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Issue date:

29 January 2010

Fink's green fund hires for agriculture investment

Earth Capital Partners, the green alternatives fund manager founded by Stanley Fink, has hired three executives to focus on sustainable

Issue date:

Thu, 28/01/2010 - 14:06

Earth Capital Partners hires sustainable agriculture and forestry team

Earth Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on renewable energy, has hired a sustainable agriculture and forestry investment team from IBIS Capital Management and EMP Global.

Issue date:

Thursday, January 21, 2010

The national US forest harvest

Over the past 20 years there have been many changes impacting the output of our nation's timberland but none have impacted it as much as the management of our National Forests. First, let’s talk big numbers and try to put the whole thing into perspective.

Disney Invests in Forestry

The Walt Disney Company intends to invest US$7 million in forest conservation projects in the U.S.A, the Amazon and the Congo Basin in an effort to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

Is Timber an Overhyped Investment?

U.S. TIMBERLAND MAY BE ONE OF THE WORLD'S most overvalued asset classes.

Timberland transactions in the US 2009

Major timberland transactions have slowed considerably but some continue to close. I wrote an article for Forest Landowners Magazine (THE TREND IN TIMBERLAND PRICES) that was supposed to be published in October but the publishing date was postponed until late November so I thought I would do a little update on transactions to date for this year. From the list below, you can see that there are quite a few transactions but relatively few large ones.

Study shows trees have impact on Georgia’s economy

As Americans mark National Forest Products Week from Oct. 18-24, a new report shows Georgia’s forest products industry has a significant impact on the state’s economy.

Forestry returns outperform the rest over three years

London, 24th June 2009: Investment in forestry outperformed domestic commercial property and equities last year, producing a positive annual total return of 7.0%, eclipsed only by bonds, according to the IPD UK Forestry Index.By comparison, UK commercial property delivered -22.1¹%; UK equities returned -29.9²%, while listed property companies and trusts were the most vulnerable to the global market downturn, returning -46.6³% over 2008. Bonds, however, gained 15⁴%.

Timberland Valuation and the global economic crises

The issue in today’s post concerns why the transaction price of timberland has shown little or no decline in value but the stock price of the publicly traded companies that own timberland has declined dramatically. I will also look at what I think is happening in the timberland market today and how I see the market for timberland investment. But first, let’s set the stage.

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Fink's green fund hires for agriculture investment

Earth Capital Partners hires sustainable agriculture and forestry team

The national US forest harvest

Disney Invests in Forestry

Is Timber an Overhyped Investment?

Timberland transactions in the US 2009

Study shows trees have impact on Georgia’s economy

Forestry returns outperform the rest over three years

Timberland Valuation and the global economic crises

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Fink's green fund hires for agriculture investment

Earth Capital Partners hires sustainable agriculture and forestry team

The national US forest harvest

Disney Invests in Forestry

Is Timber an Overhyped Investment?

Timberland transactions in the US 2009

Study shows trees have impact on Georgia’s economy

Forestry returns outperform the rest over three years

Timberland Valuation and the global economic crises

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