
SOLUTIONS
Forest landscape restoration could generate $7–$30 in economic benefits for every dollar invested. Yet, many investors are capturing less than 1 percent of the value.
We mobilize intelligent conservation capital, enabling investors to optimize the value of their portfolio, while reducing climate risks, through three main solutions.
Nature’s growth is nonlinear,
which means that the net value of
1 million trees is greater than the value of
1 tree x 1 million dispersed.
WHY INVEST IN FOREST LANDSCAPE RESTORATION
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Sustainable and responsible forestry meets ESG investment criteria and has a strong track record of performance.
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Renewable asset, with a low risk to return ratio.
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Traditional risks can be avoided through professional forest management.
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Asset maturation (i.e. tree growth) follows biological, cycles, regardless of the economy.
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Potential to generate multiple income streams such as timber, non-timber forest products, carbon credits, and recreational activities.
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Uncorrelated to stock markets and to more commonly held assets; helps with portfolio diversification.
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Growing demand for wood in construction suggests that timber prices will continue to rise.
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Forests sequester carbon during their lifecycle, and post-harvest in the soil, stumps, and wood products.
USE CASES
& Examples
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Natural disasters led to $103bn in economic losses globally in 2019. An insurance company with flood risk exposure can co-benefit by averting damages at a 1:15 cost benefit ratio through strategically investing in green infrastructure, such as mangroves.
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For public investors, every hectare of mangrove creates around $1,000 in recreation and tourism annually, $5,800 of value in water and air purification, $3,600 in coastal protection, and hundreds of dollars each year from carbon sequestration, fishing, and forestry.
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The UK National Health Service estimates that green spaces could save them £2.1 billion in health care costs.
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California’s 9 million trees boosted property values by $839 million.