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Fund geography
Emerging countries (256) / Latin America and the Caribbean (38) / South America (8) / Bolivia (1)
The Cochabamba Project is a fully trading Industrial Provident Society, working in equal partnership with poor smallholders on the fringes of the Bolivian Amazon to establish and maintain a profitable and sustainable community-based forestry enterprise as part of a wider project known as ArBolivia.
Our members provide the finance needed for local smallholders to plant native species of tropical hardwoods as an alternative to unsustainable farming practices.
The society is registered with the Financial Services Authority (no 30642R) as an Industrial Provident Society For The Benefit Of The Community. As such it is a mutual society, formed for the benefit of the community - in this case Cochabamba. We believe it is the first IPS to be established for the purpose of conducting a community forestry enterprise and also the first to identify a target community beyond the UK.
Asset class
Fund status
Fund style
Financial description
To invest in the Arbolivia Project to take the project to breakeven when timber revenues come through.
15 years
of track record
2009
the year funded
8,000,000 USD
AUM
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Asset manager
Impact Category
Key performance indicators
Fund overview
Asset manager: The Cochabamba Project
Product track record: Fund has 15 years of track record
Target IRR: 9%
Committed Capital: 5,000,000 USD (US Dollar)
Target return category: Below risk-adjusted market-rate of return
Fund domicile: United Kingdom
Product status: Open - committed capital
Style/Stage: Development
Inception year: 2009
Vintage year: 2009
Target region: Bolivia, Emerging countries, Latin America and the Caribbean, South America
Target close date: n.a.
Product term: 5 year
Assets under management: 8,000,000 USD (US Dollar)
Investment size: Min: 0; Max: 0; Avg: 0
Co-investment policy:
Currency of investments: GBP (Pound Sterling)
Currency for fund / product figures: USD (US Dollar)
Fund investments to date: 1
Fund investments to date exited or repaid: 0
Management fee: n.a.
Carried interest: n.a.
Hurdle rate: n.a.
GIIN Investors' Council Investment: No
Limited Partners / Investors: n.a.
Limited Partner / Investor Type: Other Institutional Investors, Retail Investors
Contact
E-mail: a.stilma@arbolivia.org arboliva@arboliva.com
Website: http://www.cochabamba.coop
Phone number: 0044 1539 823 041
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John Fleetwood
Director
Impact Performance
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Impact thesis
Profits are shared between local farmers and investors. The livelihood of local subsistence farmers is central to the vision and operation of the project. By participating in the project smallholders can expect to treble their earnings on their forested land over the 40 year project term. The project helps communities to work together and raise their own capacity to develop solutions to their problems. The project provides access to both hand
tools and power tools as well as providing cover crops and other farming methods which reduce the physical effort required to carry out work in the harsh and debilitating conditions of the Amazon jungle. Smallholders also benefit from both financial and practical assistance to increase efficiency and the yields on their remaining land through agro-forestry (e.g. cocoa and citrus fruits) and through collective bargaining and fair trade principles.
The project addresses the root causes of deforestation by providing a real economic alternative to further deforestation and by improving agricultural practices. By using a wide range of indigenous species of trees, intercropping and working with over 750 farmers on widely distributed plots, as well as creating wildlife corridors, biodiversity is substantially enhanced. The project also stores over 300,000 tonnes of carbon.
Impact Management
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