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Acorn International LLC

1740 Massachusetts Avenue

Boxborough, MA 01719

+1978-263-4334(o)

www.acornintl.net

NEWS RELEASE

January 18, 2008

Acorn International is pleased to announce the addition of Atma Khalsa as a full-time consultant in our Boston office. Atma is a former intern with Acorn, and is a graduate of the innovative McGill University–UNEP joint International Environmental Assessment Masters degree program, where he graduated at the top of his class. Atma’s experience includes performing environmental and social impact assessment for major development programs in Central America and Asia. He has had a key role in developing and strengthening Acorn International’s partnerships with in-country experts in 35 countries worldwide.

Atma will be based in Acorn’s Boston area office at the Boxborough Executive Center, 1740 Massachusetts Avenue, Boxborough, MA 01719. The Center provides us a full range of office facilities and equipment as well as a dedicated administrative support staff.

Acorn International now offers our clients the experience and capabilities of:

· Dean Slocum - Boston

· Heather Boyd - Houston

· John Black, PG - Houston

· Atma Khalsa - Boston

· Administrative Support Staff, and

· Partners in 30 countries worldwide

For more information on our capabilities, including staff resumes, please visit www.acornintl.net.

Acorn International, LLC is a professional consulting services company dedicated to delivering world-class, affordable EHSS assurance and straight-forward results for overseas development projects. The company operates not through a traditional consulting services model but by providing structured tools and guidance to qualified host-country teams, maintaining a link with international clients and building capacity in the host-country team. Acorn delivers:

1. Established teams of local country experts partnered with and directed by an expert in assuring world-class EHSS assessment and management performance standards are met

2. Advice to international industry needing to build world-class EHSS programs

3. Recruitment and oversight/management of partners and service providers (EHSS and other) overseas

Working with Acorn allows international industries to better manage the increasingly delicate balance between meeting corporate requirements for reliable, simplified service while satisfying host-country demands for maximum local content.