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Business TodayBusiness Today
September, 2010
Tapping into Brazil's Growth Potential
Mark Lane meets two London entrepreneurs using an innovative tree-planting business in Brazil..

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Hertfordshire Life MagazineHertfordshire Life Magazine
September, 2010
Changing Lives
How the recession led one Hertfordshire businessman to the Amazon Rainforest.

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Sky News.comSky News.com & Orange News Online
Friday, 28 July, 2010
Property Pair Beguiled By Brazil Timber Trade
A few years ago, my business partner Omari Bowers and I were working in the property industry.

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New Business.co.ukCity A.M.
Friday, 23 July, 2010
Investing with a conscience
Brazil cast a spell on these two former property investors.
Kathleen Brooks meets them.

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New Business.co.ukNew Business.co.uk
July, 2010
Top Ten Tips For Keeping Your Business Green
Firms that cut their energy emissions will save money and can benefit from good publicity, says Andrew Skeene, co founder of Global Forestry Investments.

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Aileron MagazineAileron Magazine July 2010
July, 2010
Seeing The Forest For The Trees
The founders of Global Fores try Investments, a company that expects to turn over US$10m this year.

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Business IndependentBiofuels Media
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Property decline leads entrepreneurs to Brazilian rainforest
Two property entrepreneurs from South London are proving that money can grow on trees.

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The GuideThe Guide
June, 2010
Local Hero: Omari Bowers - A New Leaf
Helping to save the rainforests is not enough for local businessman Omari Bowers, 33. Inspired by street kids in Brazil, he is even building a school, finds Lee Cheshire.

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Start Your Business Magazine
START YOUR BUSINESS MAGAZINE

Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Global Forestry Investments
Andrew Skeene and Omari Bowers talk about how they plan to save the planet through their green business venture.

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Business Matters MagazineBUSINESS MATTERS MAGAZINE
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Getting to know you: Andrew Skeene
We talk to Andrew Skeene, entrepreneur and one of the co-owners of Global Forestry Investments, about what motivates and inspires him in business and the advice he would give to someone just starting out.

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First Time Buyer MagazineSME Web.com
Wednesday, 09 June 2010
Eco investments and saving the Amazon
The Brazilian rainforest has long been seen as a land of gold. Since the mid 1500’s Brazil has also enjoyed rich rubber, cattle farming and soy bean production...

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First Time Buyer MagazineFIRST TIME BUYER MAGAZINE
June 2010
Mighty Oaks From Little Acorns Grow
Two south London property developers have swapped bricks and mortar for the Amazon rainforest in Brazil in a bid to saave the forest and build a new village. They explain to Lynda Clark why they opted out of the property game.

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Hertfordshire Countryside Magazine
HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTRYSIDE MAGAZINE

June 2010
Living the Brazilian Dream
How the recession led one Hertfordshire Businessman to the Amazon Rainforest.

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Business Independent
BUSINESS INDEPENDENT

May 2010
Living the Brazilian Dream
Five years ago property entrepreneurs Andrew Skeene and Omari Bowers were on top of the world.

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South East Business Magazine - Andrew Skeene and Omari Bowers
SOUTH EAST BUSINESS MAGAZINE

Monday, April 26, 2010
Saving the rain forest
After studying the market we found that timber has been a growing market for the past 200 years, going up 10% a year.

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Business Matters Magazine -  - Andrew Skeene and Omari Bowers
BUSINESS WINGS ARTICLE

Monday, April 19, 2010
The green investment business
After studying the market we found that timber has been a growing market for the past 200 years, going up 10% a year.

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Business Matters Magazine - Andrew SkeeneBUSINESS MATTERS MAGAZINE
Wednesday, April 15, 2010
How I See Things...
We are looking for a green government, a government that has an indefinite system in place. What is their policy on creating jobs via renewable energy?

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Bromley Times - Andrew Skeene and Omari BowersBROMLEY TIMES
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Businessman's pledge to build Brazil school
Children in Brazil could get a new school thanks to the work of a businessman from the borough.

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Croydon Guardian -  - Andrew Skeene and Omari BowersCROYDON GUARDIAN
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Money Can Grow on Trees
A Thornton Heath property developer is swapping bricks and mortar for root and branch reform with his new timber business in Brazil.

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MidMarket Exchange - Andrew Skeene and Omari BowersMIDMARKET EXCHANGE MAGAZINE
How to get started in Sustainable Forestry
In the midst of the property crash, a pair of business partners made the transition from city slickers to rainforest defenders. David Brooks charts their journey.

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GFI Interview on SKY News

Sky News

Media Interview

Andrew Skeene and Omari Bowers interview with Business Today - courtesy of Ten Alps Digital.

Radio Interview

Business Wings

Business Wings Podcast - Interview with Andrew Skeene on Global Forestry Investments.


BBC Three Counties Radio

BBC Three Counties Radio - Interview with Omari Bowers and Andrew Skeene on Global Forestry Investments.


Talk Radio Europe

Talk Radio Europe - Interview with Omari Bowers and Andrew Skeene on Global Forestry Investments.

SKY TV MEDIA

Ross Kemp shows why The Amazon Rainforest is important to us all.

At Global Forestry Investments, we are different to other companies as we reforest land and trees in Brazil as well as developing the local inhabitants and residents. We are currently building school in areas where there were no schools. We are in partnership with the Brazilian Government and are against illegal forestation in any form what so ever.

Our ethical approach still make us and our clients (which you can also join), high returns yearly. This is because we are great at business, work with the locals and Brazilian government as well as having a great business model.

Courtesy of Sky TV. This story was also featured in The Times,  The Mirror ,  Cool Earth,  WWF,  The Sun.

TV MEDIA

THE SUN - Thursday, May 13, 2010
Lily Allen backs bid to save rainforest
On a light plane flight with Lily over the world's greatest rainforest, we can see it is disappearing at an alarming rate.

Courtesy of Sky TV, The Sun.

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