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THE PROJECT DEVELOPERS PERSPECTIVE ANDREW G . STEEL
Chief Executive Officer The TREEDOM Group
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INTRODUCTION
Project DeveloperConsultancyCarbon Forestry“Plantation Management”
“Investment Advisor to the Asia Renewable Resources Fund (ARRF) ”
“UK Charity & Thai Foundation”
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AIMS/OBJECTIVESSix Senses Reforestation Project
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EDUCATION
Educating the client Long lead time Educating Govt
departments on carbon offsetting
Pioneering - No Govt policy Speaking Swahili
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DOCUMENTATION
Translation (500 pages) Removal of key sentences from
our documentation Procedures
Story changing Satellite imagery
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PARTNERS
Sourcing the right partners FORRU, DNP
Go to ground first bottom up approach
Corruption Going it alone takes a lead time
of around 2-3 years Government department acts as
Project Lead 18 months
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SOURCING LAND
Sourcing the land Costs – high ($20k Ha – without
land title) Difficult locations
Accreditations Criteria Teak plantations
Land Sizes Ask for 500 Rai you get 500 Rai
lost in translation?
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RECRUITMENT
Getting the team in place Signing contract to getting project started
Sourcing skilled forestry staff proving difficult Lack of forestry personnel - only 274
forestry students from Kasetsart University
Villagers difficult to recruit in fruit harvesting season
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LOGISTICS
Equipment Storage
Seedlings 10,000 a day from nursery
Villagers Door to Door service! Walk up the hill…….. Bathrooms
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WEATHER …. FLOODING
Adverse climate conditions (persistent rainfall)
Access to Areas Flooding of roads restricted
area access (Mae Wa) Bridge taken out (Doi Pa Ma)
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WEATHER …. FLOODING
Water level started to rise …………….
21st Sept 2011
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WEATHER …. FLOODING
Water level rose tenfold causing bridge neck collapse
28th Sept 2011
Only 7 Days later
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VILLAGERS…. positives
SupportiveEmployment Opportunity EducationEnvironmental Harmony
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OTHER LAND USE…..
Common cattle & elephant grazing ground
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VILLAGERS…. ISSUES &CONFLICTS Payments
No ATM – Cash! Working with hill tribe
groups Lack of lead time to
conduct Participatory Resource Assessments (PRA)
Knife threats Threats to take out the
bridge Threats to burn down the
site
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CONCLUSION
Not for the faint hearted or people with high blood pressure!