The Center for Forest Business chaired a conference in Georgia last week called, ‘The Timberland Asset: Stable Investments for Turbulent Times’, to discuss the impact of the international economic crisis upon timberland as an asset class. [more]

A new fund that allows people to invest in UK forestry, is being launched by Stellar Asset Management. [more]

Denmark’s largest pension scheme, ATP, has revealed that it will invest EUR402 million in forestry projects, starting with a purchase of woodland in New York State. [more]

Energy giant, Shell, has announced it is to concentrate much of its future investment in developing next generation biofuels. [more]

Japanese paper firm, Oji Paper Co, has announced it is to invest $40 million in planting eucalyptus trees in Tanzania for use in pulp production. [more]

Pulp and paper industry magazine, WRQ, has revealed that Europeans are increasingly investing in Uruguay due to its stable political environment, solid business climate and good timber growing conditions. [more]

The US government has revealed it will grant two universities in Michigan US$ 1.4 million to continue to research how forestry can be used in the manufacture of biofuels. [more]

A new United Nations report is urging countries to invest in ‘sustainable forest management’ in order to create up ten million new ‘green’ jobs, which will help to reduce unemployment numbers across the world. [more]

The first wood trade show to be held in India’s capital, New Delhi, has been reported as a big success by those involved and the firms who exhibited, with large numbers of exhibitors and attendees from all over the world. [more]

The World Bank has announced it is to lend Brazil US$1.3 billion towards the cost of developing and implementing a series of sustainable growth measures that will help the economy without harming the country’s biodiversity. [more]