Global Tree Farm and Managed Forest Industry Study

Tree farms (plantations) are increasingly being viewed as the key wood supply resource of the future. Not surprisingly, an increasing number of players in the timber industry are looking at developing tree farms, often in new regions and with relatively unproven species. But this type of investment can require a different kind of analysis, incorporating political and economic factors as well as direct costs and biological growth rates.

RISI's Global Tree Farm and Managed Forest Industry study can answer the following pertinent questions to help organizations to make these important investment decisions:

• Why is investment money being allocated to different regions?
• Which regions are most attractive for timberland investment?
• What are the expected growing costs and returns for the most important plantation species in different countries?
• Where will future wood supplies likely be sourced, and at what cost?

This report provides data on growing and harvesting costs, as well as expected yields for planted forests in many countries on a comparable basis. In addition, the report provides an overview of native forest and plantation forest resources in each country, including data on planting and timber harvest trends. Major forest owners in each country are identified. The report also rates each country on its attractiveness for investment in planted forests based on a series of economic, financial, political and biological criteria. By combining country attractiveness with expected financial returns from planted forest investments, the report will help readers to identify those countries with the best long-term potential for forest plantation investment and industry development.

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