The price of Brazilian Eucalyptus has risen 25 per cent in the past year, bringing it nearly level with the global average hardwood fibre price index. [more]

People are increasingly turning to timber investment funds as means of mitigating the effect of both inheritance tax (IHT) and capital gains tax (CGT). [more]

Confidence in timber as a long-term investment has been heightened, after officials in the US state of Oregon commissioned the first new state forest in more than 60 years. [more]

Timber funds are increasingly targeting assets in countries like China and Brazil to build up significant market-specific portfolios. [more]

The wisdom of timber investments has received a glowing endorsement from one of the UK's most influential finance editors. [more]

The global shift towards a more carbon-conscious society is only set to benefit the forestry and timber investment trades, a leading Scottish politician has said. [more]

A series of rationalisation moves by Scotland's Forestry Commission (FC) has opened up unrivalled opportunity for people looking to access large-scale commercial timber investments. [more]

Following news that Norway has pledged $1 billion to tackle deforestation in Indonesia, it has been announced that developed nations pledged in excess of $4 billion at a deforestation conference in Oslo on Thursday to help poorer nations curb deforestation and tackle global warming. [more]

Norway and Indonesia signed a letter of intent yesterday, where Norway will award $1 billion to Indonesia to help it protect against deforestation. [more]

May has been a difficult month for lumber prices in North America, with values dipping to the point that gains made earlier this year were effectively cancelled out. However, it is not all bad news as the stocks of leading players are holding up well. [more]