Our Market Perspective

Global markets for traditional forest products are expanding with population growth and the emerging needs and increased sophistication of the developing world. In addition to the challenges of climate change, the need to develop alternatives to fossil fuel sources and the growing recognition that the sustainability of the world’s natural systems is both an environmental and economic imperative have shifted attention to the issue of global forest management. These market forces are producing political, societal and investment momentum that collectively represent an excellent investment opportunity.

At Forest Systems, our focus is initiating and managing forest investment projects around the world that are focused on capitalizing on demand in traditional forest products markets, like lumber, panels, pulp, paper and packaging; the burgeoning market for carbon credits; the emerging market for forest-based bio-fuel feedstocks; and markets that facilitate monetization of forest based environmental capital through the sale of sustainable harvesting and conservation easements; recreational leases and mitigation banking credits associated with soil quality enhancement, ecosystem diversity and wildlife habitat protection.