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California Paulownia Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 4 Legal Entities ................................................................................................................................................. 4 Paulownia ...................................................................................................................................................... 5 Species and Hybrids .................................................................................................................................. 6 Soil ............................................................................................................................................................. 6 Raising Paulownia ..................................................................................................................................... 7 Soils ........................................................................................................................................................... 7 Mulching ................................................................................................................................................... 9 Nutrients ................................................................................................................................................... 9 Water ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 Insect Control .......................................................................................................................................... 10 Regeneration ........................................................................................................................................... 10 Carbon Sequestration ............................................................................................................................. 10 Phytodensity Issue .................................................................................................................................. 10 Thuja ................................................................................................................................................... 12 Olives ................................................................................................................................................... 12 Moringa ............................................................................................................................................... 12 Citrus ................................................................................................................................................... 12 Teak ..................................................................................................................................................... 13 Intercropping ...................................................................................................................................... 13 Tilling ................................................................................................................................................... 14 Paulownia Market ....................................................................................................................................... 14 Lumber .................................................................................................................................................... 14 Musical Instruments ............................................................................................................................... 15 Paulownia Log Structures ....................................................................................................................... 16 Smoking Fish ........................................................................................................................................... 16 Tea ........................................................................................................................................................... 16 Honey ...................................................................................................................................................... 17 Salads? .................................................................................................................................................... 17 Chickens .................................................................................................................................................. 17 Cattle ....................................................................................................................................................... 17 Location ....................................................................................................................................................... 18 Golf Resorts ............................................................................................................................................. 21 Financial Information .................................................................................................................................. 21 Planting Pattern ...................................................................................................................................... 21 Expanding Operations ................................................................................................................................. 25 Multiplication ............................................................................................. Error! Bookmark not defined. Appendix: USDA Characteristics Listing ...................................................................................................... 26 Appendix 2 Cucapah Housing and Jobs ...................................................................................................... 29 Appendix 3 Hacienda Homes ...................................................................................................................... 30 Appendix 4 Hunters Lodge .......................................................................................................................... 31 References: ................................................................................................................................................. 32 Introduction Paulownia species are rapidly becoming the species of choice for raising lumber, and for good reason. This incredible tree grows 6-12 feet per year and is ready for harvest in as little as five years with a yield of about 30,000 per acre per year. The introduction of managed forestry in Laguna Salada creates an incredible environment both for the people living in the immediate area, but also for the people in the surrounding area. More on the tree later, however, with geothermal desalination so inexpensive in this area, Paulownia can be raised using this water efficiently with a large profit margin. The benefits of raising Paulownia are outstanding on all fronts and the effort to raise this beautiful tree are now worldwide and growing. For centuries, the Chinese have grown Paulownia, also known as Empress and Sapphire trees for beauty and for highly-prized timber. Paulownia is a fast-growing shade tree that produces a lightweight timber that is used in the making of moldings, cabinets, veneers, furniture and even musical instruments. In this plan, the entire tree will be used. Legal Entities The structural chart is found below and represents the general design of entities in the broader Laguna Salada project area and is not meant to be final, and is not quite complete as the investors are not listed in this diagram. However, this is a tax efficient and legally efficient structure to operate from. AIM will form a master limited partnership agreement or other entity acceptable to the investor or investment group for these operations. This will include a long term lease on the land with the legal entity controlling the land at that time. (The current situation is, World Wide Assets is negotiating with various Ejidos in the area and ownership or control may change between now and the execution of this plan.) The investors will participate at an agreed upon ROI and agreed upon tax benefit and carbon credit structure. Carbon credits are calculated from the carbon sequestration potential of any project and Paulownia are especially favorable for this treatment. These would be the first moneys out of this plan. The founding investors can participate in the master partnership agreement and secondary investors in specific LLC farming operations as they ramp up. Figure 1, Asset Management Diagram Paulownia Kingdom: Plantae Superdivision: Spermatophyta (seeded) Division: Magloniophyta (flowering) Class: Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons) Subclass: Asteridae (asters) Order: Lamiales or Scrophulariaceae (figworts) Family: Paulowiaceae or Scrophulariaceae (different taxonomies) Genus: Paulownia Species include: australis; catalpifolia; coreana; duclouxii, elongata; fargesii; fortune; galbrata; grandifolia, imperialis; kawakamii; lilacina, longifolia, meridionalis, Mikado, recurva, rehderiana, shensiensis, silvestrii, taiwaniana; thyrsoidea, tomentosa, viscosa. Species and Hybrids The consideration of species needs some research. As with all plant, the environment in which they grow affects
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