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Friday, November 01 2019 - 05:20
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TreeCoin Launches Compliant Token Offering to Plant 10 Million Trees
ZUG, Switzerland, Nov. 1, 2019 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

TreeCoin, the blockchain-based ethical reforestation and timber cultivation 
program, has launched a unique Hybrid Token Offering (HTO) to raise funds for 
the purchase of over 12,000 hectares of fallow land in Paraguay to plant 10 
million Eucalyptus trees in Paraguay.

If successful, the initiative will not only provide sustainable timber and 
subsequent profit for over two decades but also generate long-term income that 
will be reinvested into the expansion of enough land for 37 million trees in 
the heart of the South American tropics over time.

Sustainable. Ethical. Profitable.

The world's thirst for timber has led to severe deforestation over the past few 
decades, with forest reserves rapidly declining the world over.

TreeCoin's CEO Jörg Schäfer, himself a long-time advocate of green initiatives 
speaks about TreeCoin's ambitions of developing a sustainable, scalable timber 
production model that can be easily adopted by other environmental 
protection/conservation enterprises. He explains:

"We consumed roughly 340 million metric tonnes of timber last year, and each 
year, this will only increase. Soon we will need one and a half of our planet 
to satisfy this, which is simply not sustainable. Many countries have already 
paid the price of deforestation.

"Paraguay is a particularly tragic case, having lost almost 90% of its eastern 
forests - causing irreversible damage to the ecosystem. Realistically it will 
be decades before its woodlands can return to their former glory. But this 
reforestation initiative is worth the investment, on both a local and global 
level."

According to Schäfer, the project has already spent several years of research 
on the ground working with a local reforestation partner. TreeCoin even 
operates a training facility, hiring local Paraguayans to care for eucalyptus 
seedlings in nurseries. The facility is led by TreeCoin reforestation 
specialist Andreas Jelinek of Grupo Empresarial La Rivera S.A. Paraguay, who 
have successfully seen 3,000 hectares of land into development and 2.5 million 
harvested trees under their management.

After the HTO and throughout a 23-year cycle, the company estimates harvest 
revenues - after profit distribution - will enable reinvestment to purchase new 
land and new trees to a total value of $546 million. In total, 59,650 hectares 
of land will provisionally be acquired for reforestation, the outcome of which 
will generate a projected profit of USD 1.1 billion.

How the TreeCoin HTO works

The hybrid token offering involves a dual-token model, where security tokens 
(described as TREE) are sold to investors, each backed by one physical 
eucalyptus tree which is planted by TreeCoin in Paraguay. In addition, every 
TREE sold generates currency tokens (described as TXC), assigned to the token 
buyer and distributed to the project and other beneficiaries. Each TREE 
generates 100 TXC. An investor in the HTO, therefore, holds TREE security 
tokens which ensure they receive a share of profits generated from timber 
harvests, as well as TXC currency tokens, which will be developed as a native 
payment currency used to support local retailers, communities and social 
projects in Paraguay.

About TreeCoin

The TreeCoin HTO is a FINMA-compliant offering in the Swiss jurisdiction, 
managed by Zug-based Global TREE Project AG.

1 TREE sold generates 100 currency tokens (designated as TXC). Of this, 70 TXC 
is assigned to TREE holders. As a hybrid token offering, the TreeCoin HTO will 
offer a maximum supply of 10 million security tokens designated as TREE tokens, 
with a base cost of $23 each, for a maximum of $230 million raised. 40% of 
revenue from each harvest is distributed proportionately to TREE holders, while 
50% is reinvested in purchasing land and seedlings; ensuring TREE is a passive 
growing asset.

Visit TreeCoin's Whitepaper 
(https://tree-coin.io/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/TreeCoin_Whitepaper.pdf)  for 
more details about TreeCoin, TREE and TXC tokens. Register now to participate 
in the TreeCoin HTO (https://invest.tree-coin.io/).

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Global TREE Project AG
Rothusstraße 23
CH- 6331 Hüneberg
Contact: info@tree-coin.io 

Press Contact:
Torsten Schiefen
Tel: +49-1732497313

Source: TreeCoin