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The costs associated with citing and building wood bioenergy projects can exceed those to build and operate natural gas or coal plants (in terms of dollars per unit of electricity output). As such, factors determining the success and failure of more…
Recent rosiness reported in US housing markets triggered interest and trading in public timber REITs. Year-to-date, timber REITs and the Forisk Timber REIT (FTR) Index show positive performance (Table 1). However, the results vary by firm and sit below 2012 more…
From the desk of Amanda Lang, who attended and spoke at the Forest Landowner’s Association National Conference last week in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida. “Forest certification” generated lots of questions from those attending the 2012 Forest Landowner’s Association national meeting. more…
This is the second in a two-part series related to the analysis of wood baskets and timber markets for investments in forest industry mills, wood-using bioenergy projects and timberland. Part I of Wood Market Realities (Stumpage Price Paranoia) addressed real more…