Plantar S.A. (Brazil) The Value of Carbon Assets

11. How would you assess the Plantar situation as a business strategy analyst? As a financial investor? As an environmentalist?

12. The effort to comply with the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol depends on a gigantic commitment of Plantars organizational energies. Besides the revenue from trading carbon credits, what else did the company gain?

13. Please consider the financial structure of the carbon credit transaction. Who carries the greatest risk: Plantar, World Bank, or Rabobank? Why? Given the timeframe of a reforestation project, what are the potential risk associated with this type of transaction (project life 28 years, carbon credits traded in year seven)?