Research and Markets: Sustainable Forestry Funds: featuring comprehensive analysis of over 40 funds available to investors
March 15 2012 - 2:00PM
Business Wire
Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/20ba0b/sustainable_forest)
has announced the addition of the "Sustainable Forestry Funds"
directory to their offering.
Available in hard copy, or as a fully-searchable CD-ROM, this
timely directory lists more than 40 funds available to
institutional investors wishing to gain exposure to the
fast-growing market in sustainable forestry assets.
Contents
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 investors and timberland
owners
PLUS...
- An in-depth analysis of the changing shape of forestry as an
asset class - including new sources of demand; the rise of Asia and
decline of the US; rationalisation of plantation ownership; and
growing importance of ecosystem services.
- Why institutional investors should consider including forestry
in their portfolios
- An explanation of the proposed market in carbon credits from
projects that reduce emissions from deforestation and forest
degradation (REDD) and its likely impact on timberland owners and
investors
- Analysis of which funds are planning for non-timber
revenues
- Data on planned and suspended funds
- Glossary of terms
An indispensable text for:
- Owners of timberland or other forestry assets
- Investors in forestry
- Host country authorities
- Developers of carbon and ecosystem services projects
- Pulp & paper and bioenergy companies
- Consultants
- Verification agencies
- Project financiers
- Lawyers
For more information visit
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/20ba0b/sustainable_forest