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The International Woodland Company A/S
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Amalievej 20
DK-1875 Frederiksberg C
DENMARK

Phone +45 3324 4266
Fax +45 3324 0242
iwc@iwc.dk

Investing in Forest

Forest Investing Today

Given its importance to several major economic sectors - such as real estate, paper and packaging - investors have found forestland an attractive investment opportunity that offers consistent value growth and valuable portfolio diversification. Institutional investors currently own forestland with an estimated value of 40 billion USD, the vast majority of which is in the United States. According to IWC analyses, this represents a relatively small portion of the 870 million hectares of investable and leasable forestland worldwide, valued at nearly 480 billion USD.

History

Since the mid 1980s, investment in forest has grown increasingly attractive to public and private pension funds, foundations, endowments, family trusts and high net worth individuals looking for portfolio diversification and investments with competitive return/risk characteristics.

Future

Forest investments, still considerably under-developed, will continue to develop as new markets are created and more investors enter the asset class. Through the application of our vast experience and knowledge, as well as our unique international approach, IWC is leading the way to the next generation of forest investment.