Impact
investing can help environmentalists to protect vulnerable and
valuable land from being destroyed, according to Alternative Asset
Analysis (AAA).
Boston,
MA, USA, September 26, 2012 -- Impact investing can help
environmentalists to protect vulnerable and valuable land from being
destroyed, according to Alternative Asset Analysis (AAA).
Environmental
groups have always relied quite heavily on philanthropists and
private sector sponsors to protect land. In a number of incidents,
groups have paid millions of dollars for areas of land, simply to
protect them as habitats for species. The Nature Conservancy is one
such group that believes this is a good approach to protecting
wildlife and precious eco-systems.
Recently,
the Nature Conservancy's Mark Tercek claimed that the money is drying
up and that impact investing could provide the solution. AAA, an
alternative investment advocacy group based in Boston, agrees. The
organisation's analysis partner, Anthony Johnson, said: "There
is a shortage of funds for these kinds of projects these days and it
is now necessary to try to attract investors into this kind of
investment."
AAA
claims that a large number of investors are now looking to align
their investments with social and environmental projects that will do
good over the long run. Some projects are far from lucrative, but
will at least protect money from being lost in the volatile stock
markets.
Investing
in projects like the sustainable forestry project being managed by
Greenwood
Management in Brazil is a good option for those who
are environmentally conscious but cannot afford for their investment
to not deliver returns. Those who invest in timber or in forestry
projects tend to see better returns than those investing in stock and
bonds, according to figures taken over several years.
Investing
in timberland also has other benefits. From a social perspective, it
helps to encourage sustainability which can help local communities to
safeguard the forestry industry for generations to come. From an
environmental perspective, managed forests provide timber that can be
used instead of timber from vulnerable forests.
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