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Learning, Sharing, and Teaching => Investor Alley => Topic started by: maki on January 14, 2015, 04:00:18 PM

Title: investing in tree farms + carbon credits
Post by: maki on January 14, 2015, 04:00:18 PM

Is anyone here doing any investing in tree farms?

I know there are some in Central America for tropical hardwood, but I have an opportunity to contribute to something like this where I live. I'm somewhat conservation-minded, so the investment would serve multiple purposes to me (rather than to just solely generate income).

I think I'd also be able to sell my carbon credits. Does anyone here have any experience in that, too (pricing/buyers/etc.)?

Title: Re: investing in tree farms + carbon credits
Post by: iamlindoro on January 14, 2015, 04:10:04 PM

I'm not doing anything like this, but what do the actual numbers look like?  Specifically, what % return are people getting on such an investment?  Knowing nothing about it, it's hard to expect that it would be a better investment than an index fund.

Title: Re: investing in tree farms + carbon credits
Post by: Davin on January 14, 2015, 04:28:09 PM

I don't know much about it, but I am interested. I am studying for my forestry license currently and see great potential for this in the not too distant future. I also asked a question last month about fossil fuel divestment and got bupkis. I am mostly posting to make following this thread easy.

Title: Re: investing in tree farms + carbon credits
Post by: forestbound on January 14, 2015, 06:05:19 PM

I've always wanted to. Do something like this as well. Posting to follow. I hope you get some good advice.

Title: Re: investing in tree farms + carbon credits
Post by: Walker on January 20, 2015, 11:36:49 PM

The Australian experience has been that all that you can harvest from these investments Sare tax losses