NICOL Forests UK

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rdf:langString NICOL Forests UK Limited

rdf:langString NICOL Forests UK Limited

rdf:langString Private Company Limited by Shares

rdf:langString NICOL Forests UK Limited is a UK-registered company that acts as the UK arm of the Ghana-based (NICOL). The director of the UK company is Neil McCartney. NICOL was incorporated in Accra on 10 November 2005 (Certificate of Incorporation No. CA - 21, 620) and is authorised, among other things, to carry on business in reforestation, agro-forestry and biodiesel production. The registered office is at P.O. Box AT 1231, Achimota Market, Accra, Ghana. The original directors of NICOL were Neil McCartney, Akyaaba Addai-Sebo, Nana Akua Owusu and Kofi Ashiboe-Mensah – who subsequently died. Kofi Akainyah is the company secretary. NICOL has signed Land Lease Contracts and Benefit Sharing Agreements with the Ghanaian Forestry Commission covering three areas of degraded forest-reserve land for the purpose of developing commercial forest plantations: * Boufoum Forest Reserve in the Agogo Forest District of Ashanti Region, Ghana; * Boufoum Forest Reserve in the Kumawu Forest District of Ashanti Region, Ghana; and * Dede Forest Reserve in the Begoro District of the Eastern Region, Ghana It is negotiating with the Forestry Commission and landowners for further sections of on-reserve and off-reserve land. The idea of a “national interest” holding company was originally discussed in about 2000 by a group of conscientious individuals with strong background in conflict prevention and transformation, preventive diplomacy and sustainable development. They argued that some of the root causes of most internal conflicts are poverty, underdevelopment and unfair global trade. They tasked themselves into the development of business and investment models for environmental-friendly social development projects to alleviate poverty and environmental degradation.