Nicaforest Plantations S.A
Nicaforest Plantations S.a is based in the city of Santo Tomas in the Chontales region of Nicaragua. The company oversees all operations related to the teak plantations established in the Nicaforest Reforestation Program.
Across Forest AS
Across Forest AS is the holding company with 86% ownership of the Nicaforest Reforestation Program. The company is a Norwegian legal entity with the aim of investing in high-impact reforestation projects. It is owned by private and institutional Norwegian investors.
Meet the Nicaforest team
Founders /Management
CEO and founder of Across Forest AS. Vice President of Nicaforest Plantations S.a, Master of Business Administration from Henley Management College, United Kingdom. Øyvind Berg is an experienced project manager from various business development projects in Central America, FYR Serbia, Russia, and Latvia, as well as projects and managerial positions in a wide range of industries and companies in Scandinavia. He has worked for many years with the wood processing industry (particle boards, furniture, and other value-added products). Furthermore, he has worked as a business development consultant in various wood processing companies and in the food processing industry, melt working industry, transportation industry, tourism, and rental industry.
Øyvind Berg
CEO AND
CO-OWNER
email: ob@across.no
phone: +47 91335558
Graduated in agriculture and natural resource management from EARTH University in Costa Rica and holds an MBA from Formato Educativo Business School/Cadiz University, Spain. He has managed the operational activities of the project since the start in 2010. He has experience from several agroforestry projects in Nicaragua and has developed land selection models for forestry plantations, especially based on teak and cocoa, using modern technology and applying scientific criteria. Furthermore, he has considerable experience assessing farms and implementing the principles of FSC and Gold Standard in the management of the company.
Jimmy H. Robles
OPERATIONAL MANAGER AND CO-OWNER ING.
email: jimmy@nicaforest.com
phone: +505 88652596
Co-owner of Nicaforest Plantations S.a and Nicaforest Wood Company S.a. His background comprises the deployment of sustainable agriculture programs, sustainable land management, landscape restoration, payment for ecosystem services, and mobilization of different sources of funding. He has worked with the United Nations Development Program, Swiss Development Cooperation, CATIE in Costa Rica, Christian Aid, and UNOPS among other international organizations. He holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University (Ithaca, NY). Hobbies: beekeeping, organic coffee production, and cycling.
Dr. Carlos J. Perez
CO-OWNER
email: cjperez60@gmail.com
phone: +505 85903642
Chairman of Across Forest AS. International investor and business advisor. Steinar has 14 years of experience in the Scandinavian financing industry.
Steinar Nordengen
CHAIRMAN OF ACROSS FOREST AND CO-OWNER
email: steinar.nordengen@across.no
Operational team
Graduated in 2021 in Forest Sciences from the National Agrarian University (UNA) in Managua, Nicaragua. Experience in monitoring forest plantations, silvicultural activities and preparation of plans for thinning and harvesting. Intern and post-intern between 2018 and 2020
José A. Cuarezma
FOREST TECHNICIAN, HARVEST ASSISTANT AND COLLECTION MANAGER
Graduated as an Agronomist from the El Recreo Technical School, El Rama. He has been working at Nicaforest since 2011. He has been Responsible for Forest Plantations, silvicultural management, and foreman of the forest crews. He has more than 10 years of experience managing teak plantation forestry activities.
Pablo Rivas
AGRONOMIST
Fabel M. Sovalbarro
HEAD OF SANTA ELENA FOREST PLANTATION
He has worked in the Nicaforest group since 2015. Experience as Forest Crew Chief, management of field personnel, silvicultural management activities of forest plantations. He is currently in charge of inventories and administration of Finca Santa Elena. He executes the silvicultural plans of the forest plantations and supervises the field staff. He must also guarantee compliance with occupational safety regulations on the Farms and compliance with the FSC principles. He supports forest monitoring activities, measurements of Permanent Forest Monitoring Plots.
He is in charge of silvicultural management tasks (cleaning, pruning, weeding, thinning, rounds) of the farm. Supports forest monitoring activities such as measurements of Permanent Forest Monitoring Plots. It must also ensure compliance with occupational safety regulations on the Farms and compliance with the principles of the FSC.
Felipe Mendoza
FORESTRY ASSISTANT FINCA ROSARIO DE FÁTIMA
Viviana Fonseca, has joined the Nicaforest team since February 2024. She holds a university degree in Accounting and Finance from UNIVAL Juigalpa, Chontales. The last 2 years She worked as Account assistant at the Municipality of Santo Tomás, and as consultant to other local companies. She worked for one year as commercial sales of Café Soluble, a brand coffee company in Nicaragua. She was a post-intern at Nicaforest's Administration and Accounting unit in 2017. She currently works as an Accounting and Acquisition Processes Responsible and she is in charge of payroll payment processes, control payment to human resources and services, purchase management, relationship with suppliers of inputs and services.
Viviana Fonseca Rocha
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AND FINANCES
He graduated in Accounting and Finance from the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua (UNAN) Managua, Nicaragua. Initially he worked for 6 years as Bank Cashier at the Banco de Finanzas (BDF) in Juigalpa, Chontales, and the last 4 years has worked as Accounting Assistant and Project Accounting Controller at PRODESA Corporation and Road Consortium of the Municipality of Comalapa and Camopa. He is actually in charge of the administrative proceeding, accounting registry, cost control analysis and finance for Nicaforest Plantations S.A. and Nicaforest Wood Company S.A.
Huver Hunnior Ordoñez Espinoza
HEAD OF ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
Martha Contreras
INTERNSHIP STUDENT AT ACCOUNT SERVICES
Contact
PLANTATION
Nicaforest Plantations
S. A.
Santo Tomas,
Chontales,
Nicaragua
phone
+505 8995-2125
HOLDING COMPANY
Across Forest AS/
Across Nature AS
Strandgata 9,
9008 Tromsø,
Norway
phone
+47 913 35 558
website
acrossnature.com
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