8-K/A 1 ecologic-8ka_031512.htm CURRENT REPORT



UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K/A

Amendment No. 2

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 15, 2012

 

 

Ecologic Transportation, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada 333-139045 26-1875304
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

1327 Ocean Avenue, Suite B, Santa Monica, California 90401
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (310) 899-3900

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This current report contains forward-looking statements. These statements relate to future events or our future financial performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may", "will", "should", "intends", "expects", "plans", "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "predicts", "potential", or "continue" or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, including the risks in the section entitled "Risk Factors" on page 5 of this current report, which may cause our or our industry's actual results, levels of activity or performance to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity or performance expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity or performance. Except as required by applicable law, including the securities laws of the United States, we do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements to conform these statements to actual results.

Unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars and all references to "common shares" refer to the common shares in our capital stock.

As used in this current report and unless otherwise indicated, the terms "we", "us", "our", “Company”, and “Ecologic” mean Ecologic Transportation, Inc., a Nevada corporation, unless otherwise indicated.

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

 

The following actions were taken pursuant to the unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors of the Company dated March 15, 2012, in lieu of a special meeting of the stockholders.

 

On March 16, 2012 (the “Closing Date”), Ecologic Systems, Inc. (“ECOSYS” or “the Registrant”), our wholly owned subsidiary, entered into a Share Exchange Agreement with Amazonas Florestal, Inc. a Florida corporation (the “Share Exchange”). ECOSYS acquired one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of Amazonas Florestal, Inc. (“AMZO”) in exchange for seventy million (70,000,000) authorized but un-issued shares of common stock of ECOSYS.

 

It is intended that the Share Exchange will qualify as reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and that this Agreement shall be a plan of reorganization for purposes of Section 368(a) of the Code.

 

Subsequent to the Closing, AMZO became a wholly owned subsidiary of ECOSYS, the Company owns three percent (3%) of the ECOSYS outstanding capital stock (the “EGCT shares”), and the former AMZO shareholders (“AMZO Shareholders”) own ninety-seven percent (97%) of the ECOSYS outstanding capital stock.

 

For a period of one hundred and eighty (180) days after the Closing, the EGCT Shares will be subject to an anti-dilution provision.  The anti-dilution provision protects the three (3%) percent ownership of the issued and outstanding capital stock of ECOSYS owned by the Company.

 

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Prior to the Closing, ECOSYS introduced AMZO management to the holder of its sixty thousand dollar ($60,000) convertible note in order to have non-affiliate parties associated with AMZO acquire all or a portion of the note. ECOSYS assisted in the facilitation of the acquisition of the note as part of its negotiations with AMZO regarding the Share Exchange.  The terms of the convertible note allow for the conversion into common stock at par value. On March 29, 2012, the debt was converted, and an additional sixty million (60,000,000) shares were issued to the note holders.  The issuance of the common stock pursuant to the terms of the convertible note, affected the issued and outstanding shares, and triggered an anti-dilution provision as it pertains to the EGCT shares. As a result, an additional 2,020,618 shares were issued to the Company, thereby maintaining the ownership of EGCT shares at 3%, as required by the anti-dilution provision, with the result that EGCT owns 4,020,618 shares of ECOSYS.

 

To the extent required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, ECOSYS will cause to register the EGCT shares by filing a Form S-1 with respect to the registration for resale (the “Registration”) by December 31, 2012.

 

Subsequent to the date upon which the Registration becomes effective, the Board of Directors of the Company shall distribute the ECOSYS shares owned by the Company to its shareholders through a dividend on a pro rata basis in proportion to their holdings in the Company at the Closing Date.

 

Following the dividend, ECOSYS will cause a Rule 15c2-11 Exemption Request Form to be filed through a FINRA market-maker firm, in order for ECOSYS to receive a trading symbol and become a publicly traded company.

 

As a result of the transactions effected by the Share Exchange, (i) AMZO became a wholly owned subsidiary of ECOSYS and (ii) there is a change of control whereby the AMZO Shareholders now own a controlling 97% ownership interest in ECOSYS.  Subsequent to the Closing ECOSYS ceased to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. In addition, ECOSYS changed its name from Ecologic Systems, Inc. to Amazonas Florestal, Ltd. (“AFL”).

 

Corporate Structure Diagrams

 

 

 

 

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Fully Diluted Capital Structure of Amazonas Florestal, Ltd (formerly Ecologic Systems, Inc.) Subsequent to Closing

 

Name Position

Beneficial Ownership

Number of Shares

Beneficial Ownership

Percentage Owned

Before

Closing

After

Closing

Before

Closing

After

Closing

 Ecologic Transportation, Inc. Parent Company 2,000,000 4,020,618 (1) 100.0% 3.0%
 Original shareholders of Amazonas Florestal, Inc. Share Exchange Shares 70,000,000 0% 52.2%
 Convertible Note holders Convertible Shareholders 60,000,000 0% 44.8%
 Total   2,000,000 134,020,618 100.0% 100.0%

 

(1) The increase in the number of shares owned by the Company from 2,000,000 before Closing to 4,020,618 after Closing is the result of the effect of the anti-dilution provision of the Share Exchange Agreement that provides that the Company will own 3% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of Ecologic Systems, Inc. at Closing and for a period of 180 days from the Closing.

 

Item 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets

 

The disclosure required by this item is included in Item 1.01 hereof and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

The foregoing summary of the Share Exchange Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Share Exchange Agreement, which is included in the Company’s Current Report filed on Form 8-K on March 22, 2012 as Exhibit 1.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

 

Corporate History and Background of Ecologic Transportation, Inc.

 

We were incorporated in the State of Nevada on September 30, 2005, under the name Heritage Explorations Inc. On June 20, 2008, we merged with our wholly owned subsidiary and changed our name to USR Technology, Inc., and on June 26, 2008 our shares began trading under the symbol USRT. We were engaged primarily in the provision of drilling services internationally.

 

On July 2, 2009, USR's wholly owned subsidiary Ecological Acquisition Corp. was merged into Ecologic Sciences, Inc. (formerly Ecologic Transportation, Inc.) with Ecologic Sciences, Inc. being the sole surviving entity under the name “Ecologic Sciences, Inc.” and our company being the sole shareholder of the surviving entity. In connection with the closing of the merger, we issued an aggregate of 17,559,486 restricted shares of our common stock representing approximately 75.85% of the issued and outstanding shares of our company to the former shareholders of Ecologic Sciences, Inc.

 

Following the completion of the acquisition of Ecologic Sciences, Inc., we became a development stage company in the business of environmental transportation. We are structured with three operating units. Our primary operation is the car rental division, which will focus on an environmental car rental operation. We have two subsidiaries in addition to Ecologic Car Rentals, Inc.:

 

1. Ecologic Products, Inc., a Nevada Corporation
   
2. Ecologic Systems, Inc., a Nevada Corporation

 

These subsidiaries were created to provide an infrastructure and support for Ecologic Car Rentals. Our car rental business and our systems business intends to provide distribution channels for certain environmental products and both generate certain internal product requirements in order to allow us to be “green” throughout our operation. Initially our business plan calls for the products to be focused on transportation and its ancillary markets.

Car Rentals

Currently, we intend to rent only environmentally friendly vehicles in the compact, full-size and sport-utility vehicle classes. We intend to rent cars on daily, multi-day, weekly and monthly basis. We expect that our primary source of revenue will consist of “base time and mileage” car rental fees, which can include daily rates including mileage. We expect to also charge an additional fee for one-way rentals to and from specific locations. In addition to rental fees, we intend to sell other optional products to our customers, such as collision or loss damage waivers, supplemental liability insurance, personal effects coverage and gasoline.

Our customers will make rental reservations via our website, www.ecologictransportation.com, at our proposed partners’ websites, at the rental counter at any of our proposed locations, by phone, through several online travel websites that we intend to partner with or through a corporate account program in place with their employers.

We plan to acquire existing profitable independent car rental operations on a multi-regional basis and convert their operations to an Ecologic platform. We have identified independent car rental operations that will provide a multi-regional presence and can be used as a platform to become the only large “green” independent car rental operation in the U.S. On August 2, 2012 the Company entered into a letter of intent to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of ACE RENT A CAR, Inc., an Indiana corporation. The Company has begun due diligence and looks to enter into a definitive agreement within 120 days from the signing of the letter of intent.

 

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We will incrementally replace the fleets with our environmental vehicles over a 12 – 24 month period. Our strategy is to co-brand with the acquisitions for a limited period of time and complete the rebranding to “green” outlets as Ecologic Car Rentals.

Ecologic Products

Our car rental business and our systems business intend to provide distribution channels for certain environmental products and both generate certain internal product requirements in order to allow us to be “green” throughout our operation. Initially our business plan calls for the products to be focused on transportation and its ancillary markets.

In anticipation of our first rental car location and our need for environmentally friendly car cleaning (one of the most important aspects of a rental operation), we developed Ecologic Shine, a proprietary waterless car cleaning process that delivers cleaning comparable to normal washing without using any harmful chemicals.

In 2009, we launched Ecologic Shine® in collaboration with Park ‘N Fly, the airport parking chain with prominent locations in 15 airport markets, and currently have operations in Atlanta, San Diego and Los Angeles. We are currently in negotiations with Park ‘N Fly to revise the existing arrangements we have with them.

Ecologic Systems, Inc.

We had intended to develop and manage the “greening” of gas stations along with retrofitting them with alternative energy options and solutions. To build this infrastructure, we intended to provide turnkey management, installation, and integration of equipment procurement, equipment installation, contracting, fuel, and regulatory tax incentive and grant subsidization proposals.

 

History

 

ECOSYS was formed in December 2008 under the name of Ecologic Rentals, Inc., and operates out of the Company’s offices at 1327 Ocean Avenue, Suite B Santa Monica, CA. 

 

On June 10, 2009, Ecologic Rentals, Inc. sold all of its capital stock, pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement, to the Company, and henceforth operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. In July 2009, Ecologic Rentals, Inc. filed a Certificate of Amendment with the state of Nevada, to formally change its name to Ecologic Systems, Inc.

 

ECOSYS was initially focused on integrating alternative Energy, Solar, Electrical and Natural Gas (includes Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Hydrogen Compressed Natural Gas (HCNG), Electrical Charging Stations (Electricity), Solar Energy, Bio-Diesel, Ethanol (E-10, E-15 & E85).

 

ECOSYS created a business plan that centered on enhancing gas stations, parking structures, corporate offices, employee parking structures, government and municipality fleets and other locations with car traffic, both mobile and stationary, with alternative fuel and energy improvements.

 

In addition, ECOSYS intended to develop and manage the “greening” of gas stations along with retrofitting them with alternative energy options and solutions. In order to build this infrastructure, ECOSYS intended to provide turnkey management, installation, and integration of equipment procurement, equipment installation, contracting, fuel, and regulatory tax incentive and grant subsidization proposals.

 

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In March 2009, ECOSYS initiated discussions with Green Solutions & Technologies, LLC (“GST”) an innovative company formed to give consumers direct access to more environmentally friendly “green” fuels and technologies.  ECOSYS believed that the relationship with GST would be the best strategically in helping ECOSYS establish relationships with the California gas station and convenience store owners.

 

ECOSYS retained the legal services of The Law Offices of Chase Mellen in Los Angeles, CA, to assist in the negotiation with GST. After several months of negotiations, a Memorandum of Understanding (“MOU”) was entered into on May 12, 2009, and the Company filed an 8-K with the SEC on July 9, 2009.

 

ECOSYS developed its website, brand, market position and communication platform, and developed www.ecologicsys.com and integrated it into the Company website at www.ecologictransportation.com.

 

In June, 2009, ECOSYS initiated its plan to acquire governmental funding through grants targeting ARRA American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Through governmental contacts, ECOSYS contacted members of Congress and the Senate who sit on the Committee and Sub-Committees in charge of funds distribution. ECOSYS targeted Technology and Sciences Committees, specifically dealing with Alternative Fuel & Infrastructure Development, as well as, Transportation & Infrastructure thru Technology and Innovation. ECOSYS distributed close 500 letters and corresponding DVD presentations to members describing the business model in developing the ECOSYS and the Company as a whole. The response was encouraging, but most members felt that the ECOSYS needed to get the initial infrastructure in place before they could distribute grant funds.

 

ECOSYS realized that it was not going to be able to move forward with GST because the two companies were too far apart on the economics of their proposed joint venture.  ECOSYS terminated its relationship with GST.

 

Subsequently, ECOSYS has been in discussions and negotiations with several companies that management considered complementary to the objectives of ECOSYS and has signed non-disclosure agreements with certain of those entities.

 

ECOSYS began talks with a company that specializes in the safe hydrogen containment and delivery systems. ECOSYS believed that a partnership with this company and the licensing of its IP could streamline the implementation of hydrogen storage on both institutional and public fueling stations throughout the ECOSYS targeted regions. After continued discussion and further due diligence with the company, ECOSYS determined that the financial model and developmental timeline behind the company’s IP would not be beneficial to the ECOSYS plan at this stage.

 

ECOSYS signed an NDA on June 10, 2010, with a foreign company and started discussions about the possibility of ECOSYS acquiring the company.  ECOSYS wanted to own the technology, and to offer the product and service as part of strategic relationship with gas station owners.  The company, in conjunction with a strategic investor decided to pull out of negotiations and focus on the European market.

 

 In September, 2010, ECOSYS entered into a non-disclosure agreement with, and was desirous to acquire the licensing rights to, a foreign company’s patented technological platform that was a retrofit system for combustion engine vehicles that would dramatically reduce carbon emissions.  During the discussions ECOSYS came to the realization that the company was not able to deploy its technology in a commercialized manner and would not be a viable technology partner for ECOSYS to license emissions reduction technology from.

 

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In December, 2010, ECOSYS began working towards developing a strategic relationship with a national real estate brokerage company focused on the buying and selling of convenience store and gas station locations.

 

In February, 2011, ECOSYS began discussions with a petroleum industry executive to work with ECOSYS to identify a strategic plan in order to effectuate a commercialization of its business plan and expand operations beyond a development stage business.  During these discussions, ECOSYS came to believe that the business of ECOSYS was not compatible with the primary focus of the Company.  The ECOSYS management decided to draw up plans to present to the Board of the Company, its sole shareholder.

 

A strategic plan to spinout ECOSYS from the Company was developed, with a future plan to merge ECOSYS into a newly formed alternative fuel company focused on retail fuel contract acquisitions.

 

ECOSYS developed its detailed strategic network of targeted gas stations and convenience stores.  The network was comprised of a proprietary actuary special integration formula that was the underpinning to the ECOSYS Alternative Energy Network.  The proposed ECOSYS Alternative Network was designed to run north to south in the State of California from Sacramento to San Diego on two parallel highways; the 101 and the 5.  The ECOSYS Network spread out in a matrix of the local highway and freeway arteries in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Los Angeles and San Bernardino, Orange & San Diego Counties.

 

ECOSYS began development on an integrated click-thru mapping system for 5,000 targeted gas stations and convenience stores corresponding to the ECOSYS Network. The mapping system applied all pertinent contact information, integrated existing fueling options offered and local vehicle traffic to target ECOSYS’ primary stations. The mapping system is currently being developed into a computer application to be used by customers to find the closest station in the ECOSYS Network that meets their fueling needs.

 

ECOSYS management began the development of the ECOSYS Master Contract, Fueling Contract and Construction Contract that would be used in the implementation of the retrofitting of fueling stations. The contract was developed to integrate aspects of the process specific to imitating an Alternative Fuel network and cover all aspects to be found within a retrofit development from start to finish.

 

ECOSYS completed the development of its interactive mapping of the ECOSYS Network of fueling stations, and began to finalize the Mobile Application to be used by consumers for GPS identification and location of existing Alternative Fueling stations within the ECOSYS Network.

 

ECOSYS continued integration of its Alternative Fuel research for the state of California into the existing business plan and researched introduction of new state and federal laws regarding Alternative Fuels development and Alternative Fuels Infrastructure and how they related to the implementation of the ECOSYS Network, regarding “C” stores and fueling stations.

 

In May, 2011, ECOSYS signed a non-disclosure agreement and held meetings with an integrated energy company to discuss its patented and proprietary technology, including methods of converting solid, liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons into renewable electricity and clean biofuels to power vehicles and fuel cells.

 

Subsequently, ECOSYS terminated its discussions with all third party entities and, on May 13, 2011 ECOSYS presented a proposed transaction to the Board of the Company in which ECOSYS would spin out of the Company, and merge with a newly formed company, thereby facilitating ECOSYS’ desire to pursue the alternative retail fuel network.  The Board of the Company requested that further information be presented, with a focus on the financials of the proposed business transaction.

 

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During the months of June through September, 2011, ECOSYS prepared its due diligence package, including market forecasts and an extensive business plan, and continued to research strategic business opportunities and potential strategic partners.

 

ECOSYS determined that, although the ECOSYS business plan was strong and there was a positive probability for success, there remained too many uncertainties that were out of the realm of ECOSYS’ control.  The Board, therefore, decided to pursue selling the ECOSYS business to a better-capitalized company that had longer return on investments horizons.

 

In October, 2011, ECOSYS met with AMZO, and ECOSYS and AMZO executed a mutual Non-Disclosure Agreement.  After the two companies completed due diligence in January, 2012, it became apparent to the ECOSYS management that there existed a viable opportunity to enhance shareholder value by combining ECOSYS with AMZO.  

 

Reason for the Share Exchange

 

The Board of the Company and the Board and management of ECOSYS planned to develop ECOSYS into a profitable operation that would enhance the overall value of the Company and transfer that value to its shareholders.

 

The Board of the Company continues to support the overall business thesis of ECOSYS, but is faced with the reality that the lack of development in the alternative fuel retail market is not compatible with the Company’s cash flow requirements. The Company, as the parent of ECOSYS, has been unable to raise sufficient working capital to fully exploit and grow the business of ECOSYS due to a number of factors, which, in the opinion of the Company’s management, include:

 

a. unfavorable market conditions in the development of retail environmental fuel operations;
     
b. a lack of consumer demand of multiple alternative fuels options in the environmental transportation marketplace;
     
c. the inconsistent and sometimes contradictory regulatory policies at the local, state and Federal levels regarding alternative fuels;
     
d. a reduced government incentive in the form of tax credits and grants to help develop the developing alternative fuel retail market;
     
e. the uncertainty of consumer acceptance and commercial adoption in the volumes needed to effectuate the commercialization of the ECOSYS business model; and
     
f. the uncertain and fluctuating position of car manufacturers regarding what type of alternative fuel vehicles they were going to produce.

 

The Board of the Company therefore made the strategic decision to focus the majority of its resources and time on the development of its environmental car rental business and to enter into the Agreement with AMZO.

  

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BUSINESS OF ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.

 

Alternative Fuel Network

 

ECOSYS is developing a network of alternative fuel contracts with strategically located retail locations. ECOSYS is desirous of securing fuel contracts for Electrical and Natural Gas (including Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Hydrogen Compressed Natural Gas (HCNG), Electrical Charging Stations (Electricity), Solar Energy, Bio-Diesel, Ethanol (E-10, E-15 & E85) alternatives.

 

A business plan has been created that centered on acquiring alternative fuel contracts with strategically located retail gas stations, parking structures, corporate offices, employee parking structures, government and municipality fleets and other locations with car traffic, both mobile and stationary, with alternative fuel and energy improvements. The general thesis is that by acquiring a network of retail fuel contracts represented by a geographic footprint with the scale of the state of California we would be able to attract the large investment needed for the scale of such a network and at the same time attract large strategic partners to effectuate our business plan.

 

ECOSYS completed the development of its interactive mapping of a network of fueling stations, and is currently in the process of finalizing the Mobile Application to be used by consumers for GPS identification and location of existing Alternative Fueling stations within the AFL Network. The mapping system is ever changing and developing and can be manipulated to integrate new stores and services which are to be ever changing. The map will be used to identify the specific target stations and its owner in order to make presentations to secure alternative fuel contracts.

 

ECOSYS continues its integration of Alternative Fuel research for the state of California into its existing business plan. The introduction of new state and federal laws regarding Alternative Fuels development and Alternative Fuels infrastructure and how they related to the implementation of ECOSYS’s Network, is primary in researching efforts.

 

BUSINESS OF AMAZONAS FLORESTAL, INC.

 

Overview

 

Headquartered at 1110 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida, 33131, and with operations in Amazonas, Brazil, at Rua Sao Salvador 120 Andar Vierialves, Business Center Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Amazonas Florestal Inc. (“AMZO”), is a Florida corporation founded in 2010 as a diversified timber company, with a focus on sustainable practices in the management of its forestry holdings in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.  The AMZO management team and its shareholders, some of whom have owned large tracts of land in the Amazon Rain Forest for over fifty years, are committed to sustainable forest management and the bio-diversity of the Amazon Rain Forest. AMZO intends to build a business strategy that will enable its development into a profitable enterprise, as well as preserve the balance between environmental integrity and consumer needs.

 

AMZO currently owns 90,108 acres of virgin Rain Forest (141 square miles), known as Fazenda Jatuarana, located in Amazonas, Brazil. The Fazenda Jatuarana is unencumbered by any debt, and has an appraised value of over US$47,000,000 (Forty Seven million dollars), which has been audited under US GAAP accounting principles. The AMZO business strategy will include the harvesting and extraction of timber, both from the Fazenda Jatuarana and third-party land, and the production of quality wood products such as lumber, flooring and decking, all while maintaining Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) practices, further described below, which are congruous with the preservation of the bio-diverse Rain Forest land and its people.

 

The AMZO approach addresses local poverty alleviation, sustainable development and bio-diversity conservation, and restoration, and also combats the new challenges of climate change.  AMZO is committed to working closely with the local forest communities, and providing employment opportunities to the indigenous peoples.  AMZO offers an innovative way of doing business, and a new way of life for individuals, forest communities and the natural environment, while generating company profits and benefits from preservation incentives.

 

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AMZO’s forest property and assigned and approved forest management plans, have been recently audited by Labrozzi & Co., P.A., Miami, Florida, a P.C.A.O.B. (Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) certified accounting firm as collateral to fund AMZO’s capital requirements needed to develop the properties and bring them into a profitable commercial status.

 

Current Operations

 

Timber Market

 

Production and consumption of key wood products and wood energy are expected to rise from the present to 2030(2); largely following historical trends of 1-2% increases per annum.  Two main factors affecting long-term global demand for wood products are demographic changes and continued economic growth. The world’s population is projected to increase to 8.2 billion in 2030. During a 40 year span from 1970-2010 global GDP increased approximately US$42 trillion. It is projected to grow another US$42 trillion in the next 20 years. Global trade of all wood products doubled in a six-year span from 2002-2008, increasing from approximately US$300 billion to approximately US$600 billion. Income derived from high global timber demands is a primary determinant for investment in forest management. This escalating growth not just increases global wood demands but creates a need for conservative forest management initiatives.

 

(2) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, “Status of the World’s Forests 2009”, www.pefc.org

 

Timber Agent Operations

 

Since inception, AMZO has acted as Timber Agent providers of various species of wood products from the Amazon Rain Forest. As Timber Agents, AMZO acts as originating broker and sales agent for various timber products. Current operations focus on the sale of wood products procured from third-party forest land owners in the Amazonas Brazil region. AMZO coordinates several factors when fulfilling the requirements of clients’ timber orders:

 

1. Quantity of Timber
2. Species of Timber
3. Finish and specifications of desired product
4. Shipment of finished product

 

As a natural resource, wood is available in many species. AMZO spends time researching the various species that will best fit the needs of their customers and the availability of the raw wood. Different woods have geographical, seasonal, and cutting season differences.  The decisions made regarding these three differences are crucial to the business.

 

Geographical decisions include determining the region the wood specie is located, and which third-party owns the land to be focused on for harvesting.

 

Seasonal decisions include at what time felling (the cutting of trees) should commence, and also the amount of time felling will take, factoring in weather patterns to minimize erosion. There can be substantial differences in weather patterns from one season to another in the northern parts of Brazil, as in most places. More or less rainfall can cause river water levels to fluctuate at different times of the year sometimes dictating the total amount of timber that can logistically be transported.

 

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The cutting season is substantially affected by the weather conditions. Rain hampers the ability to work in the forest using heavy equipment. As a result, when there is more rainfall, the cutting season is shorter, and less active days of extraction work is performed. In addition, more or less timber may be harvested from one season to the next.

 

Revenues

 

Currently AMZO is fulfilling its first order from Trackworks, Ltd., a U.K. based railroad supply company, for US$1.32MM dollars in wood products from.  This order is product specific and represents only 2% of the customer’s yearly supply needs for this one product.

 

Governmental Regulations

 

The wood products AMZO exports require specific governmental approval. AMZO maintains all necessary governmental permits for importing and exporting, which are renewed annually, and also meets and/or implements any safety standards set by the Brazilian government.

 

Employees

 

As of March 31, 2012, AMZO has 5 regular paid employees.  AMZO currently has no key employees, other than Mr. Michal Ibar, AMZO’s CEO/President/Director, and Mr. Ricardo Cortez, a Director and shareholder in AMZO.  AMZO’s employees are paid regular salaries for employment with AMZO. Employees do not receive stock benefits for performance. There are no consulting contracts with any individuals or companies at this time.

 

Intellectual Property

 

AMZO owns the domain name www.amazonasf.com. AMZO does not currently own any patents, trademarks or copyrights.  AMZO plans to file for certain Trademarks and Copyrights in the near future.

  

RISK FACTORS

 

You should be aware that any of the following risks could adversely affect AMZO’s business, financial condition and results of operations. AMZO has incurred substantial losses from inception while realizing limited revenues and may never generate substantial revenues or be profitable in the future.

 

Risks Associated with AMZO

 

Engaging In Importing/Exporting Wood Products Involves A High Degree Of Risk.

 

The wood importing/exporting industry is significantly affected by changes in economic activity. Because of the cyclical demand for the products, AMZO may have short or long-term overcapacity.  A decreased demand for wood products may result in an inability to maximize AMZO’s resources. Furthermore, it is possible that AMZO’s expected growth in demand from companies in the furniture manufacturing and construction industries may not occur. The demand for such products can be adversely affected by several factors, including decreases in the level of new residential construction activity, which is subject to changes in economic conditions; increases in interest rates; decreases in population; and other factors. Additionally, weakness in the economies of countries in which AMZO sells products, especially in the United States, as well as any downturn or continuation of current downturns in these economies, are likely to have a material adverse effect on the construction, home building and remodeling industries, and other conditions, such as:

 

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· Geographical availability;
· Seasonal availability;
· Cutting seasons;
· The popularity of a wood species at any a given time; and
· Macroeconomic cycles

 

These factors can negatively affect the supply of, demand for and pricing of AMZO’s wood products. AMZO is also subject to a number of factors, many of which are beyond AMZO’s control, including:

 

· Delays in clients’ delivery of the raw materials to AMZO ;
· Changes in governmental regulations regarding the importing and exporting of the products;
· Increases in shipping costs; and
· A shortage of raw wood

 

Dependence On A Small Number Of Key Third Party Sales Agents To Distribute Products May Affect Profitability.

 

Most of the wood sales are currently made through commission-based sales agents. Other wood product sales are sold through AMZO’s in-house sales person. The commission-based sales agents perform various tasks in the supply of the products to the customer. Profitability might be negatively affected if AMZO’s present relationships with key sales agents or customers were disrupted or became unstable.

 

Problems May Occur With Outside Mills And Exporting Due To A Lack Of Supply Of Quality Logs.

 

AMZO depends on the supply of logs that produce the wood products. Any interruption of the flow of wood logs from one of AMZO’s main suppliers, or the lack of an adequate supply of indigenous logs, may cause a disruption of AMZO’s exporting. In addition, AMZO may not be able to continue to secure quality logs as raw material for the products from other countries.  If AMZO loses its supply of quality logs, it might not be able to find adequate new suppliers of such logs.

 

Lower Than Expected Growth Or A Downturn In Demand For Products In Certain Industries Could Adversely Affect Results Of Operations.

 

The product sales are dependent to a significant degree on the level of activity in the furniture manufacturing and construction industries. The global recession and decreased rates of gross domestic product growth may continue, and future developments in or affecting the world’s economy could affect the furniture and construction industries, which could impair AMZO’s ability to proceed with its business plan or materially adversely affect its business, financial condition, or results of operations.

 

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Dependence, To A Large Extent, On Maritime Transport May Affect Ability To Deliver Products To Our Offshore Markets.

 

AMZO is highly dependent on maritime means to transport products to its offshore markets. Space on international maritime shipping vessels is limited and difficult to secure. AMZO has at times experienced difficulty in arranging shipping to its export markets. While operating more than 1,000 miles inland, the closest port is the port of Manaus, a large river port. Furthermore, AMZO may not be able to secure adequate container space on ships that deliver the products to AMZO’s offshore markets in the future. AMZO has no control over established marine shipping routes and the present routes that transport ships use may not continue to be used by maritime transport services. Although several large shipping companies service this port with regular weekly service, including Mearsk, Mitsui Overseas Lines, and CGM-CMA, shipping rates can sometimes become challenging because of the extra 1,000 miles the ships need to travel in order to reach the ocean

 

Increases in fuel prices may also increase AMZO’s shipping costs. These increases have led to increased fuel surcharges on the total freight costs. The impact of these increases, however, has been minimal in comparison to AMZO’s overall shipping costs. The shipping companies in Manaus have offered recent cost discounts/ allowances, in an attempt to keep their rates competitive with the shipping providers in Belem, the nearest ocean port, located 1,000 miles down-river from Manaus. In addition, the products AMZO transports may not reach its markets in marketable condition. Moreover, strict security measures regarding maritime transport may be implemented in the future and may increase the cost of shipping the products. These challenges to the maritime transport of the products to AMZO’s offshore markets could cause an adverse effect on AMZO’s profitability.

 

AMZO May Face Significant Competition In The Markets In Which Products are Sold, Could Adversely Affect AMZO’s Share Of Those Markets As Well As The Price At Which AMZO Sells Products.

 

Currently, AMZO faces strong competition from competitors in all of the countries and regions in which it operates. In the case of wood products, AMZO faces competition from foreign competitors in other regions of the world, such as West Africa and China. In the future AMZO may face increased competition in other countries in which it operates from domestic or foreign competitors, some of which may have greater financial resources than AMZO does. In addition, AMZO may face increased competition as a result of existing competitors increasing their production capacity. An increase in competition in the wood market or other value added wood products markets could adversely affect both AMZO’s share of those markets and the price at which AMZO is able to sell the products.

 

Dependence On Free International Trade And The Absence Of Import And Export Restrictions In Principal Markets May Adversely Affect AMZO’s Ability To Compete.

 

AMZO’s ability to compete effectively in its principal markets could be materially and adversely affected by a number of factors relating to government regulation of trade. Exchange rate manipulation, subsidies or the imposition of increased tariffs, or other trade barriers could materially affect AMZO’s ability to move raw materials and/or finished products across national borders. If AMZO’s ability to have its third party mill make, transport, or sell the products competitively in one or more of its principal export markets, or became impaired by any of these developments, it could be difficult for AMZO to re-allocate the products to other markets on equally favorable terms.  Thus, AMZO’s business, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely affected.

 

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The Majority Of Raw Wood Materials Used To Produce Wood Products Are Supplied By Outside Mills And Companies.

 

AMZO currently procures the majority of the raw wood materials that it uses in the products from unaffiliated entities in the Amazon Rain Forest in accordance with long standing relationships between AMZO and the suppliers. AMZO may not be able to maintain these relationships and continue to secure the raw materials to have its contracted manufacturers produce the products. In addition, the prices AMZO pays for raw materials may increase as a result of higher fuel costs paid by its suppliers. An inability to secure the raw materials used in the production of the wood products or to transport such materials in a cost-effective manner could have an adverse effect on AMZO’s operations.

 

Currency Devaluations And Foreign Exchange Fluctuations May Adversely Affect AMZO.

 

AMZO is exposed, both in terms of assets and liabilities, to fluctuations in the value of foreign currency. Changes in the value of the Brazilian Real against other currencies in which AMZO completes transactions, such as the Euro and certain other currencies, could adversely affect AMZO’s financial condition and results of operations. The value of any of the currencies in which AMZO trades against the Brazilian Real may fluctuate significantly in the future. As a result, fluctuations in the local currency/Brazilian Real exchange rate may affect AMZO’s financial condition and results of operations. On the other hand, a decrease in the value of the Brazilian Real against the currencies of other countries from which AMZO exports products can also hurt AMZO’s sales margins on sales of such products.

 

We May Not Be Able To Satisfy Our Financing Requirements.

 

AMZO’s ability to satisfy its capital expenditure needs and debt service requirements depends in large part on AMZO’s ability to generate funds from its sales. AMZO might not be able to satisfy its capital expenditure and debt service requirements in the future if it is not able to generate sufficient funds or, alternatively, to obtain access to capital markets for sufficient amounts and at acceptable costs.

 

AMZO has held discussions with investors about investing in AMZO. During these discussions, the assets of AMZO were viewed as a hedge against the risk of the proposed investment. To date no specific valuations and/or written investment proposals in either equity or debt form have been created. To date, the discussions have not been formal, and at best should be viewed as early stage discussions with investors. In the event AMZO secures capital through debt, AMZO may be unable to meet the debt service requirements.

 

AMZO’s financial condition may adversely affect our ability to continue as a going concern

 

AMZO anticipates that additional funding will be required in the form of equity financing from the sale of our common stock. At this time, AMZO cannot provide investors with any assurance that it will be able to raise sufficient funding from the sale of its common stock or through a loan from its directors to meet our obligations over the next twelve months. AMZO does not have any arrangements in place for any future debt or equity financing. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about AMZO’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

Changes In Environmental Regulations Could Adversely Affect AMZO’s Business, Financial Condition, Results Of Operations, And Prospects.

 

AMZO is subject to extensive and changing international, national and local environmental laws concerning, among other things, health, the handling and disposal of wastes, and discharges into the air and water. AMZO has made, and expects to continue to make, substantial expenditures to comply with such environmental requirements.

 

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Among these expenditures includes the additional cost in retaining the services of Ricardo Ludke, an expert forest engineer and timber harvester. Mr. Ludke will act as liaison between AMZO and IPAAM (Instituto de Proteção Ambiental do Amazonas or the Environmental Protection Agency of the Amazon), and will be responsible for overseeing AMZO’s compliance with environmental regulations. Mr. Ludke has an extensive background tending to the environmental responsibilities of Sustainable Forest Management Project (“SFMP”) owners, and will ensure that all of AMZO’s environmental and legal responsibilities with regards to the SFMP’s are upheld.

 

Environmental regulations have become increasingly stringent in recent years, particularly in connection with the approval of new projects, and this trend is likely to continue. Future developments in the establishment or implementation of environmental requirements, or in the interpretation of such requirements, could result in substantially increased capital, operating, or compliance costs or otherwise adversely affect AMZO’s business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.

 

There are certain risks related to the implementation of environmental regulations. For example, if Mr. Ludke were not to perform his duties in a responsible manner according to these present regulations, and, for example, allow tractors to work on wetland areas, creating unwarranted damaging erosion, or allow workers to pour gasoline or other wastes in the river, or a tree was felled in a manner other than that specified for each tree in the project studies and approved harvest plan, it is likely that one of IPAAM’s inspectors may apply a hefty fine to AMZO. Fines can also be applied by the Receita Federal, similar to the US IRS, if documentation is not provided that covers each shipment, or if taxes are not paid in a timely manner.

 

Additionally, AMZO may be subject to forestry management, endangered species, and other environmental regulations in these jurisdictions. Changes in such laws, or the interpretation of such laws, may require AMZO to incur significant unforeseen capital or operating expenditures to comply with such requirements. The occurrence of such events could have an adverse effect on AMZO’s business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects.

 

Currently, no further regulatory changes to the applicable laws and regulations that specifically govern SFMPs in Brazil are expected. Present regulations, however, are considerably strict. For example, each chain saw used in the felling of trees or cutting of branches, and later firewood, needs to be licensed. If an IPAAM inspector, or Environmental Military Police officer were to request the license, at least a copy must be presented, otherwise the saw is confiscated and a fine is generated by IBAMA.

 

Adverse Climate Conditions, Wind Storms, Fires, Disease, Pests, And Other Natural Threats Could Adversely Affect Forests

 

Forests that produce the wood are subject to a number of naturally occurring threats such as adverse climate conditions, wind, fire, disease and other pests. Damage caused by strong windstorms, such as uprooting and stem breakage, is considered by management to be a major natural risk to the forests that produce the wood. Fire is a risk to all forests and AMZO’s warehouses and operations. Accumulation of combustible raw materials and possible deficiencies in AMZO’s preparation for fires could cause fire hazards and no preventative measures can provide assurance that fires will not occur. AMZO may experience fire in the future and such a fire may materially adversely affect operations. Disease or pests may have a material adverse effect on forests and plantations in the future. Other risks to forests that produce the wood include, but are not limited to, losses caused by earthquakes, floods, and other non-man-made catastrophic events.

 

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Political Developments In Brazil May Adversely Affect AMZO.

 

AMZO’s business strategies, financial condition, and results of operations could be adversely affected by changes in policies of the Brazilian government, other political developments in or affecting Brazil, and regulatory and legal changes or administrative practices of Brazilian authorities, over which AMZO has no control.

 

A Downturn In The Global Economy May Adversely Affect AMZO.

 

AMZO intends to sell a large part of the products globally, and accordingly, the results of AMZO’s operations and financial condition are sensitive to and dependent upon the level of world economic activity. The global recession and decreased rates of gross domestic product growth may continue in the future, and future developments in or affecting the world’s economy could impair AMZO’s ability to proceed with its business plan or materially adversely affect its business, financial condition, or results of operations.

 

Being A Florida Corporation With Operations Located In Brazil, AMZO’s Shareholder Rights Are More Limited Under Brazil Laws Than Under U.S. Law. This May Result In Less Protection Of Shareholder Rights Than Under U.S. Law.

 

AMZO’s corporate affairs are governed by its Florida Articles of Incorporation, Florida law, and the laws of Brazil. The rights of shareholders to take action against AMZO and its directors are to a large extent governed by the laws of Brazil. The rights of AMZO’s shareholders and the fiduciary responsibilities of AMZO’s directors under Brazilian law are not as clearly established as they would be under statutes or judicial precedent in some jurisdictions in the United States. In particular, Brazil has a less developed body of securities laws than the United States. In addition, some U.S. states, such as Florida, have more fully developed and judicially interpreted bodies of corporate law than Brazil in particular.

 

As a result of all of the above, public shareholders may have more difficulty in protecting their interests in the face of actions taken by management, members of the board of directors or controlling shareholders than they would as public shareholders of a U.S. company.

 

AMZO is a Florida corporation and substantially all of AMZO’s assets are located outside of the United States. All of AMZO’s current operations are conducted in Brazil. However, AMZO’s directors and officers are citizens of the United States. It may be difficult for shareholders to enforce in United States courts judgments obtained in United States courts based on the civil liability provisions of the United States federal securities laws against AMZO and any future officers and directors, who are not residents in the United States and the substantial majority of whose assets are located outside of the United States. In addition, there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of Brazil would recognize or enforce judgments of United States courts against AMZO or such persons predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state. In addition, there is uncertainty as to whether such Brazilian courts would be competent to hear original actions brought in Brazil against AMZO or such persons predicated upon the securities laws of the United States or any state.

 

Conflict With Native Communities In Brazil Could Threaten A Large Portion Of Product Sales.

 

Brazilian law protects the rights of indigenous people. It is possible that AMZO’s distributors might not be able to maintain good relations with native communities in Brazil. One hundred percent (100%) of AMZO’s business is generated from distributors in Brazil.  A deterioration of the relationship between AMZO’s distributors and the indigenous peoples of Brazil could affect AMZO’s sales through its distributors, thereby adversely affecting AMZO.

 

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Any disruption in the distributors’ relationships with the local population would likely negatively affect their sales.  Consequently, such a disruption would cause a reduction in the distributors’ orders from AMZO, negatively affecting AMZO’s sales to those distributors and AMZO’s ability to generate profits.  Accordingly, AMZO’s shareholders would be at risk of losing all or most of their investment.

 

Energy Shortages And Increased Energy Costs Could Adversely Affect Business.

 

Any shortage of energy could cause disruptions in AMZO’s manufacturers operations as well as AMZO’s operations. Higher electricity costs or disruptions in the supply of electricity or natural gas could adversely affect AMZO’s financial condition and results of operations.

 

Stained Ends on Logs Reduces the Size of the Log.

 

When AMZO receives and mills the wood logs, the ends are checked for stains.  When a log has a stained end, the ends must be cut thereby reducing the size of the log for product use. This reduction in size of AMZO’s logs causes AMZO to use more logs resulting in a decrease in AMZO’s profit margins.

 

A MZO Currently Relies on One Customer For a Majority of Its Revenues.

 

AMZO currently relies on one customer for the majority of its revenue as follows:

 

1. Trackworks, Ltd., UK – currently AMZO’s sole source for Timber Agent revenues

 

Any disruption in the relationships between AMZO and this client would adversely affect AMZO’s business. In the event of any disruption and loss of business from this client, purchasers of AMZO’s stock would be at risk to lose most or all of their investment.

 

Shareholders May Never Receive Cash Distributions Which Could Result In Shareholders Receiving Little Or No Return On His Or Her Investment.

 

Distributions are payable at the sole discretion of AMZO’s board of directors. AMZO does not know the amount of cash that will be generated, if any, once AMZO has more productive operations. Cash distributions are not assured, and AMZO may never be in a position to make distributions.

 

Dependence On Directors And Persons To Be Hired May Adversely Affect AMZO’s Business.

 

AMZO’s success will be dependent to a significant degree upon the involvement of AMZO’s officers and directors, who are in charge of the development and operations.   It would be difficult for AMZO to find adequate replacements for these key individuals.  In addition, AMZO will need to attract and retain additional talented individuals in order to carry out AMZO’s business objectives.  The competition for such persons will be intense and there are no assurances that these individuals will be available to AMZO.

 

Compliance With Changing Laws And Rules Regarding Corporate Governance And Public Disclosure May Result In Additional Expenses To AMZO Which, In Turn, May Adversely Affect AMZO’s Ability To Continue AMZO’s Operations

 

Keeping abreast of, and in compliance with, changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, new SEC regulations and, in the event AMZO is approved for listing on either an automated quotation system or a registered exchange, any system or stock exchange rules, will require an increased amount of management attention and external resources.  AMZO intends to continue to invest all reasonably necessary resources to comply with evolving standards, which may result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance and disclosure activities.  This could have an adverse impact on AMZO’s operations.

 

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Plan of Operations

 

Overview

 

AMZO has had a brief operating history, and revenues to date have been generated from its Timber Agent activities. In this capacity, AMZO coordinates the fulfillment and shipment of its customers’ timber needs through the purchase of finished timber product from third-party suppliers. Although these operations have produced gross profits, the low volume of sales has resulted in these profits to not yet exceed the Company’s fixed general and administrative expenses, thus resulting in overall net losses. While AMZO’s Board of Directors believes that it can continue its current operations during the next twelve months, it is the Company’s intent to grow and expand its operations to include harvesting and production of product from its own land. AMZO will, however, require additional capital in order to implement this expansion and future Plan of Operations.

 

Primarily, AMZO is seeking to expand its operations from just a Timber Agent to a harvester and producer of wood products from its own inventories. This plan would increase AMZO’s inventory of timber product, and in turn increase its sales volume, thereby substantially increasing its profit margins. In addition to the establishment of its Timber Division, two additional divisions will be created as part of AMZO’s expansion, structured as follows:

 

  I. Timber Division

  a. Timber Agent Activities (third-party supply)
  b. Sustainable Forest Management (harvesting land owned by Company)
  c. Timber production
  d. Transport and shipping

 

  II. Forestry Carbon Credits & Offsets (R.E.D.D.) Division
     
  III. Biomass / Clean Energy Division

 

 

 

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I. Timber Division

 

Timber Agent Activities

 

AMZO’s ongoing operations since inception have been that of a Timber Agent (see Current Operations). The only source of timber product AMZO will not produce involves its Timber Agent activities, where already produced and finished product is purchased. AMZO intends to significantly increase its Timber Agent activities. Moreover, the expansion will encompass the sales and brokering of a variety of wood products, as well as an increase in clientele.

 

AMZO has acquired enough timber supply to substantially increase its Timber Agent sales volume, and will begin to demonstrate larger export volumes, while monitoring the consistency of the production quality. AMZO believes that the consistency of quality production at higher volume levels must be at an optimal level, so it can demonstrate the ability to fulfill increasingly larger, and in some cases open-ended, orders that are anticipated for the next season.

 

Sustainable Forest Management

 

Harvesting and Practices

 

A major part of AMZO’s expansion involves the harvesting and production of timber from its own land. It is estimated that the Fazenda Jatuarana contains approximately 1,439,979m3 of harvestable timber. The ability to harvest timber from its own land will not only provide AMZO with additional sources of revenue, but will also enable AMZO to become a steward of the forest, and maintain an integral influence on the protection of the environmental and social resources that the forest provides.

  

AMZO is focused on a selective method of harvesting timber, called Sustainable Forest Management, for the development, production and marketing of its sustainable wood products. Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) is defined by the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) as follows:

 

The stewardship and use of forests and forest lands in a way, and at a rate, that maintains their biodiversity, productivity, regeneration capacity, vitality and their potential to fulfill, now and in the future, relevant ecological, economic and social functions, at local, national, and global levels, and that does not cause damage to other ecosystems.”(3).

 

( 3) The FAO adopted this definition, developed by the “Ministerial Conference on the Protection of Forests in Europe,” www.Mcpfe.org. November, 2011.

 

In simpler terms, SFM is the balance between the need for harvested timber products, and the preservation of the forest and its biodiversity. The SFM practices include the consideration for demand, both commercial and non-commercial, and community needs, as well as environmental factors. In this way, both the forests, and the communities that depend on them, will continue to thrive.

 

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The expansion of operations into harvesting the Fazenda Jatuarana adds additional considerations beyond those acting as Timber Agents. As landowners and harvesters, AMZO must consider the same geographical, seasonal and cutting season differences that are considered when acting as Timber Agents (see Current Operations). However, in addition, other crucial decisions include the allocation of equipment that will create access ways to and from the harvest area, as well as skidders, front loaders and trucks, which are used to extract and transport the felled trees. All equipment must follow specific low-impact procedures.

 

To aid in these critical decisions, AMZO has retained the services of an expert forest engineer, who is responsible for all technological and legal matters affecting any land parcel harvested by AMZO, including the fulfillment of the work described within the Environmental Impact Study that forms a part of all SFM Plans (described below).

 

Based on early prognostications of these factors, as part of its annual operating plan, AMZO estimates how much timber it expects to harvest/produce in any given year. These calculations further provide a basis for the marketable amounts of product AMZO expects to bring to market in any given year.

 

Sustainable Forest Management Plans

 

The majority of AMZO’s wood products will be provided through harvesting and extraction, which cannot commence until an approved Sustainable Forest Management Plan (“SFM Plan”) has been obtained. SFM Plans, and the method in which they are created, not only require harvesters to adhere to all governmental regulations, but also serve as the road map to harvesting any rainforest land by providing all specifications for harvesting and extraction. An SFM Plan includes such details as location of approved harvestable parcel, quantity of timber on parcel, and species of timber on parcel. In addition, a fully approved SFM Plan contains all required licenses and permits for the parcel of land to be harvested.

 

Governmental Regulations

 

High rates of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon are the focus of both national and international concern. The Brazilian government heavily regulates the Timber Industry to make sure that all forest management practices are conducted in a sustainable and environmentally friendly way. In the State of Amazonas specifically, the regulatory environmental protection agency known as IPAAM regulates, approves and enforces all SFM Plans. These regulations are so specific that an inventory of the forest resource is taken whereby 100% of the trees existing on a particular property are inventoried and cataloged by specie, diametric size and age.

 

There are two basic types of SFM Plans that are authorized by IPAAM:

 

1. Simplificado : for harvestable areas up to 1,000 hectares
2. Empresarial: for harvestable areas greater than 1,000 hectares.

 

For either type of SFM Plan, the governmental regulation is that no more than 25 m3 total of rough logs can be harvested on an annual basis from each hectare (2.47 acres) of property approved for the harvest of tropical timber species, all species inclusive. Furthermore, each of the harvestable trees more than 60 cm at chest height, and in the species of commercial value, is tagged and numbered. Forest engineers then determine the environmental impact of felling and the direction each tree is to be felled in order to minimize damage and potential erosion. In addition, no trees are felled within 50 meters of any stream, lake or river to protect the natural erosion of its bank. The engineers also prepare an extraction plan by breaking down the property into 50 x 50 meter sectors and indicating the paths where equipment can be introduced and roads built when needed. Once the plan is formulated in its entirety, it is submitted to IPAAM for approval. Once approved, IPAAM then issues an Operating License, and Harvest Authorization.

 

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This federal control and regulative system not only fulfills verification that timber extracted from each project is of legal origin, but also controls the transportation of each tree from standing to finished product, whether shipped locally or exported. In addition, any and all operations may be immediately suspended should any impromptu regulatory inspection reveal discrepancies in size, quantities, species or environmental practices. Adhering to these regulatory systems ensures that the rainforest is protected, and the native community is in balance with the need for timber.

 

Timber Season

 

Timber production and distribution is structured around a Timber Season. Traditionally, the Brazilian Timber Season commences in the month of May, and continues until the end of December. Seasons can be directly affected by heavy rains and weather patterns, however. For example, the commencement of the current year’s season was delayed until June 1, 2012 due to the heavy rains. Regardless of the season’s start date, all heavy machinery must be out of the forest by December 31st of each year due to or environmental reasons, and cannot return until May 15th of the following year. During the period between January and May, milling and production of finished timber products continues, as well as transporting and freight shipments to customers. For the purposes of this Plan of Operations, AMZO has used a timeline of June 1, 2012 through May 31, 2013. All anticipated costs or revenues attributable to this season are projected with this timeline.

 

Timber Inventory

 

All wood products intended for clients are referred to as inventory. In order to fulfill a client’s order, the appropriate inventory must be on-hand, produced and/or procured. AMZO currently produces inventory through the purchase of SFM Projects from third-party landowners. AMZO’s expansion will include the procurement of approximately 27,000m3 of timber supply from various sources. Once enough Timber is held in inventory, AMZO will begin to demonstrate to its existing customers the capability to act as harvesters and producers of quality wood products, and be able produce and satisfy orders on a larger scale while maintaining quality control. AMZO intends on obtaining this increased inventory in the following three ways:

 

  1. Purchasing SFM Plans for harvesting third-party land
  2. Harvesting Fazenda Jatuarana with SFM Plans
  3. Purchasing of Extracted Logs from third parties

 

In 2011, AMZO purchased two SFM Plans, Dos Ramos I and Dos Ramos II. These forest management plans have undergone all the necessary permitting and licensure, and are approved for the harvest of 14,877m3 of hard and soft wood logs. AMZO has begun production of this harvest, and will utilize the supply to increase its inventory on hand to fulfill existing and future client orders.

 

AMZO has commenced the approval process for four SFM Plans on the Fazenda Jaturana, for the extraction of approximately 40,000m3 of timber for the 2013-2014 season and expects final approval and licensing within the next 6 months. This process will be administrated by one of AMZO’s founders, who has decades of experience and political relationships throughout the Timber industry of Brazil. In order to facilitate and coordinate the approval process, AMZO will also retain a team of engineers and forest specialists, who will conduct inventories and prepare environmental studies for the Fazenda Jatuarana SFM Plans. AMZO’s team of experts has collaborated on many SFM Plans that have successfully gained government approval, including the two plans that AMZO purchased in 2011.

 

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AMZO will also increase its inventory by purchasing Extracted Logs from third party suppliers. Similar to AMZO’s Dos Ramos Plans, these logs come from licensed SFM Plans. The logs are purchased from third-party harvesters, and are transported to the appropriate mill for sawing. AMZO is currently in negotiations with Cofaam Cooperativa Florestal Da Amazonas to procure 12,500m3 of select hardwood logs, and anticipate production in the immediate future.

 

Timber Extraction

 

The timber extraction company plays a vital role in the harvesting of rainforest land. Once AMZO receives approval and licensure for its SFM Plan(s), the extraction company will be responsible for carrying the Plan out. The Fazenda Jatuarana SFM Plans will contain all pertinent information regarding the actual harvesting of trees and the extraction of logs. Once extracted, the logs are then transported to the river bank, loaded onto barges and transported to the saw mill for production.

 

AMZO has initiated contractual discussions with three of the largest timber extraction companies in Belen, Brazil to perform the timber extraction:

 

  1. Manuel Perreira e Cia
  2. Madenorte
  3. CIKEL

 

Timber Production

 

The principal products offered by AMZO are select wood products harvested directly from the Amazonas rainforest. These products are of specific species, quantity and finished product indicated by the client. AMZO intends to produce a variety of products from both the harvested logs from its own SFM Plans and the Extracted Logs it purchases from third parties. From these two sources of supply, AMZO projects to have approximately 17,100m3 of hardwood logs to mill for the upcoming season.

 

AMZO intends on contracting multiple local sawmills (“mills”) to “saw for service” and produce the products that it intends to sell. AMZO currently anticipates working with the Madespon Mill and MW Florestal Mill. Based on the trials from last season, AMZO has already determined and reached a verbal understanding with the mills that will be best suited for the different types and volumes of future production. AMZO has maintained consistent communication with these mills in preparation for the planning of the upcoming season. While sub-contracting this process to the mills, AMZO will maintain the proper staff onsite at each mill to oversee and accompany the production in order to maintain quality control.

 

Quality Control

 

During the 2011-12 timber season, AMZO tested different sawmills, suppliers, transporters, and shipping containers. This process was essential in order to ensure all harvesting and extraction processes are fail-safe, before implementing a larger-scale production, which will be required when meeting anticipated larger-scale orders for timber product. AMZO believes that the consistency of quality timber production at higher volumes must be at an optimal level, in order to demonstrate AMZO’s ability to fulfill increasingly larger, and in some cases open-ended, orders that are anticipated for the next season.

 

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AMZO received an initial on-site quality inspection from one of its largest customers, and passed with enthusiasm. This process was essential as it allowed for the working out all the logistical kinks before implementing such a large-scale production.

 

Transport and Shipping

 

All timber shipments will be transported by barge from harvesting to the mill. AMZO is working with three different shipping providers:

 

  1) Irmaos Soares Navegacao e Transportes Ltda.,
  2) Edivaldo Magalhaes Transportes Fluvias e Despatchos Ltda., and
  3) Tanaka Balsas Ltda.

 

After production, the finished product must be shipped by truck from the mill to the port. Previous season’s efforts and testing of different trucking companies has been critical in the preparation for increased production. The following trucking companies will provide transportation services to the Manuas Port:

 

  · Diondero transportes; and
  · Rivas e Companhia Transporte Terresta Ltda.

 

Once the finished timber product reaches the port, a customs broker is required to prepare the shipment. AMZO has established a relationship with a Brazilian independently contracted customs broker who will represent AMZO as its customs broker in all of its customs related matters. The customs broker will process all the necessary paperwork that will allow for AMZO’s timber product to board the vessel and ship to AMZO’s client in a timely manner.

 

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II. Forestry Carbon Credits & Offsets (R.E.D.D.) Division

 

Forest offsets are part of a market-based, cap-and-trade program for reducing greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.  Offsets promote market efficiency by allowing polluters to seek low-cost opportunities to meet greenhouse gas emissions targets.  In a forest carbon offset program, landowners or their partner/representatives may sell credits for the storage of carbon in the forests they own. For every credit sold, representing a ton of carbon stored in the forest, a polluter is able to emit an extra ton of carbon monoxide. 

 

AMZO will work to generate carbon credits for a class of mechanisms referred to as REDD schemes (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation. REDD Credits provide carbon offsets for the protection of forests, and provide a possible mechanism to allow funding from developed nations to assist in the protection of native forests in developing nations. Many of the current REDD projects focus on forest conservation that creates reserves and parks to protect threatened forests and their bio-diverse inhabitants.

 

AMZO’s strategy rehabilitates ecosystems through habitat and water resource preservation. AMZO intends to preserve these properties through REDD incentive programs, while selectively harvesting their resources through sustainable “Green” government approved forest management projects.  Towards this end AMZO has entered into a strategic relationship with Carbon Forest Group, a financial management company that is charged with the development and monetization of Carbon Credits through Sustainable Forest Management, Agro Forestry and/or REDD.

 

AMZO also believes its SFM practices will qualify AMZO to receive carbon offset credits.  Forest Management, also called “improved forest management” or “active forest management”, is defined as changing management approaches so that the standing volume in the forest is increased.  Management practices may include extended rotations or greater retention of trees at harvest.  Practices such as forest thinning can both reduce fire risk and stimulate growth that, over time, increases carbon storage.

 

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III, Biomass / Clean Energy Division

 

The State of Amazonas is not on the main Brazilian electric grid system, and currently generates the majority of its energy through the “dirty” practice of burning diesel. The utilization of the SFM process during harvesting, creates a by-product called “biomass” which is the waste-product produced by tree trimmings, branches, leaves, bark, etc. The Biomass produced under the SFM process, is considered a renewable energy source, and can be used to generate electricity and produce heat. AMZO intends to accumulate its Biomass as part of its harvesting process, and commercialize it in three ways in the future:

 

  · Direct sale of the power generated from the biomass to the local area’s energy providers;
  · Sell the clean renewable energy generated by AMZO’s harvesting to the Brazilian government (under current law);
  · Sell certified carbon credits or offsets (generated by the renewable energy from AMZO’s waste biomass) on the European Carbon Exchange (see Forestry Carbon Credits & Offsets Division).

 

Employees

 

The AMZO management team comprises experts in timber activities, and coordinates many details when fulfilling a client order. From an organizational standpoint, the core operations are conducted by several people and companies, some of whom are internal AMZO employees, and others who are third-party independent contractors. Outsourcing of certain functions is preferred, so that AMZO can focus on execution and customer satisfaction, as well as gain insight and understanding of the various components of the timber business in Brazil. The table below represents the current AMZO team:

 

Internal Staff:

 

Name Title/Position Responsibilities Location         
Michael Ibar CEO Governance/Operations  Miami/Brazil
Norman Kunin CFO Financial operations Miami/LA
Pepper Stevens COO Timber operations and Sales Brazil
Raymundio Olivera Production Mgr Production (2-3 loc) Brazil
Marcello Alvez Log Coordinator Transportation/Logistics Brazil
Tadeu Cunha Forest Rep Timber Extraction Supervisor Brazil
To be determined Forest Rep Timber Extraction Supervisor Brazil

  

Outsourced Labor/Duties:

 

Name Title/Position Responsibilities Location         
Fatima Sencadas Customs Broker Customer Administrator Brazil
Jorge Bastos Grader Quality Control Production Line Brazil
Djalma Da Silva Grader Quality control Production Line Brazil
To be determined Extraction Firm Harvest and load Barge Brazil
To be determined Shipping/Trucking Transport Forest to Port Brazil
To be determined Sales Brokers Purchase Order Origination US

 

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Revenues

 

Revenues are derived from the sale of wood products. Future financial success will be dependent on the continued success of AMZO’s Timber Agent operations, and expansion into harvesting through Sustainable Forest Management. AMZO has been developing its business model for the last three years, focusing on the guiding principles of protection, preservation, people and profitability to which it operates. The plan of operations is built upon the upcoming 2012-13 Brazilian timber season. AMZO anticipates that the increase in its timber inventory will increase the volume of wood products sold this year, as well as increase the profit margin on its products, as production will primarily become in-house from AMZO’s own rainforest land.

 

AMZO initial objective is to expand its development of its resources to increase sales revenues. AMZO’s first harvest order for Fazenda Jatuarana is from Trackworks Ltd., the largest U.K. based railroad supply company, and currently AMZO’s largest customer,  in the amount of US$1.32MM dollars in wood products. The current purchase order of 2,000 m3 is product specific, and is expected to expand to the US$6 -$9 Million range for upcoming the 2012-2013 season. AMZO has been in constant communication with Trackworks, who has provided assurances that it will increase its current order, under the conditions that it comes from a sustainable source and AMZO maintains quality control. AMZO anticipates establishing an immediate subsequent order with Trackworks for at least 10,000m3 of timber product, which will provide revenues in excess of $6.6 Million. Although AMZO has nothing in writing yet to this affect, AMZO is confident that, based upon its ongoing conversations and relationship with Trackworks, it is highly likely that such an order will be obtained.

 

Once this primary production for Trackworks and corresponding inventory is established, AMZO will then have an accurate account of the remaining m3 of hardwood species it has on hand in inventory. Based on this supply, senior management will market the different products that can be made from the remaining inventory/species to their existing book of contacts and buyers and write purchase orders for said products.

 

Purchases

 

AMZO’s first initiative in its preparation for the upcoming season is to close multiple outstanding contracts. The first of these contracts is with a large-scale timber extraction company, CIKEL. The agreement is for the extraction of AMZO’s 14,000m3 of inventory from the SFM Plans Dos Ramos I and II. AMZO has initiated contractual talks with the Timber Extraction companies. Concurrently with these initiatives, AMZO is negotiating to procure additional timber supply that would provide another 10,000-12,000 m3 of hardwood.

 

Preservation of Forest

 

The Brazilian Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and it comprises the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest in the world. AMZO is committed to the sustainable and environmentally responsible management of these forests.

 

AMZO’s sustainable forest management strategy, with its selective method of harvesting timber for the production and commercialization of wood products, addresses deforestation, which is one of the primary causes of global warming.

 

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The following excerpt from the report, Status of Tropical Forest Management 2011(1), provides information on the progress towards Sustainable Forest Management in Brazil:

 

“Brazil has a land area of 846 million hectares and an estimated population in 2010 of 195 million people (United Nations Population Division 2010); the country is ranked 75th out of 182 countries in UNDP’s Human Development Index (UNDP 2009). Ninety-three per cent of the country is below 800 m in altitude. The highest peaks, at about 2500 m, are found on the northern border with Venezuela and in the southeast on the Atlantic coast. The vast Amazon Basin contains the world’s largest area of tropical rainforest; the majority of it is Brazilian territory. FAO (2010a) and Government of Brazil (2010) both estimated Brazil’s total forest cover in 2010 at 519 million hectares, including both tropical and non-tropical natural and planted forests; an estimated 354 million hectares of the total was in the Amazon.

 

Forest Types

 

Brazilian forests can be classified broadly as Amazon rainforest, Atlantic rainforest (Mata Atlântica) (28.8 million hectares), central cerrado savanna (70 million hectares), arid caatinga (46.8 million hectares) and the wetlands of the Pantanal (8.55 million hectares; Government of Brazil 2010).

  

The two main forest types in the Amazon are dense and open ombrophilous (humid) forests. The dense humid forests are characterized by large and medium-sized trees (with canopy up to 50 m and emergent trees up to 40 m) and abundant lianas and epiphytes. In the open humid forests the trees are more widely spaced and palm creepers and bamboos are more common. The predominant vegetation in the cerrado savanna (forested, arborized and steppe). Savanna formations also predominate in the Pantanal biome, which also contains savanna as well as small areas of semi-deciduous and deciduous forest.The caatinga comprises predominantly steppe savanna, interrupted by clusters of deciduous and semideciduous forest and savanna. To the north, pioneer formations occur, represented by marshes and swamps on the coast. The Mata Atlântica biome consists of humid (dense, open and mixed) and seasonal (deciduous and semi-deciduous) forests. Pioneer formations occur, represented by marshes and swamps along the coast, and savanna occurs in small areas in Brazil has more mangrove forests than any country other than Indonesia, with about 1.3 million hectares, which is 8.5% of all mangroves. Mangroves occur on the northern coastline, intermittently in estuaries and coastal lagoons in the northeast, and south beyond the Tropic of Capricorn (Spalding et al. 2010).

 

Permanent forest estate

 

Brazil’s tropical-forest PFE may be considered to comprise 117 million hectares of federal and state conservation units (Sistema Nacional de Unidades de Conservaçãoda Natureza– SNUC – and Sistema Estados Unidades de Conservação da Natureza, respectively), 106 million hectares of Indigenous lands, 50.2 million hectares of legal reserves and permanent preservation areas on rural properties, and 36.1 million hectares of other public forest’ protected by law. This area includes the Amazon, caatinga, cerrado and Mata Atlântica biomes and may include some non-forest and some non-tropical forest.

 

Federal and state conservation units and Indigenous lands include forest and other kinds of vegetation. For some categories the area may be under-estimated because of a lack of data on land under state responsibility (e.g. federal conservation units). ‘Other public forests protected by law’ refers to public forests listed in the National Register of Public Forests. They are not yet assigned to any function; however, according to Law 11 284/2006, public forest should be maintained as forests indefinitely.

 

The SNUC, which was established by Law 9985/00, is divided into two groups:

 

a) Units of integral protection, whose purpose is to preserve nature – use does not involve the consumption, collection, damage or destruction of natural resources. Categories in this group are ecological stations, biological reserves, national parks, national monuments and wildlife refuges.

 

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b) Sustainable use units, which aim to reconcile nature conservation with sustainable use, involving the collection and use, commercial or otherwise, of a portion of a unit’s natural resources. Categories in this group include national (and state) forests (florestas nacionais– FLONAs), extractive reserves and sustainable development reserves. There are 69.4 million hectares of units of integral protection, 25.5 million hectares of FLONAs, 10.2 million hectares of sustainable development reserves and 12.3 million hectares of extractive reserves in the tropical PFE (J. Lorensi do Canto, pers. comm., 2011; CNUC 2011).  The estimate of protection PFE in Table 1 comprises the total area of forest in ‘units of integral protection’ plus the total area of Indigenous lands. Under the Brazilian Forest  Code (Law 4771/65), the following percentages (at least) of private land must be maintained under native vegetarian (called 'Legal reserves), in addition to permanent protection areas (areas to be preserved along rivers, hills and others):

 

  80% of rural properties located in forest areas in the Legal Amazon.
     
  35% of rural properties located in savanna areas in the Legal Amazon.
     
  20% of rural properties located in forest or other vegetation in other (i.e. non-Legal Amazon) regions.
     
  20% of rural properties in native grasslands in any region.

 

Legal reserves are forest areas that may be harvested for timber and other products on the basis of sustainable forest management plans (planos de manejo Florestal sustentável– PMFSs – see below). The extent to which these restrictions are adhered to is unclear.

 

The total PFE reported here is considerably less than that reported for 2005, most likely due to differences in definition of what constitutes PFE rather than to a significant change in legal status or forest area. The Government of Brazil did not make an official submission for the 2005 survey; therefore, the data presented here for 2010 are likely to be more accurate than those given in ITTO (2006).

 

Forest Ecosystem Health

 

Deforestation and forest degradation

 

Brazil lost an estimated 2.19 million hectares of forest per year in the period 2005–10. This is an annual rate of deforestation of 0.42%, which is lower than the estimated annual rate of deforestation in the period 2000–2005 (0.57%) (FAO 2010b). In the period 2005–09 about 1.07 million hectares of forest was lost per year in the Amazonas and 929 000 hectares were lost per year in the cerrado (FAO 2010a). Brazil has an estimated 477 million hectares of primary forests.

 

Status of Brazilian Tropical Rainforest in 2011

 

The Brazilian government’s National Institute for Space Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais) monitors forest cover in the Amazon by satellite using four operating systems: PRODES, DETER, DEGRAD and DETEX. These systems are complementary and are designed to meet different goals. PRODES (Program for the Calculation of Deforestation in the Amazon – Monitoramento da Floresta Amazônica Brasileirapor Satélite) has measured the annual rate of clear cutting since 1988. Using Landsat satellite images, it can account for deforestation that takes place on areas greater than 6.25 hectares. DEGRAD (System for Mapping Forest Degradation – Sistema deMapeamento de Degradação Florestal),   which was developed in 2007, uses images from the Landsat and CBERS (China–Brazil Earth Resources Satellite) satellites to map areas in the process  of deforestation where forest cover is not completely removed and therefore not counted by PRODES. DETER (System of Deforestation Detection  in  Real Time  –  Detecção de Desmatamentoem Tempo Real) uses MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) and CBERS satellite data to publish, on a monthly basis, maps of areas greater than 25 hectares that have either been completely deforested or are in the process of deforestation.

 

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DETEX (Detection of Selective Logging Activities), developed with the support of the Brazilian Forest Service (Serviço Florestal Brasileiro), generates information for monitoring management plans in forest concessions (created by Law 11 284/06) and in public forests in general. Using images from Landsat and CBERS, multi-temporal DETEX studies have been conducted in national forests and forest concessions, especially in the vicinity of the BR-163 and BR-319 roads to identify instances of exploratory timber activity. All public forests in the Amazon have been monitored by this system since 2008. An estimated 244 000 hectares of FLONAs were affected by fires in 2008, and a similar area was burned in 2007.

 

Vulnerability of forests to climate change

 

Brazil is vulnerable to climate change, not least because of its fragile, biologically diverse ecosystems (Lèbre La Rovere & Pereira 2007). The Amazon forests and Pantanal wetlands are of particular concern.

 

A number of studies suggest a drying trend in Amazon forests, such as an increased frequency of years with reduced precipitation, as was particularly the case in 1997, 1998, 2005 and 2010 (Perez 2011). Such dry years make spontaneous fires more frequent. These droughts have started to change the general view that Amazon forests can resist fire because of the moisture stored beneath the dense tree canopy. It has been suggested that extreme droughts could breach the flammability threshold of Amazon forests, triggering a feedback loop that leads to increasingly frequent wildfires (ibid.) and affecting vast areas of previously unburnt Amazon forests. Changing rainfall patterns, especially in the drought-affected northeast region of the country, could reduce the quality and quantity of water resources available for agriculture. The hydrological services of Amazon forests require further study to facilitate adaptation. The monitoring of climate variability and its effects on the Amazon forest is also important because of the crucial role that those forests play as the world’s largest storage of terrestrial carbon.

  

SFM policy framework

 

Forest tenure

 

Even though much production forest is privately owned, under the 1988 Federal Constitution (Article 225) forests are considered to be a common asset for all inhabitants, and ownership and tenure disputes are a major problem. Private owners are only able to exercise their rights within the limits imposed by the 1965 Forest Code, which regulates the harvesting of timber resources. There are legal stipulations to set aside ‘legal reserves’ and ‘permanent preservation areas’ in private forest areas.  More than one-third of the tropical PFE is owned by Indigenous communities.

Extractive reserves are state-owned areas in which use rights are granted to traditional extractive populations whose subsistence is based on the harvesting of naturally growing products such as latex, nuts, fruits and oils as well as on agriculture and animal-raising. The purpose of extractive reserves is to protect the livelihoods and cultures of those traditional extractive populations and to ensure the sustainable use of natural resources in the reserves. There are 62 extractive reserves in Brazil (mostly in the Amazon), comprising a total area of 12.96 million hectares – 12.3 million hectares of which are on federal lands and 667 000 hectares of which are on state lands. Although timber harvesting is generally not permitted, these areas are counted as part of the production PFE (in total, 12.3 million hectares in the Amazon). All extractive reserves have a management plan prepared by the managing agency (the Chico Mendes Institute of Biodiversity Conservation).

Under the Federal Constitution, Indigenous lands (lands traditionally occupied by Amerindians) are defined as: “those where they live on a permanent basis, those used for their productive activities, those essential to the preservation of environmental resources necessary for their well-being and for their physical and cultural reproduction, according to their habits, customs and traditions”. Amerindians have the permanent possession and “exclusive use of the riches of the soil, rivers and lakes” existing on their lands. Nevertheless, such lands constitute the property of the state and, as public goods of special use, besides being inalienable and unavailable (cannot be disposed of or alienated), they cannot be the object of use of any kind by anyone other than the Amerindians themselves. Of the 106 million hectares of forest in the Amazon allocated to Indigenous communities, 1.75 million hectares have been ‘bounded’, 8.1 million hectares have been ‘declared’, 3.6 million hectares have been ‘approved’ and 92.2 million hectares have been ‘regularized’ (i.e. full rights have been secured).

 

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According to FAO (2010a), communities in Brazil have management rights in 160 million hectares of publicly owned forest (including indigenous lands outside the Amazon region).

 

In 2009 President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva approved Law 11952, which provides for the legalization of occupied federal land in the Legal Amazon through the sale and grant of right of use of real estate. The aim of the law is to reduce legal uncertainty, which promotes the illegal appropriation of land, the intensification of agrarian conflicts and deforestation. Under the law, certain unallocated federal land will be transferred to municipalities in order to expedite its privatization. The law establishes size limits for areas to be privatized, the terms of payment and other legal and financial aspects.

 

Under the new law, squatters occupying up to 100 hectares of land will be given title to the land free of cost. Lots measuring between 100 and 400 hectares will be sold at a ‘symbolic cost’, and holdings of 400–1500 hectares will be sold at market prices. Larger lots of up to 2500 hectares will be auctioned to the highest bidder. Anything larger can only be sold with congressional approval.

 

Criteria and indicators

 

The Government of Brazil participates in the Tarapoto C&I process coordinated by the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization and used the ITTO C&I in its submission to ITTO for this report.

 

Forest policy and legislation

 

Brazil is a federation of 26 states, a federal district and more than 5500 local governments (municipalities – municípios). The adoption of a new constitution in 1988 prompted decentralization in the management of natural resources and the implementation of development programs. Considerable political and tax power and fiscal revenue shifted from the central government to states and municipalities, and privatization and economic liberalization policies were also pursued.

 

Forest-related legislation includes:

 

  1. Law 4771 (1965) – Forest Code (as amended).
     
  2. Law 5197 (1967) – Protection of Fauna.
     
  3. Law 6938 (1981) – National Environmental Policy. www.illegal-logging.info
     
  4. Law 9433 (1997) – Water Resources Policy.
     
  5. Law 9605 (1998) – Environmental Crimes.
     
  6. Decree 3179 (1999), which establishes penalties for forest crimes.
     
  7. Decree 3420 (2000), creating the National Forest Programme.
     
  8. Decree 4340 (2002), which regulates articles of Law 4771 and various other laws. It also provides regulations for the exploitation, suppression and clear-cutting of forests and succeeding formations; PMFSs; forest replanting; and licenses to transport forest by-products.
     
  9. Law 11 284 (2006) (the Public Forest Management Law), which provides for public forest management for sustainable production, creates the Brazilian Forest Service within the structure of the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment, establishes the National Forest Development Fund (Fundo Nacional de Desenvolvimento Florestal – FNDF), and makes other provisions.

 

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  10. Resolution 378 (2006), which defines undertakings that may potentially cause national or regional environmental impact and makes other provisions; and subjects forest exploitation to permits issued by the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Resources (Instituto Brasileiro do Meio Ambiente e dos Recursos Naturais Renováveis– IBAMA).
     
  11. Resolution 379 (2006), which creates and regulates the database on forest management at the National Environmental System (Sistema Nacional do Meio Ambiente) level. 
     
  12. Decree 6063 (2007), which regulates, at the federal level, provisions of Law 11 284.
     
  13. Resolution 406 (2009), which establishes technical standards to be adopted in the formulation, presentation, technical evaluation and implementation of PMFSs for logging purposes in native forests and their succeeding formations in the Amazon biome.
     
  14. A number of normative instructions relating to forest use.The enactment of the Public Forest Management Law in 2006 were a significant achievement. Previously, although large areas of forest are located on public land in Brazil, there was no regulatory framework to deal with their management. This made it difficult for the government to establish policies that could ensure the maintenance of those forests as an asset belonging to all Brazilians. In the case of the Amazon the situation was even more worrisome because for decades the advance of agriculture had led to large losses of forest cover and land-grabbing. In 2004, the federal government initiated the formulation of a legal framework to allow for the management of public land in a way that would halt land-grabbing, introduce a forest concessions system to maintain the capacity of the forests to provide goods and services in perpetuity, and serve as a socioeconomic development alternative. The 2006 law and subsequent resolutions, decrees and instructions were the result.

 

In 2004 the Government of Brazil announced its Action Plan to Prevent and Control Deforestation in the Amazon involving eleven ministries led by the President’s Cabinet. The action plan comprises 144 actions under three main strategies: land-tenure and territory planning; environmental monitoring and control; and incentives for sustainable production. Under the action plan, by 2008 ten million hectares of Indigenous territories, 20 million hectares of protected areas and 3.9 million hectares of ‘sustainable settlement’ projects had been created and 66 000 illegal land titles had been cancelled.

 

Institutions involved in forests

 

The Ministry of Environment (Ministério do Meio Ambiente– MMA) is responsible for forestry as well as for planning, coordinating and controlling activities related to the national environment policy and policies for developing the Amazon. It supervises the activities of IBAMA and the Brazilian Forest Service, chairs the National Council for the Environment (Conselho Nacional do Meio Ambiente) and takes part in the President’s Chamber for Natural Resources Policies, which coordinates various aspects related to forests. Other agencies with responsibilities related to forest resources include the National Colonization and Agrarian Reform Institute (Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária), and the Indian National Foundation (Fundação Nacional do Índio), which is responsible for the preservation of Amerindian culture. In 1999, a Secretariat for Biodiversityand Forests was created in MMA. Among other functions, IBAMA, which was established in 1985, implements and coordinates the National Forest Program. In some states in the Legal Amazon and the Northeast Region, state-government institutions issue forest management permits and conduct state forest inspections.

 

The National Forest Commission (Comissão Nacional de Florestas– CONAFLOR), which was established by Decree 3420/00, is composed of 39 representatives distributed between the government (20 representatives) and civil society (19 representatives), including federal government agencies and entities, state environmental agencies, civil-society groups, forest industry, NGOs and educational and research institutions. CONAFLOR provides guidelines for the implementationof procedures in national forests and enables the participation of various interest groups in developing public policies for the forest sector.

 

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The Public Forest Management Law (2006) established the Brazilian Forest Service as an agency of the federal government under the MMA, with responsibility over public forest management for sustainable production; thus, it is responsible for concessions (i.e. timber harvesting and the extraction of NTFPs) in FLONAs and other public forests. The Brazilian Forest Service is also responsible for managing the FNDF and the National Register of Public Forests (Cadastro Nacional de Florestas Publicás).The goal of the National Register is to set up a database of geo-referenced data for the identification of public forests in order to provide public managers and the population in general with a reliable database on forest management.

 

The main instruments used by the Brazilian Forest Service for the sustainable production and management of federal public forests are forest concessions and allotment to local communities. A forest concession is a chargeable warrant for the right to practice SFM for the exploitation of a forest’s products and services. The allotment of public forests to local communities is carried out through the identification of areas occupied by traditional populations, such as Indigenous communities, slave-descendant communities (known as quilombolas) and settlements. The Brazilian Forest Service assists in the identification of those populations and encourages and promotes community forest   management by providing technical support and capacity-building.

 

A draft Bill before the Brazilian Congress would, if passed, transform the Brazilian Forest Service into an autonomous institution. As part of the Federal Government administration under the MMA, the Service currently lacks the necessary institutional conditions to efficiently carry out the tasks allocated to it under the law, thus hindering, for example, the speed at which concessions are assessed and approved (or otherwise). Currently, the Service has 240 employees, of whom only 56 are career public servants. As the Service consolidates itself, increasing institutional demands – such as the increasing number of concession applications– will require a speedy, dynamic process to build up and enlarge its workforce.

 

According to an internal study, an additional 760 new positions of ‘environment’ career specialists and 62 new director-level positions will be needed by 2012.

 

The Commission on Public Forest Management (Comissão de Gestão de Florestas Públicas– CGFLOP) is an advisory body of the Brazilian Forest Service which aims to advise, evaluate and propose guidelines for the management of public forests in Brazil, especially regarding the Annual Forest Concessions Plan (Plano Annual de Outorga Florestal). The CGFLOP, which was established by Law 11 284/06 and regulated by Decree 5795/06, is composed of 24 representatives appointed by the holders of the respective agencies, groups, organizations and sectors involved in the process and designated by the Minister of State for the Environment. The Commission meets at least twice a year or as requested by its chairman or at least one-third of its members.

 

Average total annual direct investment by the federal government in forest management, administration, research and human resource development in the period 2005–09 was about R$141 million, including R$56.1 million through the MMA, R$9.72 million through the Brazilian Forest Service and R$25.8 million through IBAMA. Some R$26.1 million was allocated to the Chico Mendes Institute of Biodiversity Conservationa, which is responsible for the management of all federal conservation units.

 

The aim of the FNDF is to foster the development of forest-based sustainable activities in Brazil and promote technological innovation in the sector. Its main source of funds is revenue generated by forest concessions in compliance with the percentages outlined in the Public Forest Management Law (2006). Moreover, the FNDF may receive donations from national and international public and private entities.

 

It was estimated that R$2.2 million would be allocated in 2010 for measures to bolster forest management. Based on estimated future revenue from forest concessions, the FNDF will have an allocation of R$4 million in 2012 and R$29 million in 2015.

 

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FNDF resources are to be allocated primarily to projects in the following areas:

 

  1. Technological research and development in forest management
  2. Technical assistance and forest extension
  3. Recovery of degraded areas with native species
  4. Rational and sustainable economic use of forest resources
  5. Control and monitoring of forest activities and deforestation
  6. Capacity-building in forest management
  7. Environmental education
  8. Environmental protection and natural resources conservation.

 

The Amazon Fund, which was established in 2008 by Decree No 6527, aims to attract donationsfor non-refundable investments in deforestation prevention, monitoring and combat, and alsoto promote the conservation and sustainable useof forests in the Amazon biome. Specifically it is designed to support projects in the following areas:

 

  1. Public forests and protected areas management
  2. Environmental control, monitoring and enforcement
  3. Economic activities developed as a result of forest sustainable use
  4. Ecological–economic zoning, land-use planning and land regulation
  5. Biodiversity conservation and sustainable use
  6. Recovery of degraded areas

 

In 2010 the Brazilian Development Bank established the ‘Support to Reforestation, Recovery and Sustainable Use of Forest’ program, the aim of which is to support the reforestation, conservation and forest recovery of degraded or converted areas and the sustainable use of native areas through SFM.

 

The Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária– EMBRAPA) spent an average R$2.37 million on forest-related research per year in 2005–09. In the same period the total annual research expenditure by the Ministry of Science and Technology, through such institutions as the National Institute of Amazonian Research (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia), based in Manaus, the Mamirauá Institute of Sustainable Development and the Emílio Goeldi Museum, was R$21.3 million.

 

Universities, large forestry enterprises, and NGOs such as the Amazon Institute of People and the Environment (Instituto do Homem e Meio Ambiente da Amazônia) also engage in forestry research. University education in forestry started in 1960; currently, 51 universities offer teaching and research in forest management. There are about 7000 forest engineers working in Brazil, 1600 with master’s degrees and 300 with PhDs.

 

Status of forest management

 

Forest for production

 

The forest management system adopted for Amazonian dense tropical rainforest is a polycyclic system involving the selective logging of commercial forest species in cutting cycles of 25–35 years. FMUs are usually divided into annual production units according to the cutting cycle adopted.

 

By law the use of natural forest resources on both private and public land requires the presentation of a PMFS to IBAMA and its approval by that body and/or the relevant state environment agency.

 

Since 2006 forest management (i.e. timber harvesting) has been permitted in Brazil’s public forests through forest concession contracts that can span up to 40 years. Concessions are granted through a transparent tendering and/or bidding process for the production of timber and/or non-timber products or services. Each year the Brazilian Forest Service prepares an Annual Forest Concessions Plan, which is a major instrument of policy planning for forest concessions in public forests. A national policy to support community forest management has also been implemented (Decree 6874/2009) with the aim of encouraging and organizing the country’s forest management activities, and it also establishes minimum prices for NTFPs.MMA Normative Instruction 5 (2006) introduced important changes to the parameters of forest management on both public and private land.

 

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The main features were:

 

  · The maximum allowable harvest is 30 m3 per hectare when harvesting is mechanized and 10 m3 per hectare when the operation does not use heavy machinery, with harvesting cycles of 35 years and ten years, respectively.
  · For those forest species whose minimum cutting diameter had not previously been determined, the minimum cutting diameter is set at 50 cm.
  · At least 10% of each exploited tree species which could be harvested are to be left standing as seed bearers, selected in each 100-hectare working unit.
  · A tracking system (chain of custody) is required for harvested trees. The use of waste wood is allowed.

 

Since September 2006, forest product transportation has been controlled through a national information system, IBAMA’s Forest Origin Document system. Under it, forest products are tracked from their harvest to the final stage of marketing. The entire supply and transportation chain must be updated online in real time. The system has significantly improved the control of illegal logging in Brazil.

  

A forest planning process called Modeflora (Digital Model of Forest Exploitation), hailed as a technological breakthrough in forest management, has been tested successfully by EMBRAPA researchers. It consists of the georeferencing and geomonitoring of all phases of forest management, from the preparation of a forest management plan to its implementation, combining the use of forest inventory techniques, operational research and a range of technologies such as global positioning systems (GPS), GIS, radar and satellite images.

 

Modeflora enables a reduction of at least 30% in the cost of preparing and implementing forest management plans. It also reduces field error and increases the accuracy of tree-tracking and micro-zoning by enabling the production of maps at a scale of 1:15.

 

In public forests under forest concession, the Brazilian Forest Service subsidizes the price of wood for those concessionaires who promote value- adding near the forest concession, the installation of permanent plots, and biodiversity monitoring.

 

Nevertheless, despite the existence of pilot projects in SFM and technical standards for the adoption of best forest management practices in the Amazon, the level of adoption of these practices is still incipient.

 

Control and law enforcement in the Amazon are extremely difficult because of the vastness of the area, poor infrastructure, a lack of capacity and the large number of factors contributing to deforestation and illegal logging. Other problems facing forestry in Brazil are the remoteness of many forests from centers of commerce and control; the weak economic competitiveness of SFM as a land use; the lack of competitiveness of the tropical timber industry, for various reasons; extensive degraded forests; lack of full-cost pricing and the abundant availability of low-cost timber; and a serious shortage of management skills (ITTO 2006).

 

The scarcity of information on forest management for business people and a lack of technical capacity are other barriers to the widespread adoption of SFM. Most employers still do not know the meaning of SFM and are unaware of the potential financial benefits of good forest management. The technologies adopted by these timber companies generally correspond to the practices used for decades in conventional exploitation.

 

The enlargement of the agricultural frontier, which causes deforestation and is associated with illegal wood supply, continues to be a limiting factor to the promotion of forest management in the Amazon.

 

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Silviculture and Species Selection

 

The main silvicultural process proposed for the Brazilian Amazon is as follows:

 

  1. E minus 1 year – forest inventory at 100% (i.e. the measurement of all commercial trees with dbh40 cm)
  2. E minus 1 year – liana cutting (for commercial species above the minimum cutting diameter)
  3. E minus 1 year – installation and measurement of permanent plots
  4. E minus 1 year – exploration planning (primary and secondary roads; pre-selection of trees based on inventory; preparation of map of annual production unit)
  5. E minus 1 year – opening of roads, sidings and marshalling yards (forest roads, bridges, drainage system, and 25x25 m marshalling yards)
  6. E – forest harvesting (reduced impact)
  7. E plus 1 year – assessment of damage caused by harvesting (evaluation of remaining trees, skid trails and cutting quality)
  8. E plus 1 year, E plus 3 years, and henceforth every five years – re-measurement of permanent plots
  9. E plus 4 years – silvicultural treatments (e.g. girdling of non-commercial trees to make room for commercially promising trees)

 

As reported above, the maximum allowable harvest is 30 m3 per hectare when harvesting is mechanized and 10 m3 per hectare when the operation does not use heavy machinery, with harvesting cycles of 35 years and ten years, respectively.

 

Planted forest and trees outside the forest

 

Brazil’s plantation estate comprises about 4.52 million hectares of Eucalyptus species, 1.79million hectares of Pinus species, and 344 000of other species (including Acacia mearnsii, A. mangium, Schizolobiumamazonicum, Tectonagrandis, Araucaria angustifolia and Populus spp), for an estimated total plantation area of 6.65 million hectares. Significant areas of plantations (especially Pinus spp) are outside the tropics. There are also about 128 000 hectares of rubber (Hevea brasiliensis) plantation. Even though planted forests account for little more than 1% of the total forest area in Brazil, they make a substantial contribution to industrial wood production.

 

Forest certification

 

As of October 2010, a total of 6.16 million hectares of natural and planted forests had been certified under the FSC umbrella in Brazil. Of this, about 2.70 million hectares were natural tropical forest and 2.13 million hectares were planted tropical forest (FSC 2010); most of the remainder were non-tropical plantations. The certified natural forest includes 47 000 hectares in the Antimary State Forest in the state of Acre, which is being managed according to a management plan developed under an ITTO project.

 

The Brazilian forest certification system (Certificação Florestal – CERFLOR), was initiated in the 1990s and became operational for planted forests in 2003. As of 16 September 2010, a total of 1.25 million hectares of forest plantations were certified under CERFLOR, but the only CERFLOR-certified native-forest operation (73 000 hectares in the Amazonian state of Rondônia) was under suspension. CERFLOR is endorsed by the PEFC.

 

Estimate of the area of forest sustainably managed for production

 

Brazil’s native-forest concession system for public forests is still in an early stage of implementation, with only one concession (covering an area of 96 300 hectares) approved in the Amazon. In total, 2.94 million hectares of Amazonian forest and (295 000 hectares of caatinga) are subject to approved PMFSs; all extractive reserves are also subject to management plans. An estimated 2.70 million hectares of natural tropical forest are certified by the FSC (FSC 2010). On the available information, therefore, the total area of natural tropical production PFE considered to be under SFM is at least 2.70 million hectares.

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Timber production and trade

 

On average, an estimated 247 million m3 of logs were produced annually in Brazil in the period 2005–08, comprising 81 million m3 of logs from natural forests and 166 million m3 of logs from plantations. FAO (2010a) estimated that over half of this is fuel wood.

 

Brazil produced an estimated 23.7million m3of (non-coniferous) tropical log for industrial purposes in 2009, down from a peak of 29.7 million m3 in 2003. About 15.5 million m3 of tropical sawn wood were produced in 2009 (up slightly from the 14.4 million m3 produced in 2003), of which 1.06 million m3 were exported. In the same year, Brazil produced about 600 000 m3 of tropical plywood, down from a peak of 1.38 million m3 in 2003 (ITTO 2010).

 

Brazil’s production of tropical logs is less than one-quarter of total industrial round wood production, which was 105 million m3 in 2009. Log-processing capacity in the Legal Amazon declined from 10.4 million m3 per year in 2004 to 5.8 million m3 per year in 2009 (ibid.).

 

Non-timber forest products

 

Brazil owes its name to brazilin, a red dye from Caesalpiniaechinata, and to the dye extractors, brasileiros. A very large number of NTFPs (e.g. food, medicinal plants, perfumes, dyes and tannins, natural rubber, Brazil nut, handicraft and construction materials, exudates, honey and wax) are used locally. About 45 700 tonnes of Brazil nut were harvested in 2009, and the export of this product was worth US$20.3 million. About 121 000 tonnes of açai berries, 7890 tonnes of latex, 3790 tonnes of copaiba oil and 644 tonnes of cumaru almonds were harvested in the Amazon in 2009.

 

Forest carbon

 

Brazil has the world’s largest forest carbon stock. Gibbs et al. (2007) estimated the total forest biomass carbon stock at 54 700–82 700 MtC and FAO (2010a) estimated it at 62 000 MtC. An estimated 54% of Brazil’s GHG emissions come from land use and deforestation and 25% come from the agricultural sector (Lèbre La Rovere & Pereira 2007). In 2008 Brazil created the Amazon Fund (see above) as a tool to combat deforestation and promote sustainable development in the Amazon. The goal is a 70% reduction in deforestation by 2018 (compared with the average between 1996 and 2006). REDD+ is considered to be a major opportunity in efforts to achieve this target. Any project funded through the Amazon Fund must comply with Brazil’s National Plan on Climate Change. Through international arrangements, for example with the Government of Norway, considerable funding is being provided to initiate the Amazon Fund and for the development of an effective forest monitoring system.

 

Brazil is closely engaged in the international REDD+ Partnership and is co-chairing this process in 2011. The country has been a participant in the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility since 2008 and is a recipient country of the Forest Investment Program. Significant investments in forest carbon are also being made at the state level. In Acre, for example, a US$100 million investment made through the Inter-American Development Bank was used to initiate, in the period 2007–10, a major investment promotion with the aim of creating a sustainable financing scheme for REDD+ in that western Amazonian state. Through REDDES, Brazil participates in and benefits from an ITTO project implemented by the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization for capacity-building on monitoring land use, land-use change and forests in the Amazon region.

 

Forest for protection

 

Soil and water

 

The Amazon Basin produces 20% of the world’s freshwater; it is therefore vital that its soil and water resources are properly protected. An estimated 243 million hectares of forest in Brazil are managed primarily for soil and water protection.

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Biological diversity

 

Brazil’s forests contain a significant share of the world’s biodiversity, including an estimated 56 000–62 000 higher plant (not including mosses, lichens and fungi) and mammal species. The Amazon is home to about 20% of the world’s plant species, 20%of bird species and 10% of mammal species. Sixty-four mammals, 78 birds, five reptiles, 24 amphibians, eight arthropods and 14 plants found in Brazil’s forests are listed as critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable on the IUCN red list of threatened species (IUCN 2010). Wood species in the Amazon considered endangered or threatened with extinction are Amburanacearensis var. acreana (cerejeira), Peltogynemaranhensis (pau-roxo), Bertholletiaexcelsa (castanheira), Swieteniamacrophylla (mogno – also known as mahogany) and Euxylophoraparaensis (pau-amarelo). There are also seven such species in the Mata Atlântica biome and two in the cerrado/caatinga.

 

Brazil has 28 plant species listed in CITES Appendix I, 429 in Appendix II and 3 in Appendix III (UNEP-WCMC 2011), including mogno, cedro and a few other tree species for which production and trade is minimal. The Brazilian National Policy and Strategy for Biodiversity and the National Biodiversity Programme are designed to address the situation through in situ and ex situ measures and the management of biotechnology.

 

Protective measures in production forests

 

Measures taken to protect the production forests as part of the country’s forest conservation strategy include a moratorium on the harvesting and sale of over-harvested species such as mogno and virola; the introduction and implementation of measures to control illegal logging through sophisticated devices for timber-tracking and satellite data transfer; limiting the area allowed for farming in forest properties in the Amazon; yield regulation in natural selection forests; forest restoration; the establishment of ecological corridors; incentives for municipalities that have environmental conservation areas through the transfer of a ‘products and services tax’; and broadening the scope of eligible activities for CDM support.

 

Extent of protected areas

 

There is uncertainty about the extent of protected areas in Brazil; partly this stems from differences in the definition of ‘protected’ and the extent to which extractive uses are permitted. The estimate of protection PFE comprises conservation units of integral protection and Indigenous reserves. The estimate is considerably less than that reported in ITTO (2006), most likely due differences in definition of what constitutes PFE rather than to a significant change in legal status or forest area. All conservation units of integral protection (i.e. federal and state lands in the categories national parks, biological reserves, ecological reserves, national monuments and wildlife refuge areas) must have management plans. These are technical documents which; depending on the purposes of the conservation unit, establish the limits of the unit and the rules for its management and use, including the installation of infrastructure. However, the status of these management plans is unclear: some of them are under preparation but, for others, the preparation process has not yet begun. Management plans for conservation units of integral protection require, among other things, studies on vegetation, wildlife and soils and socioeconomic surveys in order to support zoning and the identification of appropriate management practices.

 

Estimate of the area of forest sustainably managed for protection

 

Data on the status of management of the protection PFE were unavailable for the purposes of this report. However, vast areas of the Amazon are currently under no threat of deforestation or other significant human- induced disturbance due to their remoteness.

 

Socioeconomic aspects

 

Economic aspects

 

Forest-based industries contributed an estimated 3.4% to Brazil’s GDP in 2007, down from 4.5% in 2003. An estimated 580 000 people were directly employed in the formal forest and wood products sector in Brazil in 2010,

 

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although data on the number of people employed in that part of the sector specifically based on natural tropical forests were unavailable from government data.

 

Livelihood values

 

The Indigenous communities in the Amazon, dwellers in extractive reserves, and caatinga forest users in the northeast depend in large measure on forests for subsistence. However, no data on the extent of this dependence were available for this report.

 

Social relations

 

There are 227 Indigenous societies in Brazil, with a total population of about 600 000 people. These people have rights to 106 million hectares of land in the Amazon, which is 13% of the national land area. Demarcation of the land is very slow, however, which leads to encroachment and conflict, and there is insufficient support for economic development (Sobral 2009).

 

The slow process of recognition and approval of tenure causes dissatisfaction on the part of Indigenous communities. Nevertheless, the situation has improved in some areas; Indigenous peoples’ organizations are now both stronger and more numerous and Indigenous communities have started to grow, thus reducing fears of their extinction. On the other hand, the majority of Indigenous people still suffer from economic marginalization, malnutrition and inadequate assistance and protection (as they remain under the guardianship of the federal government). The quilombolas are another marginalized group with land rights: the government recognizes their right to the land where they live but, again, the process of formal recognition is slow (ibid.). The majority of the Amazon’s inhabitants are recent settlers and differences in their backgrounds lead to frequent friction.

 

Summary of Sustainable Management Initiatives

 

Significant advances have been made towards sustainable management in the Brazilian Amazon; for example, the area of certified natural forest has doubled since 2005. Despite continuing deforestation, clearance rates have declined dramatically in the last five years. Moreover, funds are being made available to improve forest management and protection, forest law enforcement is being strengthened, and new laws and regulations provide for improvements in forest management. A number of data-gathering services are greatly improving the availability and timeliness of forest-related information, although data on the management of forested protected areas were unavailable for this report. Efforts are also under way to clarify land tenure and to put FLONAs under management plans, and large areas of forest are managed by Indigenous and other local communities (although the process of recognition and approval of tenure is slow). Nevertheless, significant problems remain in the application of SFM in the tropical PFE. They include poor infrastructure; the remoteness of many forests from centers of commerce and control; the weak competitiveness of SFM as a land use; declining wood-processing capacity in the Amazon; and a lack of awareness about SFM – and its potential benefits – among timber operators. Given that development will continue in the region, probably at an accelerated rate, the Government of Brazil is pursuing several models to improve the competitiveness of natural forest management as a land use. It is also working to address institutional barriers to SFM and recent initiatives offer hope that the area of tropical PFE under SFM will expand significantly in the future.

 

Key Data Points

 

  Brazil has a tropical-forest PFE of 310 million hectares, the largest in the tropics. Despite continuing deforestation, there are still huge forest resources in the Amazon.
     
  There has been a significant increase in the area of certified natural forest in the Amazon.
     
  At least 2.70 million hectares of natural tropical- forest production PFE are being sustainably managed; insufficient information was available to estimate the area of protection PFE so managed.

 

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  Vast areas of the Amazon are currently under no threat of deforestation or other significant human-induced disturbance due to their remoteness.
     
  Since 2006, timber harvesting has been permitted in Brazil’s public forests through forest concession contracts that can span up to 40 years; this system is in the early stages of implementation.
     
  A wide range of policies, strategies, laws and regulations have been developed to facilitate forest administration, improve timber legality and achieve SFM. Law enforcement has been strengthened, but the vastness of the resource and the spread of colonization make it difficult to control forest illegality.”

 

(4) Juergen Blaser, Alastair Sarre, Duncan Poore and Steven Johnson for the ITTO (International Tropical Timber Organization), Status of Tropical Forest Management 2011”, Technical Series 38, page 274, June 2011

 

Property Appraisal

 

A full and complete land appraisal was performed on the Brazilian acreage known as Fazenda Jatuarana in June 2010, a copy of which is included and attached herewith as Exhibit 5. In addition to the environmental sustainability of the land, a value of the land was provided, including the process in which it was derived.

 

Regulatory Approval

 

No federal or state regulatory requirements must be complied with or approval must be obtained in connection with the Share Exchange Agreement.

 

Reports, Opinions, Appraisals

 

No reports, opinions, appraisals have been received from an outside party in connection with the Share Exchange Agreement, with the exception of the Property Appraisal, as referenced above and included herein.

 

Past contacts, Transactions or Negotiations

 

With the exception of entering into the LOI, as defined above, there were no prior contracts, transactions or negotiations between the parties prior to the Share Exchange Agreement.

 

COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCK MATTERS

 

Overview of Shares

 

As of March 31, 2012, AMZO's authorized capitalization consists of 20,000,000 shares composed 20,000,000 authorized shares of common stock, no par value per share, ("Common Stock") of which 20,000,000 shares were issued and outstanding, and no authorized shares of preferred stock. Holders of Common Stock of AMZO have no preemptive rights to acquire or subscribe to any additional shares of Common Stock.

 

As of the Record Date, AMZO had 20,000,000 shares of common stock issued and no shares of Preferred Stock issued and outstanding.

 

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Shareholders

 

As of December 31, 2011, and prior to the Share Exchange dated March 16, 2012, there were eight (8) shareholders of record of AMZO common stock.

 

Dividends

 

AMZO has not paid cash dividends on any class of common equity since formation and does not anticipate paying any dividends on any outstanding common stock in the foreseeable future. There are no material restrictions limiting or that are likely to limit AMZO’s ability to pay dividends on its outstanding securities.

 

Legal Matters

 

AMZO is not aware of any legal proceedings against it. AMZO may be involved, from time to time, in various legal proceedings and claims incident to the normal conduct of its business.

 

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

 

AMZO is required to indemnify its officers, directors, employees and agents against liability to AMZO in any proceeding in which such person wholly prevails on the merits. Generally, AMZO may indemnify its officers and directors against such liability if the officer or director acted in good faith believing his or her actions to be in the best interests of AMZO. The Articles of Incorporation of AMZO provide that a director or officer has no liability for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty unless such person committed fraud or engaged in intentional misconduct. These provisions may limit the recovery for any claims against AMZO’s officers and directors.

 

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, PROMOTERS AND CONTROL PERSONS, PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDERS AND SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT

 

Directors and Executive Officers

 

The names and ages of AMZO’s directors and executive officers are set forth below. AMZO’s By-Laws provide for not less than one and not more than fifteen directors. All directors are elected annually by the stockholders to serve until the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualified.

 

The following table sets forth certain information as to shares of the Common Stock owned by (i) each person known by management to beneficially own more than 5% of the outstanding common stock, (ii) each of our directors, and (iii) all executive officers and directors of our corporation as a group:

 

Table 1.0 Directors and Executive Officers

 

Name Age Position Beneficial Ownership
Number of Shares
Beneficial Ownership
Percentage Owned
Before
Closing
After
Closing
Before
Closing

After
Closing

Michael Ibar 35 President/CEO/CFO 1,200,000 4,200,000 6.0% 3.1%
Reny De Oliveira 56 Vice President/Director1 3,200,000 11,200,000 16.0% 8.4%
Pedro De Oliveira Sa 34 Vice President/Director1 3,200,000 11,200,000 16.0% 8.4%
Keitiane Da Gama Silva 26 Secretary/Treasurer/
Director1
3,200,000 11,200,000 16.0% 8.4%
Candido Ibar 67 Director1 5,200,000 18,200,000 26.0% 13.6%
Stephen Wayner 67 Director1 200.0002 700,0002 1.0%2   0.5%2
Ricardo Cortez 47 Director 3,200,000 11,200,000 16.0% 8.4%

 

1 First Directorship of a reporting company

2 Less than 5% of the outstanding common stock

 

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CHANGE IN CONTROL

 

Parties intend to effect a change of control pursuant to the transactions contemplated by the Share Exchange Agreement between ECOSYS and AMZO.

 

The aforementioned change of control would result in the Shareholders, which are currently the shareholders of AMZO, acquiring control of ECOSYS via the terms of the Share Exchange Agreement.

 

As a result of the transactions effected by the Share Exchange, (i) AMZO became a wholly owned subsidiary of ECOSYS and (ii) there is a change of control whereby the AMZO Shareholders now own a controlling 97% ownership interest in ECOSYS. Subsequent to the Closing ECOSYS ceased to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. In addition, ECOSYS changed its name from Ecologic Systems, Inc. to Amazonas Florestal, Ltd. (“AFL”).

 

DISSENTERS RIGHTS

 

Under Nevada law, holders of our Common Stock are not entitled to dissenter's rights of appraisal with respect to the Actions.

 

PROPERTIES

 

We neither rent nor own any properties. We currently have no policy with respect to investments or interests in real estate, real estate mortgages or securities of, or interests in, persons primarily engaged in real estate activities.

 

AMZO owns a property denominated Fazenda Jatuarana. This property contains some 36,481 hectares (90,146 acres) of rainforest land located in the southern part of the State of Amazonas in Brazil, and was appraised in 2011 by EB da Amazonia, a real estate appraisal company that has been credentialed through Banco do Brazil, at a fair market value of more than R$77 million or approximately US$46 million. Along with, and completely independent of, Fazenda Jatuarana, AFL has also acquired two fully approved forest management projects and their associated permits and licenses. Through these licenses, AFL is authorized to harvest approximately 14,000m3 of timber.

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SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT OF ECOSYS

 

The following table sets forth, as of March 15, 2012, the number of shares of Common Stock owned by the sole shareholder prior to the Closing and subsequent to the Closing.

 

Name Position Beneficial Ownership
Number of Shares
Beneficial Ownership
Percentage Owned
Before
Closing
After
Closing
Before
Closing
After
Closing
Ecologic Transportation, Inc. Parent Company 2,000,000 4,020,618 100.0% 3.0%

 

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

Presently, there are not any materials pending legal proceedings to which we are a party or as to which any of our property is subject, and we do not know nor are we aware of any legal proceedings threatened or contemplated against us that would prevent us from proceeding with the Share Exchange.

 

MARKET PRICE OF AND DIVIDENDS ON THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

 

Market Information

 

Our Common Stock is not trading on any stock exchange. We are not aware of any market activity in our stock since our inception and through the date of this filing.

 

Holders

 

As of March 15, 2012, and prior to the Share Exchange dated March 16, 2012, there was one (1) shareholder of two million (2,000,000) shares of our Common Stock.

 

Dividend

 

Dividends, if any, will be contingent upon our revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and financial conditions. The payment of dividend, if any, will be within the discretion of our sole director. We presently intend to retain all earnings, if any, for use in our business operations and accordingly, our sole director does not anticipate declaring any dividends prior to a business combination.

 

DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES TO BE REGISTERED

 

Common Stock

 

The authorized capital stock of our Company consists of 500,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of which there are 2,000,000 issued and outstanding.

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All outstanding shares of Common Stock are of the same class and have equal rights and attributes. The holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters submitted to a vote of our stockholders. Our stockholders are entitled to share equally in dividends, if any, as may be declared from time to time by our Board of Directors out of funds legally available. In the event of liquidation, the holders of our Common Stock are entitled to share ratably in all assets remaining after payment of all liabilities. Our stockholders do not have cumulative or preemptive rights.

 

Preferred Stock

 

Our Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, with designations, rights and preferences including rights to dividend, liquidation, conversion, voting, or other rights determined from time to time by our Board of Directors, without shareholder approval. As of March 15, 2012 we have not designated or issued any shares of Preferred Stock.

 

This description of certain matters relating to our securities is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of our Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws, which have been included as an exhibit in previously filed reporting documents.

 

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS

 

Article VIII Section 1 of our By-Laws provides that the company shall indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the company) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the company, or is or was a director or officer of the company serving at the request of the company as a director or officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorney’s fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit, or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contender or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful.

 

Section 78.138(7) of the Nevada Revised Statutes (the “NRS”) provides, with limited exceptions, that:

 

  1. A director or officer is not individually liable to the corporation or its stockholders for any damages as a result of any act of failure to act in his capacity as a director or officer unless it is proven that:
       
    (a) his act or failure to act constituted a breach of his fiduciary duties as a director or officer; and
       
    (b) his breach of those duties involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of law.

 

Section 78.7502 of the NRS permits the company to indemnify its directors and officers as follows:

 

  1. A corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending, or completed action suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, except an action by or in the right of the corporation by reason of the fact that he is or

 

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    was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the action suit or proceeding if he: 
     
  (a) is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138; or
       
  (b) acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful.
       
  The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, does not, of itself, create a presumption that the person is liable pursuant to NRS 78.138 or did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the company, or that with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, he had reasonable cause to believe that his conduct was unlawful. 
       
  2. A corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses, including amounts paid in settlement and attorneys’ fees actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense or settlement of the action or suit if he:
       
  (a) is not liable pursuant to NRS 78.138; or
       
    (b) acted in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation.

 

    Indemnification may not be made for any claim, issue or matter as to which such a person has been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction, after exhaustion of all appeals therefrom, to be liable to the corporation or for amounts paid in settlement to the corporation, unless and only to the extent that the court in which the action or suit was brought or other court of competent jurisdiction determines upon application that in view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses as the court deems proper.
     
  3. To the extent that a director, officer, employee or agent of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections 1 and 2, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, the corporation shall indemnify him against expenses, including attorneys’ fees, actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense.

 

Section 78.751 of the NRS provides for the authorization required for discretionary indemnification; advancement of expenses; limitation on indemnification and advancement of expenses as follows:

 

  1. Any discretionary indemnification pursuant to NRS 78.7502, unless ordered by a court or advanced pursuant to subsection 2, may be made by the corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a

 

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    determination that indemnification of the director, officer, employee or agent is proper in the circumstances. The determination must be made expenses as follows: 
       
    (a) By the stockholders;
       
    (b) By the board of directors by majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding;
       
    (c) If a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding so orders, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion; or
       
    (d) If a quorum consisting of directors who were not parties to the action, suit or proceeding cannot be obtained, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion.
       
  2. The articles of incorporation, the bylaws or an agreement made by the corporation may provide that the expenses of officers and directors incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding must be paid by the corporation as they are incurred and in advance of the final disposition of the action, suit or proceeding, upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount if it is ultimately determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation. The provisions of this subsection do not affect any rights to advancement of expenses to which corporate personnel other than directors or officers may be entitled under any contract or otherwise by law.
       
  3. The indemnification pursuant to NRS 78.502 and advancement of expenses authorized in ordered by a court pursuant to this section:

 

    (a) Does not exclude any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the articles of incorporation or any bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, for either an action in his official capacity or an action in another capacity while holding his office, except that indemnification, unless ordered by a court pursuant to NRS 78.7502 or for the advancement of expenses made pursuant to subsection 2, may not be made to or on behalf of any director or officer if a final adjudication establishes that his acts or omissions involved intentional misconduct, fraud or a knowing violation of the law and was material to the cause of action.
       
    (b) Continues for a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and inures to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

 

As to indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 for directors, officers, and controlling persons of the company, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy and is unenforceable.

 

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

 

Pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, at closing, we issued an aggregate of 70,000,000 authorized but unissued shares of common stock of ECOSYS to the shareholders of AMZO in exchange for shares

 

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representing 100% of the issued and outstanding common stock of AMZO. The shares of common stock of ECOSYS were not registered under the Securities Act and were sold under the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.

 

Prior to the Closing Date of the Share Exchange Agreement, ECOSYS introduced the AMZO management to the holder of its sixty thousand dollar ($60,000) convertible note in order to have non-affiliate parties associated with AMZO acquire all or a portion of the note. ECOSYS assisted in the facilitation of the acquisition of the note as part of its negotiations with AMZO regarding the Share Exchange Agreement. The terms of the convertible note allow for the conversion of the debt into common stock at par value. On March 26, 2012, the debt was converted, and an additional sixty million (60,000,000) shares of ECOSYS common stock were issued to the note holders.

 

Item 5.01 Changes in Control of the Registrant.

 

Reference is made to the disclosure set forth above under “Item 1.01” of this current report, which disclosure is incorporated herein by reference. Other than the transactions and agreements disclosed in “Item 1.01,” we know of no arrangements, which may result in a change in control at a subsequent date.

 

Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Share Exchange, the current officers and directors of ECOSYS resigned, and Edward W Withrow III and Michael Ibar were appointed to serve as Directors.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations of Amazonas Florestal, Inc.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

AMZO is a natural resources company engaged in the harvesting of timber and the manufacture and marketing of lumber. In addition to its timber extraction and production operations, AMZO is engaged in studies and projects to develop and sell carbon credits and forest preservation benefits on its property.

 

As of March 31, 2012, we had cash on hand of $78, accounts receivable of $11,924 and current liabilities of $80,414. AMZO’s non-current assets consist of inventories of semi-hardwood and hardwood in the amount of $90,000. We do not have sufficient capital to operate our business and will require additional funding to sustain operations through December 2012. There is no assurance that we will be able to achieve revenues sufficient to become profitable.

 

On December 14, 2010, AMZO acquired 90,108 acres of land from a non-related party valued at $46,983,989 in exchange for 49% of the common stock in AMZO.

 

We anticipate that we will require a minimum of $2 Million to fund our future operational plan for the next twelve months.

 

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We have incurred losses since inception and our ability to continue as a going-concern depends upon our ability to develop profitable operations and to raise adequate financing. In order for us to meet our liabilities as they come due and to continue our operations, we are solely dependent upon our ability to generate such financing.

 

There can be no assurance that AMZO will be able to raise funds, in which case we may be unable to meet our obligations and we may cease operations.

 

Results of Operations of Amazonas Florestal, Inc.

 

Three months ended March 31, 2012 compared to three months ended March 31, 2011

 

The following summary should be read in conjunction with the Amazonas Florestal, Inc. financial statements for the quarter ended March 31, 2012, which are included herein.

 

          Inception  
    Three months ended     (July 9, 2010)  
    March 31, 2012     March 31, 2011     to March 31, 2012  
Revenue   $     $     $ 71,563  
                         
Cost of sales                 57,682  
                         
General and administrative expenses   $ 25,677     $ 11,465     $ 76,202  
                         
Net (loss)   $ (25,677 )   $ (11,465 )   $ (78,412 )

 


 

Revenue : For the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, revenue in the amount of $0 and $0, respectively, was generated from limited levels of Timber Agent services.

 

Cost of sales : For the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, cost of sales in the amount of $0 and $0, respectively, was incurred for limited levels of timber milling, production, and transportation costs.

 

As a development stage company, we have not yet launched our major business activity, which is Timber Harvesting and Production.

 

Net cash (used in) operating activities. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, net cash (used in) operating activities of ($2,417) was primarily attributable to a decrease in accounts receivable of $30,974, and an increase in taxes payable of $7,714.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2011, net cash (used in) operating activities of $0 was primarily attributable to a decrease in amounts due to shareholders of $3,765 and a decrease in fees payable of $7,700.

 

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities . For the three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011, there was no net cash (used in) provided by investing activities.

 

Net cash provided by financing activities. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, there was no net cash (used in) provided by financing activities.

 

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Operating Expenses. Operating expenses increased to $25,677 for the three months ending March 31, 2012, compared to $11,465 for the same period in 2011. The increase in expenses was primarily due to an increase in travel expenses of $19,143, an increase in translation and licensing expenses of $6,947 and an increase in payroll of $16,430.

 

Total Liabilities . Total liabilities decreased to $80,414 at March 31, 2012 compared to $88,128 at December 31, 2011. The decrease in total liabilities was primarily due to a decrease in taxes payable of $7,714.

 

Net Income (loss). We had a net loss of $25,677 for the three months ended March 31, 2012 as compared to a net loss of $11,465 for the same period in 2011. The increase in net loss in the current year is primarily attributable to an increase in general and administrative costs of $14,212.

 

Off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

We have not entered into any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources and would be considered material to investors.

 

Inflation.

 

We do not believe that inflation has had in the past or will have in the future any significant negative impact on our operations.

 

Going Concern

 

We anticipate that additional funding will be required in the form of equity financing from the sale of our common stock. At this time, we cannot provide investors with any assurance that we will be able to raise sufficient funding from the sale of our common stock or through a loan from our directors to meet our obligations over the next twelve months. We do not have any arrangements in place for any future debt or equity financing. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about AMZO’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

Application of Critical Accounting Policies

 

The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Preparing financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, and expenses. These estimates and assumptions are affected by management’s application of accounting policies. We believe that understanding the basis and nature of the estimates and assumptions involved with the following aspects of our financial statements is critical to an understanding of our financial statements.

 

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Financial Statements and Other Information

 

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

  Page
PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION:  
Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Pro Forma Financial Information of Ecologic Systems, Inc.  
Summary of Transaction F-2
Condensed Consolidated Pro Forma Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2012 F-4
Condensed Consolidated Pro Forma Statement of Income for the three months ended March 31, 2012 F-5
Condensed Consolidated Pro Forma Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2011 F-6
Condensed Consolidated Pro Forma Statement of Income for the year ended December, 31, 2011 F-7
   
FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF AMAZONAS FLORESTAL, INC  
Interim Financial Statements of Amazonas Florestal, Inc:  
Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 F-8
Statements of Income for three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 F-9
Statements of Cash Flows for three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 F-10
Notes to the Financial Statements F-11
   
Audited Financial Statements of Amazonas Florestal, Inc.  
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-17
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 F-18
Statement of Income for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 F-19
Statement of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 F-20
Statement of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 F-21
Notes to the Financial Statements F-22
   
FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.  
Interim Financial Statements (unaudited) of Ecologic Systems, Inc:  
Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 F-26
Statements of Income for three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 F-27
Statements of Cash Flows for three months ended March 31, 2012 and 2011 F-28
Notes to the Financial Statements F-29
   
Unaudited Financial Statements of Ecologic Systems, Inc.  
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 F-32
Statement of Income for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 F-33
Statements of Cash Flows for years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 F-34
Statement of Stockholders’ Equity for the year ended December 31, 2011 F-35
Notes to the Financial Statements F-36

  

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PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Summary of Transaction

 

On March 16, 2012 (the “Closing Date”), Ecologic Systems, Inc. (“ECOSYS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Share Exchange Agreement with Amazonas Florestal, Inc., a Florida corporation, and the Company, the sole shareholder of ECOSYS (the “Share Exchange”). Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Share Exchange Agreement, among other things, on the Closing Date:

 

i.   ECOSYS acquired 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of AMZO; and
     
ii.   the AMZO shareholders cancelled 100% (20,000,000 shares) of AMZO common stock to its treasury; and
     
iii.   ECOSYS issued 70,000,000 shares of its common stock (97% of the total issued and outstanding shares), to the AMZO shareholders; and
     
iv.   ECOSYS issued 60,000,000 shares of its common stock to certain non-affiliates, in connection with the conversion of debt in the amount of $60,000(1); and
     
v.   as a result of the anti-dilution provision, ECOSYS issued 2,020,618 additional shares of common stock to the Company(1), thereby increasing the Company’s holdings in ECOSYS to a total of 4,020,618 shares of common stock; or 3% of the total issued and outstanding shares (the “EGCT Shares”); and
     
vi.   a change in controlling entity occurred whereby 97% of ECOSYS’s common stock is owned by the AMZO shareholders, and 3% of ECOSYS’s common stock is owned by the Company (the sole shareholder of ECOSYS’s common stock at the Closing Date); and
     
vii.   AMZO became a wholly owned subsidiary of ECOSYS; and
     
viii.   ECOSYS changed its name from Ecologic Systems, Inc. to Amazonas Florestal, Ltd. (“AFL”).

 

As a further condition of the Share Exchange Agreement, the current officers and directors of ECOSYS resigned and Michael Ibar was appointed to serve as a Director and also as the CEO and President of ECOSYS. Mr. Edward W. Withrow III was also appointed to serve as Director.

 

     
(1) Prior to the Closing Date, ECOSYS introduced the AMZO management to the holder of its sixty thousand dollar ($60,000) convertible note in order to have non-affiliate parties associated with AMZO acquire all or a portion of the note. ECOSYS assisted in the facilitation of the acquisition of the note as part of its negotiations with AMZO regarding the Share Exchange Agreement. The terms of the convertible note allow for the conversion of the debt into common stock at par value. On March 26, 2012, the debt was converted, and an additional sixty million (60,000,000) shares were issued to the note holders. The issuance of common stock pursuant to the terms of the convertible note, affected the total number of ECOSYS’s issued and outstanding shares, and triggered an anti-dilution provision as it pertains to the EGCT shares. As a result, an additional 2,020,618 shares were issued to the Company, thereby increasing the EGCT shares to 3%, pursuant to the anti-dilution provision.
     

 

ECOSYS will cause to register the 4,020,618 EGCT shares by filing a Form S-1 with respect to the registration for resale (the “Registration”) by December 31, 2012. Subsequent to the date upon which the Registration becomes effective, the Board of Directors of the Company shall distribute the 4,020,618 shares to its shareholders through a dividend on a pro rata basis in proportion to their holdings in the Company at the Closing Date.

 

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Pro Forma Financial Information

 

March 31, 2012

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated pro forma financial information of ECOSYS as of March 31, 2012, gives effect to the Share Exchange as if the transaction had occurred on March 31, 2012.

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated pro forma balance sheet gives effect to the transaction as of March 31, 2012. The unaudited condensed consolidated pro forma statement of operations for the three month ended March 31, 2012, gives effect to the transaction as if it had occurred January 1, 2012

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated pro forma financial information has been included as required by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and is presented for illustrative purposes only. Such information is not necessarily indicative of the operating results or financial position that would have occurred had the transaction taken place or had occurred on the earliest date of January 1, 2012.

 

December 31, 2011

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated pro forma financial information of ECOSYS as of December 31, 2011 gives effect to the Share Exchange as if the transaction had occurred on December 31, 2011.

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated pro forma balance sheet gives effect to the transaction as of December 31, 2011. The unaudited condensed consolidated pro forma statement of operations for the calendar year ended December 31, 2011, gives effect to the transaction as if it had occurred January 1, 2011.

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated pro forma financial information has been included as required by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and is presented for illustrative purposes only. Such information is not necessarily indicative of the operating results or financial position that would have occurred had the transaction taken place or had occurred on the earliest date of January 1, 2011.

 

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION

FOR ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.

AS OF AND FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2012

 

ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA BALANCE SHEETS
MARCH 31, 2012
(Unaudited)

 

    Historical ECOSYS  March 31, 2012       AMZO Consolidation         Pro Forma Adjustments       Pro Forma ECOSYS March 31, 2012  
ASSETS                                        
Current Assets   $       $ 12,002         $       $ 12,002  
Inventory             90,000                   90,000  
Land             46,983,989                   46,983,989  
TOTAL ASSETS   $       $ 47,085,991         $       $ 47,085,991  
                                         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                                        
                                         
Current Liabilities   $ 60,000       $ 80,414         $ (60,000 ) [7]   $ 80,414  
Long-Term Liabilities                                
Total Liabilities     60,000         80,414                   80,414  
                                         
Stockholders’ Deficit                                        
Preferred stock       [1]       [3]                    
Common Stock     2,000   [2]     100,000   [4]       2,021   [5]     134,021 [8]
                            70,000   [6]        
                            60,000   [7]        
                            (100,000 ) [10]        
                                         
Additional Paid In Capital     (2,000 )       46,983,989           (2,021 ) [5]     46,949,968  
                            (70,000 ) [6]        
                            (60,000 ) [9]        
                            100,000   [10]        
                                         
Accumulated Deficit     (60,000 )       (78,412 )         60,000   [9]     (78,412 )
Total Stockholders’ Deficit     (60,000 )       47,005,577                   47,005,577  
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT   $       $ 47,085,991         $       $ 47,085,991  

 

[1] 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued
[2] 100,000,000 shares authorized, 2,000,000 shares issued and outstanding
[3] No preferred shares authorized
[4] 20,000,000 shares authorized,20,000,000  issued and outstanding, no par value
[5] Stock issuance – Additional 2,020,618 shares of ECOSYS stock issued to the Company (sole shareholder of ECOSYS) to increase the Company holdings to 3% of ECOSYS common stock; for total 4,020,618 shares stock @ $0.001 (net increase $2,021)
[6] Stock issuance – 100% AMZO stock in exchange for 70,000,000 shares of ECOSYS stock @ $0.001 (total $70,000)
[7] Conversion of Gloria Bravo/Sam Brown Notes Payable (total $60,000) for 60,000,000 shares of ECOSYS stock @ $0.001, as per the agreement between ECOSYS, AMZO and Bravo/Brown.
[8] Total shares issued and outstanding after Closing – 134,020,618 shares @ $0.001 = $134,021
[9] Elimination of subsidiary accumulated deficit due to consolidation
[10] Reclassify cash paid for original AMZO shares to additional paid in capital.  No par value.

 

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 ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.

(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY) 

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

 FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2012

(Unaudited)  

 

    Historical ECOSYS March 31, 2012   AMZO Consolidation   Pro Forma Adjustments   Pro Forma ECOSYS March 31, 2012
                 
Gross Profit   $     $     $     $  
                                 
General and administrative expenses           25,677             25,677  
                                 
Operating income (loss)           (25,677 )           (25,677 )
                                 
Other Income (expenses)                        
Net Income (loss)   $     $ (25,677 )   $     $ (25,677 )
                                 
Net (loss) per common share – basic and diluted   $ (0.00 )                   $ (0.00 )
                                 
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted     2,000,000                       134,020,618  

  

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION

FOR ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.

AS OF AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011

 

ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA BALANCE SHEETS

DECEMBER 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

 

    Historical
ECOSYS
                      Pro Forma
ECOSYS
     
    December 31,       AMZO       Pro Forma       December 31,      
    2011       Consolidation       Adjustments       2011      
ASSETS                                                  
Current Assets   $         $ 45,393         $         $ 45,393        
Inventory               90,000                     90,000        
Land               46,983,989                     46,983,989        
TOTAL ASSETS   $         $ 47,119,382         $         $ 47,119,382        
                                                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                                                  
Current Liabilities   $ 60,000         $ 88,128         $ (60,000 )   [7]   $ 88,128        
Long-Term Liabilities                                          
Total Liabilities     60,000           88,128                     88,128        
                                                   
Stockholders' Deficit                                                  
Preferred stock         [1]         [3]                          
Common Stock     2,000     [2]     100,000     [4]     2,021     [5]     134,021     [8]  
                              70,000     [6]              
                              60,000     [7]              
                              (100,000 )   [10]              
                                                   
Additional Paid In Capital     (2,000 )         46,983,989           (2,021 )   [5]     46,949,968        
                              (70,000 )   [6]              
                              (60,000 )   [9]              
                              100,000     [10]              
                                                   
Accumulated Deficit     (60,000 )         (52,735 )         60,000     [9]     (52,735 )      
                                                   
Total Stockholders' Deficit     (60,000 )         47,031,254                     47,031,254        
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' DEFICIT   $         $ 47,119,382         $         $ 47,119,382        

 

[1] 10,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued
[2] 100,000,000 shares authorized, 2,000,000 shares issued and outstanding
[3] No preferred shares authorized
[4] 20,000,000 shares authorized,20,000,000 issued and outstanding, no par value
[5] Stock issuance – Additional 2,020,618 shares of ECOSYS stock issued to the Company (sole shareholder of ECOSYS) to increase the Company holdings to 3% of ECOSYS common stock; for total 4,020,618 shares stock @ $0.001 (net increase $2,021)
[6] Stock issuance – 100% AMZO stock in exchange for 70,000,000 shares of ECOSYS stock @ $0.001 (total $70,000)
[7] Conversion of Gloria Bravo/Sam Brown Notes Payable (total $60,000) for 60,000,000 shares of ECOSYS stock @ $0.001, as per the agreement between ECOSYS, AMZO and Bravo/Brown.
[8] Total shares issued and outstanding after Closing – 134,020,618 shares @ $0.001 = $134,021
[9] Elimination of subsidiary accumulated deficit due to consolidation
[10] Reclassify cash paid for original AMZO shares to additional paid in capital. No par value.

 

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ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.

(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED PRO FORMA STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

AS OF AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011

(Unaudited)

 

    Historical                 Pro Forma  
    ECOSYS                 ECOSYS  
    December 31,     AMZO     Pro Forma     December 31,  
    2011     Consolidation     Adjustments     2011  
                                 
Gross Profit   $     $ 13,881     $     $ 13,881  
                                 
General and administrative expenses     21,455       58,574       (21,455 )     58,574  
                                 
Operating income (loss)     (21,455 )     (44,693 )     21,455       (44,693 )
                                 
Other Income (expenses)           9,586             9,586  
Net Income (loss)   $ (21,455 )   $ (35,107 )   $ 21,455     $ (35,107 )
                                 
Net (loss) per common share – basic and diluted   $ (0.01 )                   $ (0.00 )
                                 
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted     2,000,000                       134,020,618  

 

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INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR AMAZONAS FLORESTAL, INC.

AS OF AND FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2012

 

AMAZONAS FLORESTAL, INC.

(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)

BALANCE SHEETS

 

    March 31,     December 31,  
    2012     2011  
ASSETS   (Unaudited)     (Audited)  
Current Assets                
Cash   $ 78     $ 2,495  
Accounts receivable     11,924       42,898  
Total Current Assets     12,002       45,393  
                 
Non-Current Assets                
Inventory/Timber projects - Dos Ramos I and II     90,000       90,000  
Land     46,983,989       46,983,989  
Total Non-Current Assets     47,073,989       47,073,989  
TOTAL ASSETS   $ 47,085,991     $ 47,119,382  
                 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY                
Liabilities                
Taxes Payable   $     $ 7,714  
Forest Management Plans Payable     80,414       80,414  
Total Liabilities     80,414       88,128  
                 
Shareholders’ Equity                
Common stock; 20,000,000 authorized, no par value; 20,000,000 and 20,000,000 issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively     100,000       100,000  
Additional Paid In Capital     46,983,989       46,983,989  
Retained Earnings     (78,412 )     (52,735 )
Total Shareholder’s Equity     47,005,577       47,031,254  
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY   $ 47,085,991     $ 47,119,382  

 

See Notes to the Financial Statements

 

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AMAZONAS FLORESTAL INC.

(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited)

 

                Cumulative from  
                July 9, 2010  
    For the three months ended     (Inception) to  
    March 31, 2012     March 31, 2011     March 31, 2012  
                   
Revenue   $     $     $ 71,563  
                         
Cost of goods sold                 57,682  
                         
Gross profit                 13,881  
                         
General and administrative     25,677       11,465       101,789  
                         
Net loss before other income     (25,677 )     (11,465 )     (87,998 )
                         
Gain (loss) on currency exchange                 9,586  
                         
Net loss   $ (25,677 )   $ (11,465 )   $ (78,412 )
                         
Earnings per share   $ (0.00 )   $ (0.00 )   $ (0.00 )
                         
Weighted shares outstanding     20,000,000       20,000,000       20,000,000  

 

See Notes to the Financial Statements

 

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AMAZONAS FLORESTAL, INC.

(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)

STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

 

                Cumulative from  
                July 9, 2010  
    For the three months ended     (Inception) to  
    March 31, 2012     March 31, 2011     March 31, 2012  
                   
Cash flows from operating activities:                        
Net income (loss)   $ (25,677 )   $ (11,465 )   $ (78,412 )
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:                        
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                        
(Increase) decrease in accounts receivable     30,974             (11,924 )
Increase (decrease) in SFM Plans Payable                 80,414  
Increase (decrease) in fees payable           7,700        
Increase (decrease) in taxes payable     (7,714 )            
Increase (decrease) in due to shareholder           3,765        
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities     (2,417 )           (7,505 )
                         
Cash flows from investing activities:                        
Cash (used in) purchase of inventory                 (90,000 )
Net cash (used in) investing activities                 (90,000 )
                         
Cash flows from financing activities:                        
Issuance of common stock                 100,000  
Net cash (used in) investing activities                 100,000  
                         
Net increase (decrease) in cash     (2,417 )           78  
                         
Cash-Beginning of period     2,495              
                         
Cash-End of period   $ 78     $       78  
                         
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOWS INFORMATION:                        
Interest paid   $     $     $  
Income taxes   $     $     $  

 

See Notes to the Financial Statements

 

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AMAZONAS FLORESTAL, INC.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2012

 

NOTE 1: OVERVIEW

 

Headquartered in Miami, Florida at 1110 Brickell Avenue, Miami, Florida, 33131, and with operations in Amazonas, Brazil, at Rua Sao Salvador 120 Andar Vierialves, Business Center Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, Amazonas Florestal Inc., (“AMZO”), is a Florida corporation founded in 2010 as a diversified timber company, with a focus on sustainable practices in the management of its forestry holdings in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.  The AMZO management team and its shareholders, some of whom have owned large tracts of land in the Amazon Rain Forest for over fifty years, are committed to sustainable forest management and the bio-diversity of the Amazon Rain Forest. AMZO intends to build a business strategy that will enable its development into a profitable enterprise, as well as preserve the balance between environmental integrity and consumer needs.

 

AMZO currently owns 90,108 acres of virgin Rain Forest (141 square miles), known as Fazenda Jatuarana, located in Amazonas, Brazil. The Fazenda Jatuarana is unencumbered by any debt, and has an appraised value of over US$47 million (Forty Seven million dollars), which has been audited under US GAAP accounting principles. The AMZO business strategy will include the harvesting and extraction of timber, both from the Fazenda Jatuarana and third-party land, and the production of quality wood products such as lumber, flooring and decking, all while maintaining Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) practices, further described below, which are congruous with the preservation of the bio-diverse Rain Forest land and its people.

 

The AMZO approach addresses local poverty alleviation, sustainable development and bio-diversity conservation, and restoration, and also combats the new challenges of climate change.  AMZO is committed to working closely with the local forest communities, and providing employment opportunities to the indigenous peoples.  AMZO offers an innovative way of doing business, and a new way of life for individuals, forest communities and the natural environment, while generating company profits and benefits from preservation incentives.

 

On March 16, 2012 (the “Closing Date”), AMZO entered into a Share Exchange Agreement (the “Share Exchange”) with Ecologic Systems, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ECOSYS”) and Ecologic Transportation, Inc., a Nevada corporation and the parent company of EcoSys (“EGCT”). As part of the Share Exchange, ECOSYS acquired one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding shares of AMZO common stock in exchange for seventy million (70,000,000) authorized but un-issued shares of ECOSYS common stock. .

 

Prior to the Closing Date, ECOSYS introduced AMZO management to the holder of its sixty thousand dollar ($60,000) convertible note in order to have non-affiliate parties associated with AMZO acquire all or a portion of the note.  ECOSYS assisted in the facilitation of the acquisition of the note as part of its negotiations with AMZO regarding the Share Exchange.  The terms of the convertible note allow for the conversion into common stock of ECOSYS at par value.  The note was fully converted at par value resulting in an additional sixty million (60,000,000) shares issued and outstanding in ECOSYS. 

 

As a result of the transactions effected by the Share Exchange, (i) AMZO became a wholly owned subsidiary of ECOSYS and (ii) there is a change of control whereby the AMZO Shareholders now own a controlling 97% ownership interest in ECOSYS.  Subsequent to the Closing ECOSYS ceased to be a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. In addition, ECOSYS changed its name from Ecologic Systems, Inc. to Amazonas Florestal, Ltd. (“AFL”).

 

Please note that the information provided below, unless otherwise noted, relates to the enterprises of Amazonas Florestal, Inc. prior to the merger.

 

Unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars and all references to "common shares" refer to the common shares in AMZO capital stock.

 

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NOTE 3: SUMMARY OF SIGNFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

This summary of significant accounting policies is presented to assist in understanding AMZO’s financial statements.  These accounting policies conform to accounting principles, generally accepted in the United States of America, and have been consistently applied in the preparation of the financial statements.

 

Development Stage Company

AMZO is a development stage company as defined by ASC 915-10-05, “Development Stage Entity”.  AMZO is still devoting substantially all of its efforts on establishing the business and its planned principal operations have not commenced.  All losses accumulated, since inception, have been considered as part of AMZO’s development stage activities.

 

Use of Estimates

In the preparation of AMZO’s financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, management may make estimates and assumptions related to the reporting of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

 

Fiscal Year End

AMZO has a fiscal year ending December 31.

 

Cash Equivalents

AMZO considers all highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheet for cash, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value based on the short-term maturity of these instruments.

 

Earnings (Loss) per Share

Basic earnings (loss) per share are computed by dividing net income, or loss, by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period.  Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income, or loss, by the weighted average number of shares of both common and preferred stock outstanding for the period.

 

Inventories

Inventories of logs, lumber, and supplies are stated at the lower of cost or market within AMZO’s operating areas, primarily using the average cost method. Log costs include harvest and transportation cost as appropriate. Lumber costs include materials, labor, and production overhead. (For additional information, see Note 4 – Inventories.)

 

Timber and Timberlands

Timber and timberlands, which include timberland, fee timber, purchased stumpage inventory, and logging facilities, are stated at cost, less the cost of fee timber harvested and accumulated depreciation of logging facilities, and includes no estimated future reforestation cost. The cost of timber consists of fee timber acquired from government approved timber extraction projects. The cost of fee timber harvested is based on the volume of timber approved to be harvested. Logging facilities, which consist primarily of pathways constructed and other land improvements, are depreciated using the straight-line method over a ten-year estimated life. AMZO estimates its fee timber inventory using statistical information and data obtained from physical measurements and other information gathering techniques from government engineers. Fee timber carrying costs, commercial thinning, engineering fees, and timberland management costs are capitalized.

 

Property, Plant, and Equipment

Property, plant, and equipment assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation of buildings, equipment, and other depreciable assets is primarily determined using the straight-line method. Expenditures that substantially improve and/or increase the life of facilities or equipment are capitalized. Maintenance and repair costs are expensed as incurred. Gains and losses on disposals or retirements are recognized in the period they occur.

 

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Property, plant, and equipment assets are evaluated for possible impairment on a specific asset basis or in groups of similar assets, as applicable, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to estimated undiscounted future net cash flows to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell, and depreciation ceases.

 

Revenue Recognition

AMZO recognizes revenue when the following criteria are met: (1) persuasive evidence of an agreement exists, (2) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, (3) the price to the buyer is fixed and determinable, and (4) collectability is reasonably assured. Delivery is not considered to have occurred until the customer takes title and assumes the risks and rewards of ownership. Revenue from the sale of lumber and wood by-products is recorded at the time of shipment due to terms of such sale being designated free on board (“f.o.b.”) shipping point. Revenue from the sale of timber-cutting rights to third parties is recorded when legal title passes to the purchaser, which is generally upon delivery of a legally executed timber deed and receipt of payment for the timber.

 

Income Taxes

AMZO uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740-10, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” Under this method, income tax expense is recognized for the amount of: (i) taxes payable or refundable for the current year; and, (ii) deferred tax consequences of temporary differences resulting from matters that have been recognized in an entity’s financial statements or tax returns. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided to reduce the deferred tax assets reported if, based on the weight of available positive and negative evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

ASC 740-10 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition of a tax position taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. Under ASC 740-10, a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position taken or expected to be taken may be recognized only if it is “more likely than not” that the position is sustainable upon examination, based on its technical merits. The tax benefit of a qualifying position under ASC 740-10 would equal the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority having full knowledge of all the relevant information. A liability (including interest and penalties, if applicable) is established to the extent a current benefit has been recognized on a tax return for matters that are considered contingent upon the outcome of an uncertain tax position. Related interest and penalties, if any, are included as components of income tax expense and income taxes payable.

 

Property Taxes

Property taxes applicable to AMZO’s assets are estimated and accrued in the period of assessment. AMZO is liable for the payment of rural land tax in Brazil, known as ITR (Imposto Teritorial Rural) that is based on approximately 2% of the historical value of the property. Fazenda Jaturana was registered in the Registro de Imoveis (Property/Land Registry) section of the Receita Federal (Brazilian IRS) for a value of BRL $6,500,000 equivalent to almost $ 4 Million. As of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the property taxes accrued were $0 and $7,714, respectively.

 

Net Change in Purchased Stumpage Inventory 

Purchased stumpage inventory consists of timber-cutting rights and ownership of the actual trees purchased from third parties specifically for use in AMZO’s projected production and milling operations. Depending on the timing of acquisition and usage of this acquired stumpage inventory, the net change in this inventory can either be a source or use of cash in AMZO’s statements of cash flows.

  

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Shipping and Handling Costs

Shipping and handling costs, such as freight to the customers’ destinations, are included in cost of sales in AMZO’s statements of operations. These costs, when included in the amount invoiced to customers, are also recognized in net sales.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

AMZO evaluates its transactions to determine if any variable interest entities exist. If it is determined that AMZO is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity, that entity will be consolidated into AMZO’s financial statements.

 

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards

AMZO evaluates the pronouncements of various authoritative accounting organizations, primarily the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and the Emerging Issues Task Force (“EITF”), to determine the impact of new pronouncements on US GAAP and the impact on AMZO. AMZO has adopted the following new accounting standards:

 

Fair Value Measurements : – Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2010-06 amended existing disclosure requirements about fair value measurements by adding required disclosures about items transferring into and out of levels 1 and 2 in the fair value hierarchy; adding separate disclosures about purchase, sales, issuances, and settlements relative to level 3 measurements; and clarifying, among other things, the existing fair value disclosures about the level of disaggregation. The ASU was adopted during the period ended March 31, 2010, and its adoption had no impact on AMZO’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

 Consolidations: – ASU No. 2009-17 revised the consolidation guidance for variable-interest entities. The modifications include the elimination of the exemption for qualifying special purpose entities, a new approach for determining who should consolidate a variable-interest entity, and changes to when it is necessary to reassess who should consolidate a variable-interest entity. The ASU was adopted during the period ended March 31, 2010, and its adoption had no impact on AMZO’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Embedded Derivatives : – ASU No. 2010-11 clarified that the transfer of credit risk that is only in the form of subordination of one financial instrument to another is an embedded derivative feature that should not be subject to potential bifurcation and separate accounting. This ASU was adopted during the period ended September 30, 2010, and its adoption had no impact on AMZO’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Standards Updates

The following accounting standards updates were recently issued and have not yet been adopted by AMZO. These standards are currently under review to determine their impact on AMZO’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

 

Stock Compensation : - Issued in April 2010, ASU No. 2010-13 clarifies the classification of an employee share based payment award with an exercise price denominated in the currency of a market in which the underlying security trades. This ASU was effective for the first fiscal quarter beginning after December 15, 2010.

 

Business Combinations : Issued in December 2010, ASU 2010-29 requires a public entity to disclose pro forma information for business combinations that occurred in the current reporting period. The disclosures include pro forma revenue and earnings of the combined entity for the current reporting period as though the acquisition date for all business combinations that occurred during the year had been as of the beginning of the annual reporting period. This ASU was effective for business combinations for which the acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting period beginning on or after December 15, 2010.

 

There were other various updates recently issued, most of which represented technical corrections to the accounting literature or application to specific industries. None of the updates are expected to a have a material impact on AMZO's consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

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Going Concern

We have incurred losses since inception and our ability to continue as a going concern depends upon our ability to develop profitable operations and to continue to raise adequate financing. We are actively targeting sources of additional financing to provide continuation of our operations. In order for us to meet our liabilities as they come due and to continue our operations, we are solely dependent upon our ability to generate such financing.

 

There can be no assurance that AMZO will be able to continue to raise funds, in which case we may be unable to meet our obligations and we may cease operations. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about AMZO’s ability to continue as a going concern.

 

NOTE 4: INVENTORIES

 

Inventories consist of the two forest management plans purchased in 2011. Dos Ramos I has 979.12 hectares with an approved license for the extraction of 10,086.548 cubic meters of various species of semi-hard and hardwoods of commercial demand, both in the region and worldwide, through the Operation License number 371/10, as authorized by IPAAM. Dos Ramos II has 1,351.79 hectares, and contains 4,701.947 cubic meters of timber authorized for extraction through the IPAAM license number 538/10.

 

Lumber inventory amounts at March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011 are stated at lower of cost or net realizable value, as follows:

 

    March 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 
                 
Semi-hard wood   $ 36,900     $ 36,900  
Hardwood     53,100       53,100  
    $ 90,000     $ 90,000  

 

NOTE 5: PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

 

Property, plant, and equipment consists of the following:

 

    Range of Useful Lives   March 31,
2012
    December 31,
2011
 
                 
Land-Fazenda Jatuarana   N/A   $ 46,983,989     $ 46,983,989  
        $ 46,983,989     $ 46,983,989  

 

Fazenda Jatuarana is a rural forest property of 36,481.629 hectares located in the municipality of Apui, 260 nautical miles south-south east of the city of Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas in Brazil. Title was rendered by all of the pertinent authorities to the previous owners in compliance with law no 1826 of the Brazilian Civil Code and published in the Diario Oficial, as required by such law on the 30th of December 1987, under article number 26,391 on that date. The property is located at the geographical coordinates from point F-8A, at Latitude 07.31’04, 18468 South and Longitude 60,32’12,36491” WGr, with flat coordinates UTM 771.837,95 East and 9.168,238,55 North. The property is inscribed registered in the State Land Office under Protocol 409028, with Registry number 399638 Lv8, effective through seal number AG030633 and digital verifier 7E3-6084-2080-DCO7, in the name of AMAZONAS FORESTAL LLC.

 

NOTE 6: CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISKS

 

Financial instruments, which potentially subject AMZO to credit risk, are trade accounts receivable. Concentration of credit with respect to these trade accounts receivable is limited due to AMZO’s customer base as one. At March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the accounts receivable of $11,924 and $42,898, respectively, was due from a single customer. AMZO intends to perform ongoing credit evaluations of its new customers going forward and generally will not require collateral to support accounts receivable.

 

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NOTE 7: FOREST MANAGEMENT PLANS PAYABLE

 

In 2011, AMZO incurred indebtedness in the amount of BRL $150,000. (US $90,000) for the purchase of two Sustainable Forest Management Plans - Lago Preto Dos Ramos I and Lago Preto Dos Ramos II – from landowners Jander Lucio de Souza Cruz and Franco dos Santos Yamane, respectively. AMZO recognized a currency exchange gain of $9,586 to adjust the value of the indebtedness to the US dollar value at December 31, 2011. No currency exchange adjustment has been made for the current period. The indebtedness bears no interest, and is payable upon commencement of timber extraction from each respective parcel of land.

 

NOTE 8: DUE TO STOCKHOLDERS

 

From time to time, certain shareholders have paid, on behalf of AMZO, expenses related to operations. As of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, there were no outstanding monies due to stockholders.

 

NOTE 9: STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

On February 16, 2011, AMZO filed documents with the State of Florida Department of Corporations to convert its limited liability company status to a C corporation. Upon conversion, the Articles of Organization were replaced with the Articles of Incorporation authorizing 20,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001.

 

On March 16, 2012, Ecologic Systems, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“ECOSYS”) acquired one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of AMZO. In exchange, 70,000,000 shares of ECOSYS common stock were issued ratably to the AMZO shareholders.

 

As at March 31, 2012 AMZO has 20,000,000 common shares issued and outstanding.

 

NOTE 11: SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

In 2009, the FASB ASC Topic 865 (formerly FASB 165, Subsequent Events) , which defines the period after the balance sheet date that subsequent events should be evaluated and provides guidance in determining if the event should be reflected in the current financial statements. This ASC Topic also requires disclosure regarding the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated.

 

AMZO has evaluated subsequent events through the time the March 31, 2012 financial statements were available for issuance. No events have occurred subsequent to March 31, 2012 that require disclosure or recognition in these financial statements with the exception of the following:

 

On April 19, 2012, ECOSYS affected a forward split of its existing and outstanding shares of common stock on the basis of 3 shares for each share held. As a result, an additional 268,041,236 shares of common stock were issued, of which 97% was issued to the AMZO shareholders.

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AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR AMAZONAS FLORESTAL, INC.

AS OF AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011 AND 2010

 

Independent Auditor’s Report

  

To the Shareholders

AMAZONAS FLORESTAL, INC.

Miami, FL 33131

 

We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Amazonas Florestal, Inc. as of December 31, 2010 and 2011, and the related statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for the periods then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of Amazonas Florestal, Inc.’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. AMZO is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of AMZO’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Amazonas Florestal, Inc. as of December 31, 2010 and 2011, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the periods then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

 

Labrozzi & Co., P.A.

Miami, Florida

February 16, 2012

  

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AMAZONAS FLORESTAL, INC.
BALANCE SHEETS
DECEMBER 31, 2011 AND 2010

 

    December 31,
2011
    December 31,
2010
 
ASSETS                
Current Assets                
Cash   $ 2,495     $  
Accounts receivable     42,898        
Total Current Assets     45,393        
                 
Non-Current Assets                
Inventory/Timber projects - Lago Preto Dos Ramos I and II     90,000       90,000  
Land     46,983,989       46,983,989  
Total Non-Current Assets     47,073,989       47,073,989  
TOTAL ASSETS   $ 47,119,382     $ 47,073,989  
                 
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY                
Liabilities                
Fees Payable   $     $ 7,700  
Due to Shareholder           9,928  
Taxes Payable     7,714        
Forest Management Rights Payable     80,414       90,000  
Total Liabilities     88,128       107,628  
                 
Stockholders' Equity                
Common stock; 20,000,000 authorized, no par value; zero and 20,000,000 issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2010 and 2011     100,000        
Additional Paid In Capital     46,983,989       46,983,989  
Retained Earnings     (52,735 )     (17,628 )
Total Stockholder’s Equity     47,031,254       46,966,361  
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY   $ 47,119,382     $ 47,073,989  

 

See Notes to the Financial Statements

 

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AMAZONAS FLORESTAL INC.
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011 AND 2010

 

    December 31,     December 31,  
    2011     2010  
                 
Revenue   $ 71,563     $  
                 
Cost of goods sold     57,682        
                 
Gross profit     13,881        
                 
Expenses                
General and administrative     58,574       17,628  
                 
Total Expenses     58,574       17,628  
                 
Net loss before other income     (44,693 )     (17,628 )
                 
Other Income                
Gain on purchase of projects           0  
Translation gain     9,586        
                 
Total Other Income     9,586        
                 
Net loss before provision for income taxes     (35,107 )     (17,628 )
                 
Provision for income taxes            
                 
Net loss after provision for income taxes     (35,107 )     (17,628 )
                 
Net loss   $ (35,107 )   $ (17,628 )
                 
Earnings per share   $ (0.00 )   $  
                 
Weighted shares outstanding     20,000,000        

 

See Notes to the Financial Statements

 

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AMAZONAS FLORESTAL, INC.
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011 AND 2010

 

    December 31,
2011
    December 31,
2010
 
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:                
Net income (loss)   $ (35,107 )   $ (17,628 )
Common stock issued for services     0        
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:                
Changes in operating assets and operating liabilities                
Accounts receivable     (42,898 )      
Due to Lucio de Souza Cruz and Franco dos Santos Yamane     (9,586 )     90,000  
Taxes payable     7,714        
Fees payable     (7,700 )     7,700  
Due to shareholder     (9,928 )     9,928  
                 
Net cash  provided by (used in) operating activities     (97,505 )     90,000  
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:                
Purchase of timber projects           (90,000  
                 
Net cash used in investing activities           (90,000 )
                 
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:                
Sale of common stock     100,000        
                 
Net cash provided by financing activities     100,000        
                 
NET INCREASE IN CASH     2,495        
                 
CASH BEGINNING OF PERIOD            
                 
CASH END OF PERIOD   $ 2,495     $  
                 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOWS INFORMATION:                
                 
Interest paid   $     $  
Income taxes   $     $  

  

 See Notes to the Financial Statements

 

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AMAZONAS FLORESTAL, INC.
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011 AND 2010

  

    Common Stock     Additional Paid-in     Retained     Total Shareholders’  
    Shares     Amount     Capital     Earnings     Equity  
                               
Balance July 9, 2010 (date of inception)         $     $     $     $  
                                         
Acquisition of land                 46,983,989             46,983,989  
                                         
Net income                       (17,628 )     (17,628 )
                                         
Balance December 31, 2010                 46,983,989       (17,628 )     46,966,361  
                                         
Common stock sold/distributed     19,800,000       95,000                   95,000  
                                         
Common stock issued for services     200,000       5,000                   5,000  
                                         
 Net loss                       (35,107 )     (35,107 )
                                         
Balance December 31, 2011     20,000,000     $ 100,000     $ 46,983,989     $ (52,735 )   $ 47,031,254  

 

See Notes to the Financial Statements

 

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AMAZONAS FLORESTAL, INC.

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2011

 

Note 1 – Significant Accounting Policies

 

Description of Business — AMAZONAS FLORESTAL, INC. (“Amazonas” or the “Company”) was organized in the State of Florida on July 9, 2010. The Company is a natural resources company engaged primarily in the harvesting of timber and the manufacture and marketing of lumber. Amazonas owns approximately 36,481.629 hectares of timberland, primarily in the Amazonian rain forest near the city of Manaus. The Company contracts sawmill/milling services from a company located in the city of Itacoatiara, Brazil.

 

In addition to its timber extraction and production operations, the Company is engaged in studies and projects to develop and sell carbon credits and forest preservation benefits on its property denominated Fazenda Jatuarana. These studies represent the groundwork for verification of the actual amounts of carbon and other greenhouse gases that are stored on the Company’s land and are expected to place the company in line for direct UN REDD benefits as proposed by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ( UNFCCC) and at COP 16 in Cancun, Mexico. On December 15, 2010, UN REDD stated that the program will enter Brazil during 2012 through 2013 proposing up to USD$120 Billion in benefits through the year 2020, Through private sectors’ natural rainforest preservation incentives, in conjunction with direct sales of Verified Emission Reductions ( VER’s), these projects offer considerable amounts of Certified Emission Reductions ( CER’s), as certified through the UNFCCC, for sale as credits through the Swiss and Frankfort (German) stock exchanges.

 

The Company purchased Fazenda Jatuarana in exchange for 49% of its membership interests from Amazonas Industria, Comercio e Exportacao de Produtos de Madeira, Ltda, a Brazilian company. On December 14th, 2010, the Company commenced development of carbon studies in the region, located 389_kilometers from the city of Manaus, Brazil. This property has been appraised by EB da Amazonia, a certified appraisal company that specializes in the valuation of rural forest properties in Northern Brazil. The land was valued at BRL $ 77 Million which, at the time of the appraisal, was based on the concurrent exchange rate, equivalent to approximately USD$ 44 Million. The appraisal methods used were in line with acceptable GAAP principles to determine actual fair market value of the land and the net back to stumpage methods widely acceptable to calculate the net value of a forest resource.

 

Two Sustainable Forest Management Projects- Lago Preto Dos Ramos I and Lago Preto Dos Ramos –II, were purchased from Jander Lucio de Souza Cruz and Franco dos Santos Yamane respectively for a total of BRL $150,000. Lago Preto I has 979.12 hectares with an approved license for the extraction of 10,086.548 cubic meters of various species of semi-hard and hardwoods of commercial demand, both in the region and worldwide. Through the Operation License number 371/10, as authorized by IPAAM (Instituto de Protecao Ambiental de Amazonas). Lago Preto II has 1,351.79 hectares, and contains 4,701.947 cubic meters of timber authorized for extraction through the IPAAM license number 538/10.

 

Ing. Ricardo Ludke, the Forest Engineer responsible for all of the technical and management aspects of the projects, was retained by the Company. Mr. Ludke’s responsibility, working closely with IPAAM- Instituto de Proteccao Ambiental da Amazonas, the State of Amazonas, (the government agency that regulates and controls all such sustainable projects in the state),together with IBAMA,(the Brazilian EPA, in the approval and enforcement of all laws that govern such projects in Brazil), is to ensure that all of the felling and extraction is done in compliance with the low impact logging criteria that is described and as specified on the project literature as conditional for its approval by IPAAM. Ing. Ludke has a thorough background in the management of such projects having worked with several dozen such projects in the past with IBAMA in congruence with such platforms at a government level

 

The process for timber extraction as shown on the projects and studies include provisions for environmental impact in minimizing erosion through only the selective harvest of mature trees with a sufficient diametric class as cataloged in the inventory. A complete inventory of trees was performed, and aluminum tags were placed at chest height to identify trees that are destined and approved for extraction. Each tree number approved is specified on the operational license extended by IPAAM and attached to an ACOF (Authorization for Forestry Harvest) and only these trees can be felled and extracted in order to avoid government fines. The natural regeneration of the surrounding forest is guaranteed through this process as is the integrity of the biodiversity found within the same. Also certain areas within the project are set aside for perpetual conservation as required by law hence the title of “Sustainable Forest Management Projects”. IPAAM and IBAMA inspectors pay special attention to assure that only those trees that are approved for extraction are actually extracted and the other conservational guidelines that call for directional felling and low impact techniques are followed.

 

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The company has options to purchase another 303,000 hectares from the same provider that sold the above described Fazenda Jatuarana and another 203,000 hectares from yet another source. The company intends to acquire its capital requirements through a business combination or joint venture in order to fund the costs of extraction and production of its present resources as well as the costs entailed in the Green Projects described above for readying the Fazenda Jatuarana for future UN REDD benefits while continuing to pursue the acquisition of additional properties for similar development..

 

Going Concern The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes the Company will realize its assets and discharge its liabilities in the normal course of business.  As reflected in the accompanying financial statements, the Company had no revenues for fiscal year 2010 and net losses for both 2010 and 2011.

 

The Company’s ability to continue as a going concern is dependent upon its ability to generate future profitable operations and/or to obtain the necessary financing to meet its obligations and repay its liabilities arising from normal business operations when they come due. The accompanying financial statements do not include any adjustments that might arise as a result of this uncertainty.

 

Business Environment — The Company is primarily a wood products producer operating in a commodity-based business environment with a major diversification in real estate holdings. This environment is affected by a number of factors including general economic conditions, government regulation, interest rates, credit availability, exports, foreign exchange rates, industry capacity and production levels, the availability of contractors for logging, hauling, and shipping, the availability of raw materials, costs of fuel, and weather conditions.

 

Use of Estimates — In the preparation of the Company’s financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, management has made a number of estimates and assumptions related to the reporting of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results may differ from those estimates

.

Inventories — Inventories of logs, lumber, and supplies are stated at the lower of cost or market within Amazonas’s operating areas, primarily using the average cost method. Log costs include harvest and transportation cost as appropriate. Lumber costs include materials, labor, and production overhead. (For additional information, see Note 2 – Inventories.)

 

 Timber and Timberlands — Timber and timberlands, which include timberland, fee timber, purchased stumpage inventory, and logging facilities, are stated at cost, less the cost of fee timber harvested and accumulated depreciation of logging facilities, and includes no estimated future reforestation cost. The cost of timber consists of fee timber acquired from government approved timber extraction projects. The cost of fee timber harvested is based on the volume of timber approved to be harvested. Logging facilities, which consist primarily of pathways constructed and other land improvements, are depreciated using the straight-line method over a ten-year estimated life. The Company estimates its fee timber inventory using statistical information and data obtained from physical measurements and other information gathering techniques from government engineers. Fee timber carrying costs, commercial thinning, engineering fees, and timberland management costs are capitalized.

 

Property, Plant, and Equipment — Property, plant, and equipment assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation of buildings, equipment, and other depreciable assets is primarily determined using the straight-line method. Expenditures that substantially improve and/or increase the useful life of facilities or equipment are capitalized. Maintenance and repair costs are expensed as incurred. Gains and losses on disposals or retirements are recognized in the period they occur.

 

Property, plant, and equipment assets are evaluated for possible impairment on a specific asset basis or in groups of similar assets, as applicable, whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to estimated undiscounted future net cash flows to be generated by the asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash flows, an impairment loss is recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. Assets to be disposed of are reported at the lower of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell, and depreciation ceases.

 

Revenue Recognition — The Company recognizes revenue when the following criteria are met: (1) persuasive evidence of an agreement exists, (2) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, (3) the price to the buyer is fixed and determinable, and (4) collectability is reasonably assured. Delivery is not considered to have occurred until the customer takes title and assumes the risks and rewards of ownership. Revenue from the sale of lumber and wood by-products is recorded at the time of shipment due to terms of such sale being designated free on board (“f.o.b.”) shipping point. Revenue from the sale of timber-cutting rights to third parties is recorded when legal title passes to the purchaser, which is generally upon delivery of a legally executed timber deed and receipt of payment for the timber.

 

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Income Taxes — The Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under this method, the provision for income taxes includes amounts currently payable and amounts deferred as tax assets and liabilities, based on differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and the tax bases of existing assets and liabilities, and is measured using the enacted tax rates that are expected to be in effect when the differences reverse. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance which is established when it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax law is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. The Company continuously reviews state and federal tax returns for uncertain tax provisions. Tax benefits are recorded if it is more-likely-than-not that the positions will be sustained upon examination by the taxing authorities and liabilities are recorded if it is deemed less likely that the position taken would prevail. These liabilities are adjusted in the period in which it is determined that the issue is settled with the relevant taxing authority, the expiration of statute of limitation for a tax year in question, a change in tax laws, or other facts become known.

Property Taxes  — Property taxes applicable to the Company’s assets are estimated and accrued in the period of assessment. At December 31, 2011, the Company had not accrued property tax expense. In 2011, the company will be liable for the payment of rural land tax in Brazil, known as ITR (Imposto Teritorial Rural) that is based on approximately 2% of the historical value of the property. Fazenda Jaturana was registered in the Registro de Imoveis (Property/Land Registry) section of the Receita Federal (Brazilian IRS) for a value of BRL $6,500,000 equivalent to almost $ 4 Million. Commencing in 2011, the property taxes will be based on this value.

Net Change in Purchased Stumpage Inventory  — Purchased stumpage inventory consists of timber-cutting rights and ownership of the actual trees purchased from third parties specifically for use in the Company’s projected production and milling operations. Depending on the timing of acquisition and usage of this acquired stumpage inventory, the net change in this inventory can either be a source or use of cash in the Company’s statements of cash flows.

Shipping and Handling Costs — Shipping and handling costs, such as freight to our customers’ destinations, are included in cost of sales in the Company’s statements of operations. These costs, when included in the amount invoiced to customers, are also recognized in net sales.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements — The Company evaluates its transactions to determine if any variable interest entities exist. If it is determined that the Company is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity, that entity is consolidated into Amazonas’s financial statements.

Effect of recently issued Authoritative Accounting Guidance — Financial Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-06, “Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements” was effective January 1, 2010, for the Company and requires the disclosure of detailed information about valuation techniques, inputs used in determining fair value, and transfers into and out of Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. It also clarifies the existing fair value disclosures about the level of disaggregation and about inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value and amends guidance on employers’ disclosures about postretirement benefit plan assets to require disclosures be provided by asset class instead of major categories of assets. The guidance pertains only to disclosures related to fair value measurements.

Subsequent events —  The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued.

 

Note 2 – Inventories

Inventories at December 31, 2011 consisted of the following:

 

    2011  
Semi-hard wood   $ 36,900  
Hardwood     53,100  
    $ 90,000  

 

Lumber inventory amounts at December 31, 2011 stated at lower of cost or net realizable value.

 

Note 3 – Property, Plant, and Equipment

 

Property, plant, and equipment at December 31 consisted of the following:

 

   Range of Useful Lives  2011 
Land  N/A  $46,983,989 
         
      $46,983,989 

 

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Fazenda Jatuarana is a rural forest property of 36,481.629 hectares located in the municipality of Apui, 260 nautical miles south-south east of the city of Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas in Brazil.  Title was rendered by all of the pertinent authorities to the previous owners in compliance with law no 1826 of the Brazilian Civil Code and published in the Diario Oficial, as required by such law on the 30th of December 1987, under article number 26,391 on that date.  The property is located at the geographical coordinates from point F-8A, at Latitude 07.31’04, 18468 South and Longitude 60,32’12,36491” WGr, with flat coordinates UTM 771.837,95 East and 9.168,238,55 North. The property is inscribed registered in the State Land Office under Protocol 409028, with Registry number 399638 Lv8, effective through seal number AG030633 and digital verifier 7E3-6084-2080-DCO7, in the name of AMAZONAS FORESTAL LLC.

 

Note 4 – Concentration of Credit Risks

 

Financial instruments, which potentially subject the Company to credit risk, are trade accounts receivable. Concentration of credit with respect to these trade accounts receivable is limited due to the Company’s customer base as one. At December 31, 2011, the $42,898 accounts receivable was due from a single customer. The Company intends to perform ongoing credit evaluations of its new customers going forward and generally will not require collateral to support accounts receivable.

 

Note 5 – Jander Lucio de Souza Cruz and Franco dos Santos Yamane

 

Two Sustainable Forest Management Projects- Lago Preto Dos Ramos I and Lago Preto Dos Ramos –II, were purchased from Jander Lucio de Souza Cruz and Franco dos Santos Yamane respectively for a total of BRL $150,000. Lago Preto I has 979.12 hectares with an approved license for the extraction of 10,086.548 cubic meters of various species of semi-hard and hardwoods of commercial demand, both in the region and worldwide. Through the Operation License number 371/10, as authorized by IPAAM ( Instituto de Protecao Ambiental de Amazonas). Lago Preto II has 1,351.79 hectares, and contains 4,701.947 cubic meters of timber authorized for extraction through the IPAAM license number 538/10. The terms of the agreement bears no interest and is payable when timber extraction has commenced.

 

Note 6 – Due to Shareholder

 

From time to time, certain shareholders have paid, on behalf of the Company, expenses related to operations.

 

Note 7 – Shareholders’ Equity

 

On February 16, 2011, the Company filed documents with the State of Florida Department of Corporations to convert its limited liability company status to a C corporation. Upon conversion, the Articles of Organization were replaced with the Articles of Incorporation authorizing 20,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001.

 

 

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INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.

AS OF MARCH 31, 2012 AND DECEMBER 31, 2011

 

ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)

 

    March 31,     December 31,  
    2012     2011  
ASSETS                
Current Assets                
Cash & Cash Equivalents   $     $  
Total Current Assets            
TOTAL ASSETS   $     $  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT)                
                 
Current Liabilities                
Notes & Loans Payable   $ 60,000     $ 60,000  
Total Current Liabilities     60,000       60,000  
TOTAL LIABILITIES     60,000       60,000  
                 
STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT)                
Preferred stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding            
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 2,000,000 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively     2,000       2,000  
Paid In Capital     (2,000 )     (2,000 )
Accumulated Deficit     (60,000 )     (60,000 )
Total Stockholders' (Deficit)     (60,000 )     (60,000 )
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT)   $     $  

  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

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ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)

  

                Cumulative  
                From 12/16/2008  
    For the three months ended     (inception) to  
    03/31/2012     03/31/2011     03/31/2012  
                   
General and administrative expenses   $     $ 5,547     $ 60,000  
                         
Operating (loss)           (5,547 )     (60,000 )
                         
Provision for income taxes                  
                         
Net (loss)   $     $ (5,547 )   $ (60,000 )
                         
Net (loss) per common share - basic and diluted   $ (0.00 )   $ (0.00 )        
                         
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted     2,000,000       2,000,000          

  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

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ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)

 

    For the three months ended       Cumulative from December 16, 2008 (inception) to   
    March 31, 2012   March 31, 2011     March 31, 2012  
                   
Cash flows from operating activities:                        
Net loss   $     $ (5,547 )   $ (60,000 )
Net cash (used in) operating activities           (5,547 )     (60,000 )
                         
Cash flows from financing activities:                        
Proceeds from related party loans                 60,000  
Issuance of common stock                 2,000  
(Increase) in paid in capital                 (2,000 )
                         
Net cash  provided by financing activities                 60,000  
                         
Net increase (decrease) in cash           (5,547 )      
                         
Cash-Beginning of period           21,455        
                         
Cash-End of period   $     $ 15,908     $  
                         
NON-CASH ACTIVITIES   $     $     $  
                         
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOWS INFORMATION:                        
Interest paid   $     $     $  
Income taxes   $     $     $  

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

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ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.

(A Development Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

March 31, 2012

 

NOTE 1. OVERVIEW

 

Ecologic Systems, Inc. (“ECOSYS”) was incorporated on December 18, 2008, under the name of Ecologic Rentals, Inc. Its corporate offices are located at 1327 Ocean Avenue, Suite B, Santa Monica, CA, 90401.  ECOSYS was formed to serve as a vehicle to effect an asset acquisition, merger, exchange of capital stock, or other business combination with a domestic or foreign business. In July, 2009, ECOSYS filed a Certificate of Amendment with the state of Nevada, to formally change its name from Ecologic Rentals, Inc. to Ecologic Systems, Inc.

 

On June 10, 2009, ECOSYS sold all of its capital stock to Ecologic Transportation, Inc. (“EGCT”), its parent company, pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement, and henceforth operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of EGCT.

 

ECOSYS is developing a network of alternative fuel contracts with strategically located retail locations. ECOSYS is desirous of securing fuel contracts for Electrical and Natural Gas (including Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Hydrogen Compressed Natural Gas (HCNG), Electrical Charging Stations (Electricity), Solar Energy, Bio-Diesel, Ethanol (E-10, E-15 & E85) alternatives.

 

A business plan has been created that centered on acquiring alternative fuel contracts with strategically located retail gas stations, parking structures, corporate offices, employee parking structures, government and municipality fleets and other locations with car traffic, both mobile and stationary, with alternative fuel and energy improvements. The general thesis is that by acquiring a network of retail fuel contracts represented by a geographic footprint with the scale of the state of California we would be able to attract the large investment needed for the scale of such a network and at the same time attract large strategic partners to effectuate our business plan.

 

ECOSYS completed the development of its interactive mapping of a network of fueling stations, and is currently in the process of finalizing the Mobile Application to be used by consumers for GPS identification and location of existing Alternative Fueling stations within the AFL Network. The mapping system is ever changing and developing with ECOSYS and can be manipulated to integrate new stores and services which are to be ever changing. The map will be used to identify the specific target stations and its owner in order to make presentations to secure alternative fuel contracts.

 

ECOSYS continues its integration of Alternative Fuel research for the state of California into ECOSYS’s existing business plan. The introduction of new state and federal laws regarding Alternative Fuels development and Alternative Fuels infrastructure and how they related to the implementation of ECOSYS’s Network, is primary in researching efforts.

 

On March 16, 2012 (the “Closing Date”), ECOSYS and the Company entered into a Share Exchange Agreement with Amazonas Florestal, Inc. (“AMZO”) a Florida corporation (the “Share Exchange”). ECOSYS acquired one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of AMZO in exchange for seventy million (70,000,000) authorized but un-issued shares of ECOSYS’s common stock.

 

In addition, prior to the Closing, ECOSYS introduced AMZO management to the holder of its sixty thousand dollar ($60,000) convertible note in order to have non-affiliate parties associated with AMZO acquire all or a portion of the note.  ECOSYS assisted in the facilitation of the acquisition of the note as part of its negotiations with AMZO regarding the Share Exchange.  The terms of the convertible note allow for the conversion into common stock at par value.  On March 29, 2012, t he note was fully converted at par value resulting in an additional sixty million (60,000,000) shares of ECOSYS common stock issued and outstanding. 

 

As a result of the transactions effected by the Share Exchange, (i) AMZO became a wholly owned subsidiary of ECOSYS and (ii) there is a change of control whereby the AMZO Shareholders now own a controlling 97% ownership interest in ECOSYS.  Subsequent to the Closing ECOSYS ceased to be a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. In addition, ECOSYS changed its name from Ecologic Systems, Inc. to Amazonas Florestal, Ltd. (“AFL”).

 

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At March 31, 2012 ECOSYS has commenced limited operations. All activity from December 16, 2008 (date of inception) through March 31, 2012 relates to ECOSYS’s formation and ongoing development.

 

Please note that the information provided below, unless otherwise noted, and the terms “we”, “us”, “our”, and ”ECOSYS” relates to the enterprises of Ecologic Systems, Inc. only (prior to the Share Exchange on March 16, 2012).

 

Unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars and all references to "common shares" refer to the common shares in ECOSYS’s capital stock.

 

NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

This summary of significant accounting policies is presented to assist in understanding ECOSYS’s financial statements.  These accounting policies conform to accounting principles, generally accepted in the United States of America, and have been consistently applied in the preparation of the financial statements.

 

Development Stage Company

ECOSYS is a development stage company as defined by ASC 915-10-05, “Development Stage Entity”.  ECOSYS is still devoting substantially all of its efforts on establishing the business and its planned principal operations have not commenced.  All losses accumulated, since inception, have been considered as part of ECOSYS’s development stage activities.

 

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

Fiscal Year End

ECOSYS has a fiscal year ending on December 31.

 

Cash Equivalents

ECOSYS considers all highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheet for cash, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value based on the short-term maturity of these instruments.

 

Income Taxes

ECOSYS uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740-10, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” Under this method, income tax expense is recognized for the amount of: (i) taxes payable or refundable for the current year; and, (ii) deferred tax consequences of temporary differences resulting from matters that have been recognized in an entity’s financial statements or tax returns. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided to reduce the deferred tax assets reported if, based on the weight of available positive and negative evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

ASC 740-10 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition of a tax position taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. Under ASC 740-10, a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position taken or expected to be taken may be recognized only if it is “more likely than not” that the position is sustainable upon examination, based on its technical merits. The tax benefit of a qualifying position under ASC 740-10 would equal the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority having full knowledge of all the relevant information. A liability (including interest and penalties, if applicable) is established to the extent a current benefit has been recognized on a tax return for matters that are considered contingent upon the outcome of an uncertain tax position. Related interest and penalties, if any, are included as components of income tax expense and income taxes payable.

 

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Earnings (Loss) per Share

Basic earnings (loss) per share are computed by dividing net income, or loss, by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period.  Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income, or loss, by the weighted average number of shares of both common and preferred stock outstanding for the period.

 

New Accounting Standards

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.

 

NOTE 3. NOTES PAYABLE

 

As at December 31, 2011 and prior to the Share Exchange on March 16, 2012, Notes Payable consisted of a Promissory Note in the amount of $60,000 payable to a third party, which is interest free, due upon demand, and contains a provision to convert the debt into common stock of ECOSYS at par ($0.001) value per share.

 

NOTE 4. STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY

 

As at December 31, 2011, the total number of authorized shares of common stock was 100,000,000 with a par value of $0.001 per share. Pursuant to a filing with the State of Nevada, effective January 31, 2012, the authorized number of shares of common stock has been increased to 500,000,000 shares.

 

On June 9, 2009, 2,000,000 shares of common stock were issued to one stockholder at $.001 per share, for a total amount of $2,000.

 

As at December 31, 2011, and prior to the Share Exchange dated March 16, 2012, ECOSYS had 2,000,000 common shares issued and outstanding.

 

NOTE 5. INCOME TAX

 

At March 31, 2012, deferred tax assets consist of:

 

Net operating loss carry forward   $ 60,000  
Start-up costs capitalized for tax purposes      
Gross deferred tax assets   $ 60,000  
Valuation allowance     (60,000 )
Net deferred tax assets   $  

 

Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon sufficient future taxable income during the period that deductible temporary differences and net operating loss carry forwards are expected to be available to reduce taxable income. As the achievement of required future taxable income is uncertain, ECOSYS recorded a full valuation allowance.

 

NOTE 6. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

In 2009, the FASB ASC Topic 865 (formerly FASB 165, Subsequent Events) , which defines the period after the balance sheet date that subsequent events should be evaluated and provides guidance in determining if the event should be reflected in the current financial statements. This ASC Topic also requires disclosure regarding the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated.

 

ECOSYS has evaluated subsequent events through the time the March 31, 2012 financial statements were available for issuance. No events have occurred subsequent to March 31, 2012 that require disclosure or recognition in these financial statements.

 

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UNDAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011, 2010 AND 2009

 

ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
BALANCE SHEETS
(Unaudited)

 

   December 31,   December 31,   December 31, 
   2011   2010   2009 
ASSETS            
Current Assets            
Cash & Cash Equivalents  $   $21,455   $ 
Total Current Assets       21,455     
TOTAL ASSETS  $   $21,455   $ 
                
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ (DEFICIT)               
                
Current Liabilities               
Accounts Payable  $   $484   $2,681 
Intercompany advances           16,113 
Notes & Loans Payable   60,000    60,000     
Total Current Liabilities   60,000    60,484    18,794 
TOTAL LIABILITIES   60,000    60,484    18,794 
                
STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT)               
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively            
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized ,  2,000,000 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively   2,000    2,000    2,000 
Paid In Capital   (2,000)   (2,000)   (2,000)
Accumulated Deficit   (38,544)   (18,794)    
Net income (loss)   (21,455)   (19,751)   (18,794)
Total Stockholders' (Deficit)   (60,000)   (38,545)   (18,794)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT)  $   $21,455   $ 

  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

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ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)

 

               Cumulative 
               From 12/16/2008 
   For the 12 months ended   (Inception) to 
   12/31/2011   12/31/2010   12/31/2009   12/31/2011 
                 
General and administrative expenses  $21,455   $19,751   $18,794   $60,000 
                     
Operating (loss)   (21,455)   (19,751)   (18,794)   (60,000)
                     
Provision for income taxes                
                     
Net (loss)  $(21,455)  $(19,751)  $(18,794)  $(60,000)
                     
Net (loss) per common share - basic and diluted  $(0.01)  $(0.01)  $(0.01)  $(0.03)
                     
Weighted average common shares outstanding - basic and diluted   2,000,000    2,000,000    2,000,000    2,000,000 

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

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ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

                      Cumulative  
                      From 12/16/2008  
    For the 12 months ended     (Inception) to  
    12/31/2011     12/31/2010     12/31/2009     12/31/2011  
Cash Flow from operations:                                
Net loss   $ (21,455 )   $ (19,751 )   $ (18,794 )   $ (60,000 )
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) to net cash  (used in) operating activities:                                
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:                                
Increase (decrease) in intercompany advances     21,455       (40,249 )     18,794        
Net cash (used in) operating activities           (60,000 )           (60,000 )
                                 
Cash Flow from financing activities:                                
Proceeds from related party loans           60,000               60,000  
Issuance of Common Stock                 2,000       2,000  
(Increase) in Paid in Capital                 (2,000 )     (2,000 )
Net cash provided by financing activities           60,000             60,000  
                                 
Increase in cash                        
                                 
Cash - beginning of period                        
                                 
Cash - end of period   $     $     $     $  
                                 
NONCASH ACTIVITIES   $     $     $     $  
                                 
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION                                
                                 
Interest paid   $     $     $     $  
                                 
Income taxes paid   $     $     $     $  

  

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

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ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.
(A DEVELOPMENT STAGE COMPANY)
STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' (DEFICIT)
PERIOD FROM DECEMBER 16, 2008 (INCEPTION) TO DECEMBER 31, 2011

 

                (DEFICIT)        
                ACCUMULATED        
                DURING THE        
    COMMON STOCK     PAID IN     EXPLORATION        
    SHARES     AMOUNT     CAPITAL     STAGE     TOTAL  
                               
Balance, December 16, 2008 (date of inception)                                
                                         
Issuance of common stock, December, 2008     2,000,000     $ 2,000     $ (2,000 )         $  
                                         
Balance, December 31, 2008     2,000,000       2,000       (2,000 )            
                                         
Net loss                             (18,794 )     (18,794 )
                                         
Balance, December 31, 2009     2,000,000       2,000       (2,000 )     (18,794 )     (18,794 )
                                         
Net loss                             (19,751 )     (19,751 )
                                         
Balance, December 31, 2010     2,000,000       2,000       (2,000 )     (38,545 )     (38,545 )
                                         
Net loss                             (21,455 )     (21,455 )
                                         
Balance, December 31, 2011     2,000,000     $ 2,000     $ (2,000 )   $ (60,000 )   $ (60,000 )

 

See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements

 

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ECOLOGIC SYSTEMS, INC.

(A Development Stage Company)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

December 31, 2011

  

NOTE 1. OVERVIEW

 

Ecologic Systems, Inc. (“ECOSYS”) was incorporated on December 18, 2008, under the name of Ecologic Rentals, Inc. Its corporate offices are located at 1327 Ocean Avenue, Suite B, Santa Monica, CA, 90401.  ECOSYS was formed to serve as a vehicle to effect an asset acquisition, merger, exchange of capital stock, or other business combination with a domestic or foreign business. In July, 2009, ECOSYS filed a Certificate of Amendment with the state of Nevada, to formally change its name from Ecologic Rentals, Inc. to Ecologic Systems, Inc..

 

On June 10, 2009, ECOSYS sold all of its capital stock to Ecologic Transportation, Inc. (“EGCT”), pursuant to a Stock Purchase Agreement, and henceforth operated as a wholly owned subsidiary of EGCT.

 

At December 31, 2011 ECOSYS has commenced limited operations.  All activity from December 16, 2008 (date of inception) through December 31, 2011 relates to ECOSYS’s formation and its ongoing development.

 

ECOSYS is focused on developing a network of alternative fuel contracts with strategically located retail locations. ECOSYS is desirous of securing fuel contracts for Electrical and Natural Gas (including Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), Hydrogen Compressed Natural Gas (HCNG), Electrical Charging Stations (Electricity), Solar Energy, Bio-Diesel, Ethanol (E-10, E-15 & E85) alternatives.

 

A business plan has been created that centered on acquiring alternative fuel contracts with strategically located retail gas stations, parking structures, corporate offices, employee parking structures, government and municipality fleets and other locations with car traffic, both mobile and stationary, with alternative fuel and energy improvements. The general thesis is that by acquiring a network of retail fuel contracts represented by a geographic footprint with the scale of the state of California we would be able to attract the large investment needed for the scale of such a network and at the same time attract large strategic partners to effectuate our business plan.

 

ECOSYS completed the development of its interactive mapping of a network of fueling stations, and is currently in the process of finalizing the Mobile Application to be used by consumers for GPS identification and location of existing Alternative Fueling stations within the AFL Network. The mapping system is ever changing and developing with ECOSYS and can be manipulated to integrate new stores and services which are to be ever changing. The map will be used to identify the specific target stations and its owner in order to make presentations to secure alternative fuel contracts.

 

ECOSYS continues its integration of Alternative Fuel research for the state of California into ECOSYS’s existing business plan. The introduction of new state and federal laws regarding Alternative Fuels development and Alternative Fuels infrastructure and how they related to the implementation of ECOSYS’s Network, is primary in researching efforts.

 

Unless otherwise specified, all dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars and all references to "common shares" refer to the common shares in Ecologic Systems, Inc. capital stock.

 

NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

This summary of significant accounting policies is presented to assist in understanding ECOSYS’s financial statements.  These accounting policies conform to accounting principles, generally accepted in the United States of America, and have been consistently applied in the preparation of the financial statements.

 

Development Stage Company

ECOSYS is a development stage company as defined by ASC 915-10-05, “Development Stage Entity”.  ECOSYS is still devoting substantially all of its efforts on establishing the business and its planned principal operations have not commenced.  All losses accumulated, since inception, have been considered as part of ECOSYS’s development stage activities.

 

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Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

Fiscal Year End

ECOSYS has a fiscal year ending on December 31.

 

Cash Equivalents

ECOSYS considers all highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase to be cash equivalents.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts reported in the balance sheet for cash, accounts payable and accrued expenses approximate fair value based on the short-term maturity of these instruments.

 

Income Taxes

ECOSYS uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740-10, “Accounting for Income Taxes.” Under this method, income tax expense is recognized for the amount of: (i) taxes payable or refundable for the current year; and, (ii) deferred tax consequences of temporary differences resulting from matters that have been recognized in an entity’s financial statements or tax returns. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is provided to reduce the deferred tax assets reported if, based on the weight of available positive and negative evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

 

ASC 740-10 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition of a tax position taken or expected to be taken on a tax return. Under ASC 740-10, a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position taken or expected to be taken may be recognized only if it is “more likely than not” that the position is sustainable upon examination, based on its technical merits. The tax benefit of a qualifying position under ASC 740-10 would equal the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement with a taxing authority having full knowledge of all the relevant information. A liability (including interest and penalties, if applicable) is established to the extent a current benefit has been recognized on a tax return for matters that are considered contingent upon the outcome of an uncertain tax position. Related interest and penalties, if any, are included as components of income tax expense and income taxes payable.

 

Earnings (Loss) per Share

Basic earnings (loss) per share are computed by dividing net income, or loss, by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period.  Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed by dividing net income, or loss, by the weighted average number of shares of both common and preferred stock outstanding for the period.

 

New Accounting Standards

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying financial statements.

 

NOTE 3. NOTES PAYABLE

 

As at December 31, 2011, Notes Payable consisted of a Promissory Note in the amount of $60,000 payable to a third party, which is interest free, due upon demand, and contains a provision to convert the debt into common stock of ECOSYS at par $.001 value per share.

 

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NOTE 4. STOCKHOLDER’S EQUITY

 

As at December 31, 2011, no shares of preferred stock are issued and outstanding.

 

As at December 31, 2011, the total number of authorized shares of common stock that may be issued by ECOSYS is 100,000,000 with a par value of $0.001 per share. The authorized number of shares of common stock has been increased to 500,000,000 shares pursuant to a filing with the State of Nevada effective January 31, 2012 and is discussed in NOTE 6 "Subsequent Events".

 

On June 9, 2009 2,000,000 shares of common stock were issued to one stockholder at $.001 per share, for a total amount of $2,000.

 

As at December 31, 2011 ECOSYS has 2,000,000 common shares issued and outstanding.

 

NOTE 5. INCOME TAX

 

At December 31, 2011, deferred tax assets consist of:

 

Net operating loss carry forward  $60,000 
Start-up costs capitalized for tax purposes    
Gross deferred tax assets  $60,000 
Valuation allowance   (60,000)
Net deferred tax assets  $ 

 

Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon sufficient future taxable income during the period that deductible temporary differences and net operating loss carry forwards are expected to be available to reduce taxable income. As the achievement of required future taxable income is uncertain, ECOSYS recorded a full valuation allowance.

 

NOTE 6. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

In 2009, the FASB ASC Topic 865 (formerly FASB 165, Subsequent Events) , which defines the period after the balance sheet date that subsequent events should be evaluated and provides guidance in determining if the event should be reflected in the current financial statements. This ASC Topic also requires disclosure regarding the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated.

 

ECOSYS has evaluated subsequent events through the time the December 31, 2011 financial statements were available for issuance. No events have occurred subsequent to December 31, 2011 that require disclosure or recognition in these financial statements; with the exception of the following:

 

On March 16, 2012 (the “Closing Date”), ECOSYS and Ecologic Transportation, Inc. (“EGCT”), its parent company, entered into a Share Exchange Agreement with Amazonas Florestal, Inc. (“AMZO”) a Florida corporation (the “Share Exchange”). ECOSYS acquired one hundred percent (100%) of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of AMZO in exchange for seventy million (70,000,000) authorized but un-issued shares of ECOSYS’s common stock.

 

AS a result of the Share Exchange, among other things, AMZO became a wholly owned subsidiary of ECOSYS, the Company owns three percent (3%) of ECOSYS’s outstanding capital stock (the “EGCT shares”), and the former AMZO shareholders (“AMZO Shareholders”) own ninety-seven percent (97%) of ECOSYS’s outstanding capital stock.

 

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Exhibits.

 

1. Share Exchange Agreement between Ecologic Transportation, Inc. and Amazonas Florestal, Inc. and Ecologic Systems, Inc. (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K, Item 2.01, filed on March 22, 2012)
2. Schedule A-1 through A-2(c) (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K, Item 2.01, filed on March 22, 2012)
3. Schedule B-1 through B-12 (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K, Item 2.01, filed on March 22, 2012)
4. Schedule C-1 through C-14 (incorporated by reference from our Current Report on Form 8-K, Item 2.01, filed on March 22, 2012)
5. Appraisal of Land – Fazenda Jatuarana

  

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

  

Date : August 15, 2012 ECOLOGIC TRANSPORTATION, INC.
   
  /s/ William B. Nesbitt
  By: William B. Nesbitt
  Its: President
   
Date: August 15, 2012   ECOLOGIC TRANSPORTATION, INC.
   
  /s/ Calli R. Bucci
  By: Calli R. Bucci
  Its: Chief Financial Officer

 

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