A very interesting company that came to my attention recently is Silva Tree. This is an organization that basically offers environmental investments. Recently, of course, we've seen just how dangerous investing in the wrong places can be and we are still recovering from the economic recession. Investing in stocks is very likely to be profitable in the long term, but they can be very volatile over the short term. And leaving your money sitting in investment accounts is obviously very safe but the amount of interest you'll get isn't going to be all that significant unless you have a lot of money sitting there. But with Silva Tree, it seems like you have the opportunity to not only make very high returns, but also do something very good for the environment at the same time. This proposition is very attractive to a lot of people (and I was definitely interested myself when I first found out about it), so let's look into this in more detail.

According to Silva Tree's website, their main investment project on offer right now (the timber investment plan) offers a guaranteed 15.1% return per annum over the course of 20 years. Making that kind of return with other investments, like the stock market, forex or real estate, is not easy. You may be thinking this is a little too good to be true and how exactly those returns are "guaranteed". It's simple. With the timber investment offered by Silva Tree, you are buying a large area of land that has an average of around 660 trees per hectare. Returns on your investment are made by harvesting the land and selling timber to a pre-arranged buyer. A purchase price of $275 for every cubed meter of timber is offered by World Paulownia LLC. The total return on a $32,500 investment in a plot over the course of 20 years is close to $150K.

Silva Tree has actually conducted several successful investment projects in the past. And the good thing is that they all help the environment or local community in some way. For example, their Carbon Offset Forestry Project (now sold out) operated by buying areas of Costa Rica rainforest in order to protect them from being destroyed. Not only does conserving forest reduce the impact of global warming (trees absorb CO2) but it preserves habitat and prevents certain rare species from becoming extinct. Another interesting investment was the Princess Project (now sold out) where 1,500 hectares of land were reforested with the Paulownia Elongata tree.

So it seems to me that if you have an environmental conscience and you want a safe, high return, long term investment, then Silva Tree is ideal. With the investment packages they offer you know you'll be making a positive return year after year, and the same cannot be said for other investments like stocks, currencies or property. And you don't need to be worried about the safety of your money either. Silva Tree is very highly regulated and is a member of the BBB as well as other organizations like Ethical Junction. Also, there are many members and investors of Silva Tree that have a history of producing results.