environment Day celebrati...
Forest carbon offers cheaper way to curb warming
Counting the climate-warming carbon dioxide locked...
2010 Games officials eye global warming costs
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Organizers...
Coldplay concert to be carbon neutral
Saturday’s Coldplay concert will be carbon neutr...
Silvatree Fixed Currency Structure
Due to the volatility of the currency markets, Sil...
Offset industry slams government over deforestation guidelines
No UK government-approved carbon offset scheme cur...
Climate change targets questioned after CO2 falls by just one per cent in decade
The UK’s carbon dioxide emissions fell by 1.5 pe...
Delta College Offset Carbon Footprint
Each full-time student at Delta College emitted an...
Will Carbon Offsets Survive the Downturn?
To get through the recession, consumers are scrimp...
Canadian firm lists carbon projects with TZ1
A Canadian company that offsets carbon emissions h...
Forestation Based Carbon Credits Get Green Light
Silva Tree announces their project will be accredi...
Carbon Offset Credits the New Investment Commodity
In the current financial climate, investors are lo...
World carbon market doubles in 2008
Latest research shows global market enjoyed strong...
From greed to green: Investing in the future
Environmental business practices are becoming incr...
As Rain Forests Disappear, A Market Solution Emerges
Despite the creation of protected areas in the Ama...
Forestry protection to be added to UN post Kyoto protocol
A formal global market for forestry-related carbon...
Halting deforestation top of the agenda at climate conference
Delegates at the latest round of international cli...
Merrill Lynch spends $9M on forestation carbon credits
Merrill Lynch throws weight behind avoided defores...
Forestry credits just as good as the rest
New standard to help forestry projects enter carbo...
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