This Christmas, Share the Rainforest

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This Christmas, Share the Rainforest
A Green Christmas gift for that special person in your life!

Vinzenz Schmack: Saving the Rainforest

Unless you were unconscious for the last 50 years, you must be aware of the destruction of forests around the world. In the three minutes it will take you to read this message, another 68 hectares will have gone up in smoke, or more probably down the river, while each side blames the other for indifference or inefficiency. While "stakeholders" pontificate about what must be done at the global level, Vinzenz Schmack, Founder of Laguna del Lagarto Lodge in Costa Rica, and long-time ECOCLUB Member, came up with a brilliant, practical idea that just works at the local level, and who knows, even beyond:

Saving the Rainforest through enlightened co-ownership. With transparent, clear rules that guarantee conservation in a self-sustaining manner. It may sound like a tall order, but it is deliciously simple and already happening:

For just 250 US Dollars You and your loved ones, can now become co-owners of a 250-acre (100-hectare) virgin Costa Rican Rainforest and assist in its permanent and complete preservation. To your ethical satisfaction, add unique benefits: As a shareholder you and your direct family (spouse & children) will receive a permanent 20% discount on the prevailing room rates of Laguna del Lagarto Lodge, which sits on the edge of this (lucky) Rainforest.

Vinzenz Schmack, a leading development & financial consultant before founding Laguna del Lagarto, and the past president of San Jose Rotary Club, has conceived, organised and administers the innovative project free of charge, assisted by four dedicated & renowned experts who have volunteered to form the board of a separate, fully registered Costa Rica company, Bosque Lluvioso de San Carlos D.C.A, S.A, which now owns the shares (one pictured below)

Your Rainforest Ownership Certificate !

As a Shareholder you will be free to sell your shares at any time with a potential increase in value. This unique project does not exclude profit but pursues it within the framework of, and for the benefit of, sound ecological principles. Potential earning sources for shareholders include an entrance fee for using the rainforest trails, renting the rainforest to leading institutions to research medicinal plants and tackle incurable diseases, as well as trade in CO2 absorptions.

Already, owners of neighbouring Rainforest have expressed interest to join this innovative project, and it is thus hoped that the project will ultimately contribute to the preservation of a large portion of privately-held Rainforest in northern Costa Rica.

Meanwhile, Rainforest Shares are going fast, so hurry up!

For a GREEN Christmas, order your Rainforest Share:

By Bank Transfer: Details at http://www.protect-rainforests.org/transfer.html

By Check: Send a US$ check in favour of Bosque Lluvioso San Carlos D.C.A., S.A
by registered airmail to the Trustee Carlos Ceciliano, P.O. Box 6452-1000, San José, Costa Rica.

For full details on this innovative scheme:
www.protect-rainforests.org or email lagarto@racsa.co.cr

For information on Laguna del Lagarto:
www.lagarto-lodge-costa-rica.com

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