FI seeks to offer investors a round up of investment opportunities and related commentary to enable comparisons and better informed appraisal and decision-making. FI focuses principally (but not exclusively) on unregulated direct ownership of forestry investments targeted to UK retail investors.
A directory listing more than 40 funds available to institutional investors wishing to gain exposure to the fast-growing market in sustainable forestry assets. Published by Environmental Finance. At-a-glance summaries of each fund, including: Investment objectives Size and investment timescales Project eligibility criteria Diversification criteria: by geography, age, species etc Contact details Other key data for potential [...]
Continue →Select-Global (operated by agent 360 Property Invest) is marketing teak-based investments in addition to carbon credits and other “alternative” investments. The website is registered to Christian Dalera, based in Marbella, Spain. The site does give a London based address. There are a number of web references of concern that investors should check before proceeding (see Hardwood Investments with [...]
Continue →Pachamama Forest (www.pachamamaforest.com) is a private company with offices in London and Bogotá. The company is managing land-based projects that help to improve the environment by sequestering carbon, conserving biodiversity and protecting water resources whilst producing sustainable forest products. The company had been contemplating a UK retail offering in late 2010 but has since been [...]
Continue →The Swedish forestry management company Forwood AB, has just announced a rights issue. This follows a recent restructuring in 2010 of the company assets granting retail ‘teakunit’ holders the option to transfer their ownership into common shares.
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