About

Across Nature AS is a prolongation of the initiative taken by the founders to establish the Nicaforest High Impact Reforestation Program in Nicaragua in 2010. The sister company, Across Forest AS was established at the same time to organize ownership and management of the program together with the team in Nicaragua. As an experienced project developer, we understand the challenges in establishing and managing carbon capture projects with strong environmental and social co-benefits as well as all hurdles in the certification processes.

Across Nature AS is engaging in various fields of solutions as a project developer and as a seller of certified carbon credits to the voluntary carbon market.

Key personnel

Chairman of Across Forest AS. International investor and business advisor. Steinar has 14 years of experience in the Scandinavian financing industry.

Steinar Nordengen

CHAIRMAN OF ACROSS FOREST AND CO-OWNER
/ ACROSS NATURE

email:
steinar.nordengen@across.no

Graduated in Business Administration from Universidad Católica Boliviana – San Pablo in Bolivia. Alejandro has been working actively for the last 14 years in accounting and finance since he moved to Norway in 2006, and before that in his home country which has given more than 20 years of experience in finance and management control for companies in fisheries, production, and the construction sector, as well as voluntary organizations and public enterprises for social development.

Alejandro Mendez Monroy

FINANCIAL MANAGER / CFO
/ ACROSS NATURE

email:
amm@across.no

Long term experience from working with Across Nature AS, Across Forest AS, Nicaforest Plantations, and Nicaforest Wood Company.

Nicholas Sundet

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT
/ACROSS NATURE

email:
ns@across.no

Collaboration partner with an expertise in communication of sustainable development.

Marte Alstad Hansen

SUSTAINABILITY AND COMMUNICATION ADVISOR
/ AWAKE

email:
marte@awakeoslo.no

CEO and founder of Across Forest AS. Vice President of Nicaforest Plantations S.a, Master of Business Administration from Henley Management College, United Kingdom. Øyvind Berg is an experienced project manager from various business development projects in Central America, FYR Serbia, Russia, and Latvia, as well as projects and managerial positions in a wide range of industries and companies in Scandinavia. He has worked for many years with the wood processing industry (particle boards, furniture, and other value-added products). Furthermore, he has worked as a business development consultant in various wood processing companies and in the food processing industry, melt working industry, transportation industry, tourism, and rental industry.

Øyvind Berg

CEO AND
CO-OWNER
/ ACROSS NATURE

email: ob@across.no
phone: +47 91335558

Founder and President of Nicaforest Plantations S.a, also is the Landscape & Climate Specialist in Solidaridad Network Mesoamerica. His background comprises the deployment of sustainable agriculture programs, sustainable land management, landscape restoration, payment for ecosystem services, and mobilization of different sources of funding. He has worked with the United Nations Development Program, Swiss Development Cooperation, CATIE in Costa Rica, Christian Aid, and UNOPS among other international organizations. He holds a Ph.D. from Cornell University (Ithaca, NY). Hobbies: beekeeping, organic coffee production, and cycling.

Dr. Carlos J. Perez

PRESIDENT AND
CO-OWNER
/ NICAFOREST

email: cjperez60@gmail.com
phone: +505 85903642

Graduated in agriculture and natural resource management from EARTH University in Costa Rica and holds an MBA from Formato Educativo Business School/Cadiz University, Spain. He has managed the operational activities of the project since the start in 2010. He has experience from several agroforestry projects in Nicaragua and has developed land selection models for forestry plantations, especially based on teak and cocoa, using modern technology and applying scientific criteria. Furthermore, he has considerable experience assessing farms and implementing the principles of FSC and Gold Standard in the management of the company.

Jimmy H. Robles

OPERATIONAL MANAGER AND CO-OWNER ING.
/NICAFOREST

email: jhr@nicaforest.com
phone: +505 88652596

Collaboration partners

Across Nature collaborate with multiple partners that engage in fighting climate change. From companies engaged in various climate mitigation projects, sustainability professionals, research institutions, forestry experts as well as manufacturing companies contributing to a sustainable value chain around forestry.