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CLT could help boost returns for plantation investors
Construction firms in the UK are quickly realising the potential benefits of one of the latest ways to use sustainable wood – cross-laminated timber (CLT). CLT is manufactured from boards of quick-growing timber species, which are then stacked on a … Continue reading
Invest NOW in BRAZIL!
On June 8th Brazil announced that its first quarter GDP for 2010 had grown by 9%. This was greater than the 4.5% which most analysts expected. This is more growth than the country has seen in over two decades! Unlike … Continue reading
Sam Zell: On Brazil
Last week billionaire businessman Sam Zell told CNBC that Brazil is booming and brimming with business opportunities, like the ‘US in the 1950s’. If Brazil continues doing as well as it has already then Zell predicts that the ‘fiscally conservative’ … Continue reading
Josh Spoores: On Brazilian Steel
Josh Spoores is a Research Manager for Majestic Steel based in the US and has closely watched the steel market for them for the last five years and recently launched the Spoores Report, a newsletter that monitors industry trends. Speaking … Continue reading
Conservation Vs Deforestation
When it comes to illegal logging in Brazil a tightening of the laws and increased vigilance has led to a significant drop in deforestation rates across the whole of the Amazonian region. For decades illegal logging operations have thrived in … Continue reading
Jeremy Grantham: On Forestry
I was browsing the internet the other day, when I came across an article where Jeremy Grantham (co-founder and chief investment strategist at GMO, based in Boston) called timber ‘a perfect investment’. “Timber is safer than stocks but not quite … Continue reading
Halfway to Cancun
Halfway through 2010 and Copenhagen seems a lifetime away, while Cancun is only around the corner. Despite popular media claims Copenhagen wasn’t such a total disaster as it is now portrayed. The credit for this must go to the BASIC … Continue reading
Timber Prices Rise in New Zealand
Due to a severe supply shortage and booming international demand for New Zealand pine, the cost of building timber will rise by up to 10% from next month. In its latest newsletter the Timber Industry Federation says that shortages are … Continue reading
Chavez meets Lula
Last week Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Brasilia to meet his Brazilian counterpart President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Lula and Chavez met ahead of the summit of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), which is to take … Continue reading
Lula Champions Biofuel
Efforts to industrialise the Amazon region with initiatives such as the cultivation of palm oil for biofuel production and the planting of forestry plantations on degraded land have the added benefit of being championed by none other than the Brazilian … Continue reading
