Welcome To Our Company
Maderas Sostenibles S.A.(MSSA) is a Nicaraguan forestry management company involved in the reforestation and sustainable management of tropical rainforest. Maderas Sostenibles operates in the area devastated by Hurricane Felix in 2007 harvesting the fallen tropical hardwood. MSSA also plants and manages timber plantations on spent pastureland in the pacific coast area of Nicaragua. Nicaragua is ideal for reforestation due to the low cost of labor and land which are the major inputs in timberland investments. Our company promotes and manages forestry investments in plantations of teak and native species for investors seeking safe high returns via environmentally beneficial investments.
Aram Terry
From sapling to export
Maderas Sostenibles is not only a timber plantation management company we are also a producer and exporter of sustainable tropical timber products, thus we know the true value and costs involved in the production of lumber products. We own and manage a private 175 acre plantation near San Juan del Sur, Rivas which we have planted with fast growing trees like teak, mahogany, pochote, spanish cedar and african mahogany which all produce high value lumber products with high demand on the international market. We own and operate a sawmill on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua exporting multiple native species to different buyers in the Caribbean, United States, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Europe, Asia and India. MSSA intimately knows the process of producing lumber from extraction, milling, transport, export and sales. MSSA has solid relations with the government regulation branch INAFOR which recognizes us as one of the export mills who also plant and manage hardwood plantations.
Aram Terry
General Manager. Aram Terry is a graduate of Boston University School of Management. Mr. Terry was assigned to Nicaragua as a Peace Corps volunteer in 2002. He spent two years working in natural resource management in northern Nicaragua. Before his association with Maderas Sostenibles, Mr. Terry was involved in real estate sales and development throughout Nicaragua. Mr. Terry is a citizen of the United States and a permanent resident of Nicaragua. Aram directs all company operations and sales.
Nathan Terry
Administrative Director and CFO. Nathan Terry is a graduate of the University of Colorado. Before graduation from CU Mr. Terry studied at the University of Otego in New Zealand. Post graduation he traveled throughout Europe, Australia, and South America. Mr. Terry was assigned to Paraguay as a Peace Corps volunteer in 2005. He spent two years working in small community development in rural Paraguay on projects including drinking water, personal health care, and educational opportunity. Mr. Terry is a citizen of the United States and resides in Nicaragua. Nathan is the company's chief financial officer and supervises all administrative functions.
Noel Lopez
Head of Planting Operations. Noel is from Pueblo Nuevo, Rivas the same area where Maderas Sostenibles has its private plantations. His parents owned a farm in the area and he has spent his life working in agriculture. Noel, now 54, has been working in plantation forestry specializing in teak and other fast growing trees for the last ten years, as well as managing a sustainable farm that produces herbal essences for perfumes in France.
