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THE PROJECT DEVELOPERS PERSPECTIVE ANDREW G . STEEL
Chief Executive Officer The TREEDOM Group
INTRODUCTION
Project DeveloperConsultancyCarbon Forestry“Plantation Management”
“Investment Advisor to the Asia Renewable Resources Fund (ARRF) ”
“UK Charity & Thai Foundation”
AIMS/OBJECTIVESSix Senses Reforestation Project
EDUCATION
Educating the client Long lead time Educating Govt
departments on carbon offsetting
Pioneering - No Govt policy Speaking Swahili
DOCUMENTATION
Translation (500 pages) Removal of key sentences from
our documentation Procedures
Story changing Satellite imagery
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
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?
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
LOGISTICS
Equipment Storage
Seedlings 10,000 a day from nursery
Villagers Door to Door service! Walk up the hill…….. Bathrooms
WEATHER …. FLOODING
Adverse climate conditions (persistent rainfall)
Access to Areas Flooding of roads restricted
area access (Mae Wa) Bridge taken out (Doi Pa Ma)
WEATHER …. FLOODING
Water level started to rise …………….
21st Sept 2011
WEATHER …. FLOODING
Water level rose tenfold causing bridge neck collapse
28th Sept 2011
Only 7 Days later
VILLAGERS…. positives
SupportiveEmployment Opportunity EducationEnvironmental Harmony
OTHER LAND USE…..
Common cattle & elephant grazing ground
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
CONCLUSION
Not for the faint hearted or people with high blood pressure!
