Archive for September, 2011

Timber fund reviewed by The Times

Friday, September 23rd, 2011

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 [...]

Investment is the key to cutting deforestation, according to a report published by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) that has – not surprisingly – attracted much praise from the forestry industry
The report, published in early September, argues that through an investment totalling just 0.034 per cent of global GDP, the world’s forestry sector could [...]