The world’s largest paper and packaging firm, International Paper, is doing its bit for sustainable forestry.
It has announced the relaunch of its Copier Grade paper product in the coming few weeks, which will be accredited by the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC). The FSC certifies forests and forestry product firms if they adhere to a wide [...]
Global Forestry Capital has announced the expansion of its Global Forestry Growth Fund to allow even more people to invest in its specialized investment fund.
The fund will now be available to investors throughout Europe, South America and the UK. It intends to provide returns of 8-10 per cent on an annual basis, which is an [...]
A report on the Phaunos Timber Fund in UK-based newspaper The Times has got us all talking. Analyst David Budworth can see both pros and cons for the timber fund, claiming forestry investment represents a good bet over the long term.
Examining the timber fund, Mr Budworth explains that the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) listed fund [...]
Recent trends indicate that there have been significant growths in Canadian forestry from Chinese investors.
After several miserable years of mill closures and redundancies totalling up to 1,000in a single month, Canada is now looking forward to a brighter future for its forestry industry.
The major surge in the desire for Canadian timber from China has [...]
Brazil has more than 100 years of Eucalyptus biomass fuel experience, but the Dow Chemical Company will be the first Brazilian company in the chemical and petrochemical industry to utilise it.
The Dow Chemical Company has signed an 18-year supply agreement with Energias Renováveis do Brasil (ERB), where they will invest, install and operate a 13-megawatt [...]
In the past, agriculture was used exclusively to produce food, but now we are turning to crops as a source for energy use. Nowadays everyone is familiar with the argument s relating to the environment and how the energy we use directly affects are surroundings. People are conscious of the effects of greenhouse gas emissions [...]
Timber has been a popular asset amongst investors for many years. Due to their long-term nature of asset class and the amount of positive attributes they offer.
One of the main benefits is the attractive high interest rate returns over a long period. If one observes timberland activity over the past twenty years, timber has performed [...]
On Monday the American forestry investment firm Timberland Investment Resources (TIR) has launched a European timber hedge fund to provide European investors access to asset strategies.
TIR will offer European high-net-worth investors access to the increasingly popular timber asset investments. The new London based subsidiary is still waiting for approval from the Financial Services Authority.
The [...]
Last week the first forestry investment was issued credits and in return, voluntary carbon market players could increase demand for carbon credits from the forestry sector.
Forestry credits have been eagerly anticipated within the market sector for a long period of time, so this will be a welcomed piece of news
The voluntary carbon market has [...]
Ok so this isn’t strictly related to forestry but let’s face it, this is interesting!
The ongoing saga of the new Amazon dam has finally come to an end with President Luiz Lula da Silva signing the contract for the Belo Monte dam with the Norte Energia consortium.
The 11,000 MW dam will become the world’s third [...]
I was researching alternative assets classes that not only could perform as well as the stock market but also provide good diversification opportunities as well as passive income possibility. One asset class which seems a little overlooked is timber. According to several sources, investing in timber has beaten the stock market by 4 percentage points [...]
There has been a lot of praise recently for tree planting projects and while that is good news, after all the more trees planted the better, right? Well not quite because how does the uninformed general populace know that these schemes really deliver the level of cuts they are praised for?
The answer (at least in [...]
If the climate change summit in Copenhagen was characterized by over optimism followed by bitter disappointment the Cancun summit looks set to be characterized by a cart load of over pessimism. In the face of this apathy you’ve got to admire the attempts by Mexico to ‘rescue’ the climate change negotiations ahead of this year’s [...]
Like a lot of my peers I am very eco-minded and conscientious about the environment. Also unlike my peers I know that money can grow on trees if you know where to invest.
At the moment there are several options for ‘green investments’, whose purposes are to make profits from supporting green projects while also supporting [...]
In the past this blog has looked at the benefits to forestry investing but has been negligent in talking about the risks associated with forestry. I aim to correct that, but first it is worth noting why forestry investments have become so popular.
In recent years the number of investors acquiring timberland solely for investment purposes [...]
Timber is one of the most stable investments in the world. It is a precious commodity and is able to yield high returns, even in a down economy. Timber products are at an advantage, they will always be in demand, from tissue paper to wood chips for fuel, as more and more countries develop their [...]
Turning income into capital without taxation in this world is like trying to spin straw into gold, impossible unless you know Rumpelstiltskin.
Well as it turns out he and I are on quite friendly terms and it was he who introduced me to forestry investments.
Most governments are eager to support any activities that they regard as [...]
Forestry investors in eucalyptus plantations could be excused for feeling a little light-headed, if they have spotted the news from Brazil.
http://www.cop15brasil.gov.br/en-US/?page=noticias/green-steel-for-the-brazilian-steel-industry
The text below is from the Brazilian federal government’s website on December 4th 2009.
“Green steel for the Brazilian steel industry”
“Considered as an environmental villain, the steel industry may become an ally of the Federal Government [...]
News relating to forestry and timber investments:
Lurio Green resources, a Norwegian company has plans to invest over 2 billion $US in Eucalyptus plantations in Mozambique, Africa. The government in Mozambique has just approved the eucalyptus project. The forestry species will be specifically grown and harvested for industrial purposes across the northern province of Nampula.
Luis Covane, [...]
Forestry investment projects worldwide could be the benficiary of a new plan unveiled by George Soros, the billionaire financier.
Mr Soros has submitted a proposal this week to give poorer nations up to $100bn, using the International Monetary Fund’s reserves to deal with the threat of climate control . Speaking at the Climate Control summit in [...]
