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The proposed IFC investment is a US$15 million senior loan to Reforestadora del Sinu S.A. Sucursal Colombia (Sinu or the Company) to establish about 5,700 ha of eucalyptus plantations and the investments required to cultivate the trees to maturity in the Antioquia and Cordoba Provinces of Colombia (the Project). The Company is managed by Orion Capital Services Ltda., a specialized forest management company formed by several Chilean professionals with many years of experience in forest products sectors. This will be IFC's first investment in the Company, although IFC has had previous investments in agribusiness, paper and packaging in Colombia. In its first five years of planting, Sinu established roughly 4,800 ha plantations and conservation areas clustered in a region of sparsely populated and degraded pasturelands. Orion has experience in structuring and managing forestry businesses and brings experience to establishing commercial forest operations and infrastructure in an area of Colombia that has experienced significant conflict and very limited investment during recent history. Sinu will operate the plantations in conformity with the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Principles and Criteria and is committed to meeting IFC's Performance Standards.