Mr. Ferreira brings 30 years of large scale forestry and nursery experience, most recently responsible for forestry research and a 20 million tree nursery of a 135,000 hectare plantation in Uruguay. Within those responsibilities Mr. Ferreira managed an organization with hundreds of employees, multi-million dollar annual operations budgets, and the construction of a new $17 million nursery.
“Mr. Ferreira is a perfect fit for our operational needs in Central America,” says Troy Wiseman, CEO of EcoPlanet Bamboo Group. “Although Mr. Ferreira holds multiple degrees in engineering and forestry, as well as a Masters degree in soil and plant nutrition, it is his desire to be on the ground and in the field getting his hands dirty, so to speak, side by side with our team that excites me the most about his hiring. Despite over three decades of experience, his desire to teach, train and support a team from the bottom up shows great humility and represents significant value to an organization like EcoPlanet Bamboo.”
EcoPlanet Bamboo is leading the industrialization of bamboo as a viable and environmentally attractive alternative fiber for timber manufacturing industries. The conversion of degraded land into certified bamboo plantations is coupled with innovative technology development to provide bamboo based solutions for products and markets that currently contribute to the deforestation of our world’s natural forests. EcoPlanet Bamboo enables bamboo to be a viable solution across multiple sectors, including textiles, pulp and paper, renewable energy and activated carbon.
