Does anyone has invested in Reforestation, can you share your experiences?

I am looking for people who had or know first hand about this kind of investment.

There are a few scandals involving the President of Panama Martin Torrijos with Prime Forestry and others, the most famous one continues to be Flora y Fauna of Nederlands that used a nationally recognized Insurance Corp. partner to scam thousands of people.

Now, some other companies are investing in places like Phillipnes, Costa Rica and Guatemala with some promise.

PS. I found a "bucket shop" out of England called Oxigen-Investments, clearly, ready to make people believe that they are foresters.
If want you to see how a "bucket shop" web site looks like, try their web site.
http://www.oxigen-investments.com

I will not label them a scam per se, but their are promising something that has proven to be an impossible return on investment.
Spot them as fakers:
http://www.oxigen-investments.com/featur...

I personally have not invested in Reforestation, but I have seen many of the effects first hand in the area of Papua New Guinea that my mother is from. In a monetary sense I think it is a bit of a crock. The rainforest Hard wood that recieves the highest prices takes at least 20 years to grow before you can harvest enough wood to make a decent enough return on the cost of collecting and dividing the tree into peices. I can not see how they would be able to give you these kinds of returns over the shorter periods, especially if there is no decrease in the amount of illegally harvested timber on the world market. I think that they would be able to command a higher price if they can prove that the wood they supply is harvested ethically, but I do have serious doubts as to the ability of this firm to make these kinds of returns to investors.

I believe that the Re-forestation of Rainforest would have significant effects Environmentally and Economically for the associated communities, however the time span for regrowth of Rainforest and the bio-diversity that accompanies it is much longer than all the projections listed on this website. I would not call them a scam but I think that they are being a little overoptimistic. I believe returns are possible however I do not believe these numbers are possible and I can not understand why there is such a large jump in the projected figures for year 22 and year 25 as tree growth is a pretty linear affair. I am all for Invetment with environmental benifits but I think these guys are dreaming.