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During a break at a recent workshop, a participant asked me, “Do we really need to manage forests to make money? Is it worth the extra effort instead of just letting trees grow back on their own?” Short answer: Yes more…
One challenge of investing in a forest is determining when it reaches financial maturity. This is when the owner’s cost of keeping an asset exceeds expected returns. Timber complicates this thinking because a tree is both the “product” and the more…
This post summarizes research published in the Q1 2016 Forisk Research Quarterly (FRQ) Publication tracking investment activity and capacity reductions in the U.S. pulp/paper sector. Recent mill upgrades and closures mirror Forisk production forecasts; the pulp and paper sector is more…
One scene in the Oscar-nominated movie The Revenant, features a group of trappers being pursued by a hostile party while trying to carry their injured colleague (Leonardo DiCaprio in an Oscar-winning role as a bear’s chew toy). The leader of more…