Comments on: A view from Greenwood Management

By: John Barnes

John Barnes — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:50:19 +0000

HI Paco…really sorry for the delay, your comments somehow slipped through my net. Again I can only say my answers are from the various notes I have taken in the meetings with Greenwood Management, so it might be better for you to contact them directly rather than go via forestry invest. Getting back to your question, as I read it, the land on which Greenwood Management produce the forestry plantations in Brazil will obviously have differing histories due to the size of the various plantations. What is vital from my understanding ( but please confirm for yourself ), is that the land used has always been degraded in some way, shape or form, to meet the criteria of their business model and Greenwoods sustainability commitments. Re the workforce, I believe the plantation workers are generally recruited from areas close to the plantations for obvious logistical reasons but there are some specific , technical staff that are occasionally brought in.
Hope this helps, John Barnes

By: paco de la huerta

paco de la huerta — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:56:30 +0000

ok that is good for me to hear things are like this from the management technical of greenwood. is it possible to aska little more of this matter of the land for the peoples that are already living in the region? Is the land before used in farming for inhabitantes tht are now working at the forest for Greenwood Management? and what becomes of the farmers if this passes?

By: John

John — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:32:09 +0000

Paco, thanks for your interest and I fully understand your points on the effects of forestry plantations on the local communities, as its something I have always attached a very high importance to myself in the past. Naturally I have spoken on this subject to Greenwood management at some length and understand that Greenwood take all issues like the ones you raised very seriously. Greenwood Management have put into practice a matrix system of compliance procedures at local levels to address these kind of issues. Local workers are recruited and are registered with the regional authorities. Both the infrastructure and local economy benefits from the incoming investments (this benefit is wide ranging in terms of the all the service sectors which gain traction).

By: paco de la huerta

paco de la huerta — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 08:56:33 +0000

Is it possible that you can you tell me something of the Greenwood Management and how they are operating in their plantations please? My last comment to you tells how I am particularly watching deforestation in Brasil and how important for me are the ways of running plantations, especailly for regarding the manual workers who are living in the campos there. I will be very interested in your knowlegde of Greenwood Management in this area.