Originally Posted by
gerv
Your premise about the business is an interesting one.
http://www.fincaleola.com/why_invest_in_trees.htm
I guess I never thought that diminishing resources like hardwood(and I can think of others... like natural-habitat fish...) would be worth a considerable amount in the next 25 years. I suppose you could make the argument for a number of resources, but certainly from what I have seen of softwood in North America, I would have to agree.
In effect, it is something like a carbon credit, but seems a little more like a regular financial investment. Especially if you could use Roth IRA money.
I recently wrote an article for EcoWorld - you can read it here.
The Resource Revolution
In it I make a case (I believe) that the times of pillaging the resources of the planet are over as far as a viable business model. Let me know what you think of it.
We in Costa Rica are down to having only 50% of the wood we need for internal use. It is estimated to be at 25% in two more years. This is from a report done by the government on the situation.
Of course, this effects price. Wood jumped 26% between the years 2006 and 2007 - and I assure you (since I have to buy for our furniture factory) it isn't slowing down now.