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Forestry investments are now squarely in the focus of British investors hoping to drag the performance of their SIPP pensions up to par, with structured products now available on the market that are not only SIPP compliant investments, but are also structured with enough security to provide guaranteed returns north of 16% per annum.

Off shore forestry investments can also be a great way to plan efficiently for provision of inheritance tax and mitigate a likely large tax bill winging it’s way towards beneficiaries.

David Garner – Managing Partner at David Garner Consulting said “We have been investigated and researching forestry and agricultural investments for three years and we are now seeing the emergence of regulated structures to allow retail investors exposure to an asset class that has previously been the playground of the large scale institutional investor”.

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“Harvard University has invested 12% of its total endowment funds into forestry and the Danish Teachers pension scheme has invested £243 million into forestry, it not hard to see where the “clever” money is going. He added.

Forestry as an asset class has outperformed global equity markets consistently for the last twenty years, and with resource avilability dropping with global deforestation and increases in demand for timber worldwide, we see forestry as a stable investment that ticks our boxes for long term consistency in returns.

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British Columbia’s government has pledged to increase its forestry investment by an extra 17 per cent in order to enable the region to promote its products to the Chinese market.

The money spent in the 2009/10 fiscal year on marketing in China will be $13 million, up from $8.6 million this year.

British Columbia’s forests minister, Pat Bell, stated: “This increased funding allows us to pursue some tremendous near-term commercial opportunities – like roof trusses, in-fill walls and partition walls – as we continue to develop longer-term prospects like multi-storey wood-frame construction.”

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The extra investment comes on the heels of an increase in sales of softwood lumber from the region to China so far this year, reaching record highs of 860 million board feet.

Traditionally the British Columbia forestry industry has heavily relied on the US market, but has recently diversified by focusing on marketing products to China. This move helped the region to cope with the loss of business through the housing slump in the US.

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China is now the top offshore market for the British Columbian forestry industry in terms of volume.

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Good Forestry Investments

By David Garner – Managing Partner, David Garner Consulting

Forestry investments are forestry investment right? well no actually. As it happens there are many different variables to take into account when sizing up a potential forestry investment, as there are with anyproperty investment, stock investment or any other type of investment for that matter.

Firstly you can opt for on-shore or off-shore, and for the most part off-shore forestry investments make for a more profitable investment at present. UK Forestry returns have dipped to 7% for 2008, whilst global returns for forestry investment have hovered around 15%.

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There are also many different types of timber to choose from, Teak and Argawood in North America, Paulowina in Central America, the choices are reltively endless and in my opinion one should choose a timber product that has a relatively quick yield. I choose to invest in Panama with a yield every 5 years, so I know i’m going to see a timely return on my invested capital.

The next decision is the structure of the investment vehicle and personally I am relatively allergic to risk, so the project I chose to add to my portfolio had already negotiated the future sale of my timber for a fixed price for the next twenty years ao not only do I know I have a buyer, but based on the size of the plot and number of trees I have, I also know roughly what income I will recieve. The sale contract is bank bonded and all harvesting and transportation costs have been lodged with an FSA regulated trustees in the UK.

Over the next twenty years I will average a tax efficeint return on my investment of 16% per annum and aside from natural disaster, most of the forward rsik has been eliminated. My chosen project is also SIPP compliant making the structure ideal for those investing funds from their SIPP pensions for future income.

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Forestry Investment Risks

By David Garner – Managing Partner, David Garner Consulting

Forestry as an asset class has outperformed global equities for twenty years, and growth in timber prices due to ever increasing demand and depleted raw material supply have led to Forestry performing at an average return of 15% per annum.

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The emergence of South American economies however has led to UK timber prices falling, and according to IPD (www.ipd.com), UK Forestry performed at just 7% for 2008, as supply from sustainable projects in the likes of Costa Rica and Panama offer end users better value.

Despite the overall sterling performance of Forestry investments in general there are of course risks however with the application of a fixed structure around the investment, most of these risk can be mitigated and some eliminated entirely, lets look at some of the risks involved in Forestry investment and what can be done to mitigate them.

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According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), 0.5% of all forestry is destroyed by fire, pests and disease etc. With managed forestry, the risk historically has been a lot lower at approximately 0.3%. Even so, we are happy to promise to restock any forestry that has been destroyed. The lumber at this time will be salvaged and sold on.

Fire
There have been very few forest fires in Canada and America; even so, we have special precautions in place to prevent serious damage to our forestry plantations if ever there was a fire. Plantations should be addressed with appropriate fire breaks.

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Pests & Disease
There are a few well known pests and diseases that can affect our crops especially in the early years. Different species are planted side by side to minimize the risk of these pests spreading, forest management teams should know exactly what to look out for and how to treat any problems as soon as they occur.

Flooding & Drought
Water is a vital resource in some areas that do not receive enough yearly rainfall and it is the first consideration when constructing a new forestry plantation within hotter areas. There should always be enough water being pumped into these areas to support effective growth.

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Investing Your SIPP Capital for 16% Annual Returns.

By David Garner – Managing Partner, David Garner Consulting

Huge numbers of brtish investors are looking for opportunities to invest their SIPP pension outside of the UK in a bid to outperform the frankly poor opportunities afforded to the retail investor on-shore, and remain tax efficient with their holdings.

Our Analysts are constantly reseraching global markets to identify areas of opportunity for the savvy investor to take advantage of. This year we are recommending only four strategies for investors looking to invest SIPP funds off-shore.

European Opportunity Property Funds

Structured Asset Backed Agricultural Investment Vehicles

Structured Forestry Investment Vehicles (Forestry investments have outperformed stocks for 20 years, returning an average of 15% annually for the last decade).

Asset Backed Property Syndicates with Guarantees.

With the level of in-depth identifaction research, combined with our market leadin due diligence process, we are able to offer investors various asset backed and secure, regulated and non-regulated products with fixed returns, bank guarantees and FSA backing.

For anyone interested in an init9ial consultation, please feel free to contact us at davidgarnerconsulting@gmail.com

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Forestry Investment and Investments for SIPPs.

“Increasing numbers of investors are seeking alternative investment strategies for their SIPP funds, and more are turning to structure foretry investment than ever before.” Says David Garner, Managing Partner at David Garner Consulting, a boutique alternative investment advisor based in the UK and Spain.

“Forestry as an asset class has outperformed the equity markets consistently over the last 20 years, averaging an annual return on investment north of 15% for the last decade” he added.

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With the right structure in pace, investing SIPP funds into Forestry can provide above market returns in a very low risk environment, and indeed many investors are looking to timber to reduce risk in their portfolios and reduce exposure to volatile equity markets.

The demand for timber is increasing annually, as human consumption across a huge spectrum of industries increase, and with deforestation occuring at an alarming rate, the availability of the resource is thinning, pushing up prices and putting ethical and sustainable reforestation projects at a premium.

“After much due diligence, I am recommending clients take on exposure to this asset within their exisiting portfolios, and also for virgin investors looking for a low risk alternative to stocks or equities.” Said Mr Garner.

For forther information contact David Garner at davidgarnerconsulting@gmail.com

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Forestry Investment – The European Ultra Low CO2 Steelmaking (ULCOS) project is currently in its second phase and is looking at the ways biomass may be used to help reduce emissions.

The ULCOS project has been investigating ways to lower the emissions from the steel making industry for the past two and a half years, with the help of 47 partners in 15 European countries.

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The researchers have concluded that replacing the use of fossil fuels with biomass from forestry plantations in the tropics is the best option. They are now looking at ways to make the process of turning the biomass into charcoal more environmentally friendly, while investigating the availability of forestry biomass.

The French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) is helping the project by researching the supply, production and sustainability of woody forestry-related biomass, such as wood chips, wood shavings and other forestry bi-products.

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In order to establish where is best to obtain biomass from forestry, each region being considered was rated in terms of socioeconomic and environmental constrains that may effect them between now and 2050. They concluded that the pressure on the land in certain areas in Brazil and in some countries in central Africa is low and that rainfall is high enough to sustain the specific forests needed for biomass production.

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Forestry Investment – Carbon Plus, a UK mining company, is planning to invest US$180 million in the Indonesian forestry sector, according to its Director of Forestry Production, Hadi Daryanto.

The investment is to be made in partnership with Usaha Tani Lestari. It will also involve investment from foreign firms including Korea-based Taiyoung Engreen which, together with another South Korean firm, is to invest around US$70.5 million in the project.

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Daryanto stated that the joint venture hopes to “develop about 160,000 hectares of production forests in West Nusa Tengara, East Nusa Tenggara and Papua.” The wood production will be used to feed the wood processing plant that they are planning to built at a later date in Gunucg Mas. This plant is pending government approval and will produce renewable energy from the woody biomass (wood pellets) produced at the plantation.

Daryanto says that he expects more such investments as increasing numbers of firms become involved in renewable energy production. He says, “I think with such appeals, we’ll see more and more companies involved in forest-related green industries.” He told the Jakarta Post newspaper, “demand will continue to rise and that’s why the wood pellet business is very promising.”

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Forestry Investment – An environmental expert has tipped Estonia as the up-and-coming focus for people looking to make forestry investments in emerging markets.

Hadley Barrett, chief executive officer of the Oxford Sustainable Group, told Investment Week that, despite the recession, Estonia was actually in a better position to attract forestry investors than many of its neighbours: “Its low asset prices and low wages give it a strong economic competitiveness within the EU block and growth will be stimulated by its zero per cent debt overhang,” he said.

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Barrett added that the lack of any debt overhang was a major factor in Estonia’s favour, because it would ensure the country was able to achieve stronger gross domestic product growth than its rivals when the recession comes to an end.

The outlook for Estonia is not all positive however: last week, it was revealed that Estonia’s trade deficit hit a record low in May of this year. The figure of six hundred million kroons (£32 million) was 30% lower when compared to May 2008.

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Forestry investment – A new report by Melbourne University’s Department of Forest and Ecosystem Science, along with the NSW Department of Primary Industries for Forest and Wood Products, has found that using timber in housing construction can help fight climate change.

The report has found that 100 million tons of carbon is currently stored in the timber in Australian houses and researchers found that 2.05 million tons of carbon is stored each year as more houses are made with timber, totalling 0.4% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions each year.

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The use of bricks, metal, plastics and concrete in construction has contributed to depleting carbon stocks over the past 20 years. However, the fact that timber houses last around 60 years gives this type of construction a great opportunity to help reduce emissions. Other uses for timber are less helpful as timber releases carbon as it decomposes and is destroyed.

The report added that any carbon that is lost in the process is replaced by stocks held by new trees that are planted, “if the forest is sustainably managed and the carbon stock in the forest area is maintained, then the carbon removed from the forest in products or released during harvesting is replaced through new forest growth.”

The study concluded that annual carbon storage would rise from 1.6 million tons in 2008 to 4 million tons by 2050 if more wood was used in housing construction.

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