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Tropical American Tree Farms has an investment opportunity that even Al Gore may approve of. If you have a concern for our environment and prefer to invest in a socially responsible way, owning some high demand tropical hardwood trees as a long term investment is the perfect solution.

Here you have an opportunity to feel good about doing your part to help the environment by owning and having new trees planted in the rainforest of Costa Rica. Each tree that you purchase has a great return on your investment that will continue to pay out for at least 25 years.

Depending on the type of hardwood you decide on owning, the returns can be upwards of 2700% over a life span of 25 years. That is roughly a 100% per annum on your principal invested.

Why Invest in Tropical Hardwood Trees?

World consumption of tropical hardwoods has multiplied nearly 25 times in just the last four decades to more than 100 billion board feet of tropical hardwoods now being consumed each year.

At the same time, the world’s tropical rainforests are being destroyed at the rate of 35 to 50 million acres each year, and along with them the world’s supply of tropical hardwoods.
As a result, prices of tropical hardwoods continue to escalate. Cocobolo is now often sold by the pound, and a single teak log can bring as much as $20,000.

The continually increasing demand for tropical hardwoods, coupled with the rapidly decreasing availability of the natural rainforests as a source of supply, make planting and growing selected tropical hardwood species for harvest a uniquely profitable opportunity.

One World Income tries to find those rare profitable investment opportunities that are legitimate and at the same time offer a great return on your money. In Tropical American Tree Farms, we are given both and even more. If the thought of socially responsible investing doesn’t strike your fancy, then just visit their site and look at the projections.

If you have any doubts if this company is legitimate, just read what well known newspapers and publications have written about Tropical American Tree Farms.

• Family Trees – Forbes FYI, Summer 2003
• Growers turn culled wood into furniture line – Woodshop News, February 2003
• Money Can Grow on Trees – Natural Home Magazine, November/December 2002
• Wood Webs – Fine WoodWorking, June 2001
• Tropical Tree Investments Earn as They Grow – WOOD Magazine, August 2000
• Siembran el árbol número un millón (They plant tree number one million) – ESTRELLA DEL SUR, December 1999
• Exotic Hardwood is a Growing Business – WORKBENCH – The Original Home Woodworking and Improvement Magazine, November / December 1999
• Sequoia Awards honor ‘green’ products, policies – WOODSHOP NEWS, October 1999
• Sequoia Award Winners – Woodworker West, September-October, 1999
• Tropical Farm Raises Tropical Hardwoods – FDM Magazine, August 1999
• A ‘Growth’ Investment – WOODSHOP NEWS, January 1999, page 17
• Tropical American Tree Farms: Managed Care for Exotic Hardwoods – WOODWORK – A Magazine For All Woodworkers, August 1998, page 68
• Replanting, Recovering and Sustaining – Today’s Woodworker, January/February 1998, page 8
• Globally Involved Americans Shed Provincial Stereotype – World of Wood, August 1997, page 5
• Globally Involved Coloradans Shed Provincial Stereotype – The Denver Post Sunday Supplement – Empire Magazine, March 9, 1997, page 6 (the portion highlighting Tropical American Tree Farms begins on page 19)
• What? Your Own Tropical Hardwood Trees? – WOOD Magazine – January 1997, page 104
• Rain-forest Commuters: Tree Farming in Costa Rica – Columbus Monthly, January 1995, page 59
• Couple’s Dream Takes Root Abroad – The Cleveland Plain Dealer, Tuesday, September 6, 1994, cover of the “State” Section
• Half A Million More Trees In Costa Rica – Understory – The Journal of the Woodworkers Alliance for Rainforest Protection, Fall 1995, Departments
• Teak Trees Certified as ‘Smart’ – Worcester Telegram & Gazette – Sunday Telegram, February 20, 1994, cover of the Business Section, page E-1
• 2 Plant Dreams on Trees – The Columbus Dispatch, Friday, April 29, 1994, cover of Section B – Metro, page B-1
• Tropical Tree Firm Recognized – C.E.O Magazine, August 1993, page 29
• Couple Planting Tropical Hardwood Trees – World of Wood, June 1993, page 6
• Pair to Market Guilt-free Tropical Woods – The Columbus Dispatch – Tuesday, May 4, 1993, page 2E
• Presentación del Proyecto de Desarrollo Forestal de TATF S.A. – Desarrollo Agropecuario, Noviembre – Diciembre, 1992, página 29
• Sprouting Business – Modern-day Appleseeds Grow Trees in Costa Rica – Business First, July 6, 1992, Inside Report, page 13
• Couple Blends Environmental Concerns, Capitalism in Tree Farm – The Daily Reporter, Friday, April 24, 1992, page 3

There is not much more we can say about Tropical American Tree Farms, except that you can gather all the due diligence on their website and contact them should you decide to make an investment. It is definitely an investment fit to be in any diverse portfolio and one in which you can be proud to pass on to future generations.

How to contact Tropical American Tree Farms listed below:

E-mail
trees@tatf.com

Telephone and Fax Toll Free from North America
1-800-788-4918 – phone
1-800-787-2813 – fax

Telephone
from outside Costa Rica – 011-506-291-0713
from within Costa Rica – 291-0713
Fax
from outside Costa Rica – 011-506-291-0398
from within Costa Rica – 291-0398

Mail from North America – you may send mail via Interlink, a professional courier service that forwards mail between the U.S. and Costa Rica more quickly than the regular mail (please allow approximately five business days).

Simply use normal U.S. postage and address your envelope as follows:
TATF SA
Interlink 1238
Box 02-5635
Miami, Fl 33102

Mail from other than North America – please allow two weeks:
TATF SA
Apartado 608 – 1007
San José, Costa Rica

Physical Address – our TATF offices are west of downtown San José, Costa Rica at the following physical address. You are welcome to give this address to any taxi driver in San José and he will bring you right to our office.
TATF SA
Pavas de la Jack’s 150 metros oeste, 100 sur y 75 oeste. Segundo edificio blanco a mano izquierda
San José, Costa Rica

UPS, DHL and FedEx – UPS, DHL, and FedEx all provide excellent service to and from Costa Rica. You may send a package or documents via any of them, addressed to:
TATF SA
Pavas de la Jack’s 150 metros oeste, 100 sur y 75 oeste. Segundo edificio blanco a mano izquierda
San José, Costa Rica
telephone – 296-5059

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