Ray Smith Appointed Chief Operating Officer of ECO2 Forests Inc.

SACRAMENTO, CA, Oct 08 (MARKET WIRE) --
ECO2 Forests Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ECOF), an international sustainable
forestry company focused on reforestation and carbon sequestration
projects, has appointed Ray Smith as Chief Operating Officer.

Ray Smith, as Chief Operating Officer, will be responsible for the
mobilization, operation and delivery of all company projects.

An experienced executive manager, Ray Smith is skilled in all areas of
senior executive leadership and management encompassing executive and
general management, sales and marketing, operations and change, contracts
and logistics, strategic planning, strategic management and
implementation, organizational development, risk management, program
management and policy design.

Prior to entering the commercial sector, Ray Smith had a long and
distinguished career as a senior military officer in the Australian Army.
Employed in demanding positions of responsibility, primarily commanding
large combat organizations, Ray Smith's roles included Department Head of
the Development Branch in an organization of 50,000 personnel; raising,
training and first Commanding Officer of 4RAR (Commando), an 800 man
special forces combat unit; and, Head of the Australia Malaysia Joint
Development Program, a multifaceted Program of capability development
projects.

In the private sector Ray Smith has held CEO and General Manager positions
in the defense, government, transport, consulting, education, service,
marketing, engineering, telecommunications, leisure, warehousing and
distribution sectors.

"ECO2 Forests Inc. is a company with ambitious, but achievable goals in
what is a very new industry. We are building a strong team focused on
realizing these goals and I believe it will be an exciting journey," Ray
Smith said today.

"The company's Global Forestry Plan vision is unique. The environmental
and economic outcomes are treated equally, which give our projects a great
synergy as we move forward. There is no doubt that organizations globally
will need to create a positive environmental impact as ECO2 Forests has
already done. Through this impact our business model allows us to generate
an equally positive economic impact and deliver shareholder value."

"The unique combination of carbon credit sales throughout the forestry
life cycle and the significant lumber sales achieved through our seven
year sustainable harvest cycles is central in the structure of our
business model. My focus is to ensure we deliver on these projects in
accordance with our Global Forestry Plan."

A proven and accomplished leader, Ray Smith has a reputation for
delivering results and is well practiced in developing diverse
organizations into cohesive entities and has successfully led the
start-up, mobilization and expansion of several large public and private
organizations.

Ray's reputation for competence and integrity and his experience are
supported by degrees in business, management, international relations and
project management.

About ECO2 Forests Inc.

ECO2 Forest Inc. (PINKSHEETS: ECOF) is an international sustainable
forestry company focused on reforestation projects under our Global
Forestry Plan for a positive environmental and economic impact through
large scale bio-sequestration of carbon dioxide greenhouse gases and the
growth and sale of sustainable timber to global markets.

Our unique Intellectual Property vested in Kiri Tree reforestation
positions the company well to take advantage of the emerging demand for
renewable forests and the escalating carbon credit market.

Headquartered in Sacramento, California, the company has adopted an 'E4
Philosophy' to ensure that positive Environmental, Economic, Employment
and Educational outcomes are achieved in all of its reforestation
projects.

For more information please visit www.eco2forests.com.

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For all media enquiries please contact:

United States
Amber Macalam
ECO2 Forests Inc.
P) (916) 979-1000
E) Email Contact
W) www.eco2forests.com

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