Investing for Superior Returns and Conservation Value

Please join us for the 2013-2014 season of, "Nature's Returns: Investing in Ecosystem Services," coordinated by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment and the Conservation Finance Network, a program Island Press. Our featured speaker is Peter Stein from Lyme Timber. Peter will talk specifically about how Lyme Timber invests in forest and rural real estate for multiple values. He will discuss how Lyme Timber utilizes financial streams such as working forest conservation easements, New Market Tax Credits, wetland mitigation, advantageous debt arrangements, and other ecosystem service payments in addition to traditional forest product sales. Peter will present three case studies to illustrate how Lyme Timber structures transactions and manages forests for financial and ecological returns.