Jose Maria Pena Neto, the father of Paraguay's current President, personally brokered the sale of the Moonie Narco Estate. https://lnkd.in/dJmuRmCS Atenil Paraguay (Atenil SA, Fernand Huts*), Global Peace Foundation (Hyun Jin 'Preston' Moon, Antonio Betancourt, Thomas Field, Annika Betancourt), Proyecto Chaco Vivo (Kiantar Betancourt, Drew Bond), The Heritage Foundation (Thomas Field, Mark Francis Shakespeare, Stacy Holscher).
About us
Birdwood is an Asunción (Paraguay) and Brisbane (Australia) headquartered and Real Assets-centric corporate finance advisory and capital markets boutique founded and staffed by former employees of Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Schroders, Merrill Lynch, Citi and Mizuho. Birdwood is focused on institutional investment into sustainable Real Assets globally. Agriculture - Forestry - Infrastructure - Real Estate.
- Industry
- Capital Markets
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Asunción
- Type
- Privately Held
- Specialties
- Forestry, Agriculture, Infrastructure, Carbon, South America, Paraguay, and Real Estate
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Asunción, PY
Employees at Birdwood
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To better, more transparent ESG-Carbon Projects in ‘25 https://lnkd.in/dJmuRmCS Atenil Paraguay Proyecto Chaco Vivo Quadriz Creative Carbon, LLC. The Heritage Foundation Sylvera Global Peace Foundation GGGI Latin America & the Caribbean Mandy Rambharos Carbon Check (India) Private Limited COP28 UAE Shell Gordon McCue
Cocaine cartels encroach on Unification Church’s Paraguayan paradise
reuters.com
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It’s encouraging to see the risks of Chinese rice projects, initially identified by ECOPTIMA AI model, independently corroborated by Climate Home News and Dialogue Earth. This scandal should serve as an important wake-up call to uphold the integrity of the #VCM: https://lnkd.in/gGBgw3Gy Where there’s financial gain, the risk of fraud inevitably follows. The exposure of sham Chinese rice carbon projects highlights a broader concern: collective malpractice among market stakeholders can still proliferate globally. Developers prioritized profits over integrity, VVBs compromised ethics for contractual gains, and registries, tasked with oversight, failed to uphold accountability. Carbon Market Watch’s recent complaint to The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market (ICVCM) also underscored the critical supervision gap in this market. That's why at ECOPTIMA, we don’t rely on internal documentation or manual investigations. Instead, we focus on pure data and advanced mathematical models. Numbers, while not infallible, it never deceives. This principle underpins our commitment to deliver unbiased, data-driven insights that strengthen trust and accountability across the market. #AI #DataAnalytics #RiskManagement #VoluntaryCarbonMarket #EnvironmentalAccountability #ClimateAction
Here's an important cautionary tale about efforts by fossil fuel majors to sell "carbon neutral" oil and gas, expertly researched by colleagues at Climate Home News and Dialogue Earth (with investigative support from ECOPTIMA). Not only is the concept an oxymoron, it's also very unlikely to be an accurate representation of reality, especially when it involves highly dubious carbon offsetting projects. A must-read by Matteo Civillini.
Shell greenwashed gas using "phantom" carbon credits
https://www.climatechangenews.com
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Thank you, ECOPTIMA, Yihui Chen. https://lnkd.in/d57qGAJW Atenil Paraguay Proyecto Chaco Vivo Quadriz (Moon’s Corazon Verde del Chaco)
Our recent risk data release sparked debates about project quality: https://lnkd.in/gmjfnNsm. At ECOPTIMA, rather than relying on field visits or satellite data, we dive deep into the numbers and our #AI model. Looking into 40+ global VVBs (with controlled portfolio sizes across registries), we discovered an interesting pattern: the same VVB shows significantly different performance across different registries - with variations up to 30%, seemingly random but consistently present (data anonymized in the graph- reach out for details). Is this due to varying regulatory stringency among registries? Or different levels of VVB compliance? Not clear. We're still extending our analysis to developers, regions, methodologies, and other factors, but one thing stands out: While it's challenging to rank VVBs or developers definitively, there's clear evidence that some registries demonstrate superior governance capabilities than others. This finding doesn't excuse poor VVB performance. However, it highlights a crucial point: as the ultimate gatekeepers of #VCM integrity, certain registries are falling short in their responsibility - allowing debates to revolve around developers, VVBs, or even regions instead of stepping up to their role. I'll continue sharing data insights from the Ecoptima AI risk intelligence model in future posts. Comment below - let's continue this important discussion. #AI #DataAnalytics #RiskManagement #VoluntaryCarbonMarket #CarbonRegistry #Sustainability #ClimateAction #CarbonCredit
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“Luke (Thorburn), whoever controls that Moonie asset will control Paraguay.” CIA’s Mark Francis Shakespeare in Paraguay. https://lnkd.in/d57qGAJW #ESG #Carbon #Corruption
Moonies accused of involvement in drugs
irishtimes.com
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William Schuman (Creative Carbon, LLC.) - written and verbal attempts by you and your narco-trafficking and money laundering "Moonie" client - masquerading in LatAm as Atenil Paraguay, Proyecto Chaco Vivo, Global Peace Foundation - to blackmail and extort a hard-working, family-run small business, Birdwood, and Birdwood's principals, Birdwood's immediate family members, and Birdwood's associates regarding their work in the counter-narcotics and anti-corruption spaces will no longer be tolerated. We have nothing to hide and our Inbox is open. Be better, William Schuman, Creative Carbon, LLC., Atenil Paraguay, Proyecto Chaco Vivo, Global Peace Foundation (and The Heritage Foundation). And William, Creative Carbon, LLC. perhaps it is high time to leave your "Moonie" clients' narco trafficking and money laundering LatAm operation go back to your parasitic Private Military Contracting ("PMC") work in war-torn Africa. Or did that fail, too? There is nothing worse than fake-woke, greasy, grifting "projectors." https://lnkd.in/d57qGAJW Sit Sine Labe Decus. #ESG #Carbon #Sustainability #Corruption #Greenwashing
Moonies accused of involvement in drugs
irishtimes.com
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Creative Carbon, LLC. This could be a wonderful project but for your client being "The Moonies" (Atenil Paraguay, Proyecto Chaco Vivo) and the involvement of associated narco paramilitaries. Add to that William Schuman's (Creative Carbon, LLC.) working relationship with not just "The Moonies," but with the "Al Capone of Paraguay," one Estanislao Franco de Oliveira, a grotesque and evil man who has murdered judges, journalists and prosecutors in Latin America - and has recently threatened, in writing no less, to murder a journalist and close friend of this Birdwood page. "The Moonies" operate a vast 600,000-hectare "Narco Estate" in frontier Paraguay, with two sponsored "carbon projects" on this Estate. Thank you to ECOPTIMA for spotlighting this earlier in the working week. https://lnkd.in/gW4P5fHu
Hoy tuvimos el gusto de llevar a cabo el Taller de Intercambio y Aprendizaje organizado por el Ministerio del Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible de Paraguay y el Proyecto Chaco Vivo, para promover la colaboración entre los sectores públicos y privados en la lucha contra el cambio climático. El evento, llevado a cabo en las oficinas de Atenil Paraguay y que tuvo la presencia de la directora de #CambioClimático, Ethel Estigarribia, tuvo el objetivo de : - Difundir y profundizar en los compromisos de Paraguay en adaptación climática. - Promover la colaboración entre el sector privado y público en proyectos de desarrollo sostenible. - Construir propuestas concretas para fortalecer la toma de decisiones basada en el intercambio de conocimientos. También se realizaron presentaciones sobre los estándares #VCS - #CCBS, los indicadores de adaptación, las metodologías para planes comunitarios en el marco del Proyecto Chaco Vivo y el Proyecto #AbEChaco y una mesa de trabajo técnico posterior a las presentaciones. El #cambioclimático exige acción y colaboración inmediata, a la par de dar a las personas la posibilidad de mejorar su calidad de vida. ¡Desde el Proyecto Chaco Vivo, con la fuerza que nos dan aliados como el Ministerio del Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible de Paraguay, reiteramos nuestro compromiso de trabajar por un futuro más sostenible! *** Today, we had the pleasure of hosting the Exchange and Learning Workshop organized by the Ministerio del Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible de Paraguay (MADES) and the Proyecto Chaco Vivo, aimed at promoting collaboration between public and private sectors in the fight against #climatechange. The event, held at Atenil Paraguay's offices and honored by the presence of Ethel Estigarribia, Director of #ClimateChange of MADES, focused on: -Sharing and deepening understanding of Paraguay's commitments to climate adaptation. -Promoting collaboration between the private and public sectors in sustainable development projects. -Developing concrete proposals to strengthen decision-making through knowledge exchange. Presentations were also delivered on #VCS and #CCBS standards, adaptation indicators, and methodologies for community planning within the framework of the Proyecto Chaco Vivo and the #AbEChaco Project, followed by a technical working group session. #Climatechange demands immediate action and collaboration while empowering people to improve their quality of life. With the strength of allies like the Ministerio del Ambiente y Desarrollo Sostenible de Paraguay, the Proyecto Chaco Vivo reaffirms its commitment to working for a more #sustainablefuture!
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"Our model has helped partners avoid millions in potential losses... its detections align with independent investigations from CarbonPlan, Birdwood, Renoster, The Guardian and The Wall Street Journal. See below how it adds value as an additional layer of incumbent insight."
Exciting milestone in ECOPTIMA’s journey! Over the past months, our risk identification model has made remarkable strides. As a side project, we scanned over 5,000+ carbon initiatives across Verra, Gold Standard, ACR at Winrock International, Climate Action Reserve, and Cercarbono, and we're making these risk analytics 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 to anyone caring about the #VCM! Why this matters: - Scaling Market Risk Awareness While independent assessment bodies and dMRV are growing stronger, we face a critical challenge: over 80% of global carbon projects still sit in a risk blind spot. Thanks to AI efficiency, we are able to bring visibility to this unexplored majority at a fraction of conventional costs. - Real-World Validated Reliability Our model has helped partners avoid millions in potential losses. Hundreds of its detections and several of its detections align with independent investigations from CarbonPlan, Birdwood, Renoster, The Guardian, and The Wall Street Journal. See below how it adds value as an additional layer of incumbent insight. - A New What-If Analytics The market integrity isn't set in stone - we just missed some opportunities along the way. This is where our what-if analytics comes in, identifying untapped value in at-risk projects through targeted interventions. Together with industry partners, we can breathe new life into some of those projects. Drop a comment or DM for our risk dataset - also a gateway to explore our free risk breakdowns! We value your feedback, whether you want to challenge our model detection or share what you need - we'd like to provide more free tools to serve the global VCM. #Ecoptima #CarbonMarket #VCM #RiskNavigator #RiskAnalytics #Sustainability #Transparency #Innovation #AI #data