DANA Releases Report on Timberland Ownership

From the December 2010 Forest2Mill newsletter.

DANA Ltd. recently released the 5th Annual update and expansion of its International Timberlands Ownership and Investment Review. The report covers both the largest timberland owners in the world and the pensions with the largest investments in timberlands. The report describes U.S. ownership and interest in timberland:

• Total timberland area in the US in 2009 was 660 million acres or 29.6 percent of total land mass. This numbers shows an increase of more than 10 million acres since 1987.
• Private, non-industrial forest owners make up 46 percent of this total, 29 percent of timberland is publically owned, and 5 percent are TIMOs.
• Changes in industrial land ownership continue to occur.

The Review concentrates on the largest timberland owners and investors in timber-rich regions of the world. The report highlights roughly 550 companies and entities that either own or invest in timberland. The report focuses on the ownership, acreage and timber transactions of:

• 150 timberland owners in North America
• 300 timberland funds and direct owners in other countries around the world

The report also focuses on 100 pension and endowment funds that invest in timberland and  concludes by reviewing regions of the world that look interesting for future investment.

For more information on the report, visit www.dana.co.nz .