Shahryar Oveissi

This past October I spent two weeks in Uganda to celebrate the kick off of our 4 year 1 billion tree reforestation program. I am so proud of our partners in this project, especially the small holder farmer community that is leading this initiative. In several years time not only will these communities benefit from the carbon credits generated from the massive carbon dioxide sequestration from the trees they are planting. My company Argali will be actively investing to develop new businesses that will benefit from these trees byproduct. This is a project that I feel strongly will create a new model for large scale nature based programs. My hope is to showcase this model as a means to maximizing the economic and social impact these projects can have on local communities.