Institutional Investors

Aquila Capital will hold a close on its forestry fund, Aquila Sachwert Basisfonds I, in the middle of the year, and is looking at satellite investments in Latin American countries like Uruguay.

The real estate company paints a confident picture for further Australian farmland and cattle station sales in 2016.

The EBRD and FAO are working to highlight the growth opportunities in Georgia's investment-starved dairy sector.

Norway's Government Pension Fund Global pulled out of seven companies last year on environmental grounds.

The sustainable forestry fund will acquire clear-fell forest land in Ireland for conversion to continuous coverage management.

The Global Environment Fund is also raising a African Sustainable Forestry Fund II, which could hold a first close later this year.

The New Mexico State Investment Committee has increased its timber exposure to $375 million, and is banking on a resurgent US housing market to boost forestry returns.

The agribusiness-focused fund has financed American Botanicals' purchase of fungi producer Aloha Medicinals.

Timber funds priced at 85% of NAV, down slightly from 2014, according to the Setter Capital report's author.

James McCandless, managing director of UBS AgriVest, talks about current risks in the US farmland market and what the firm focuses on in its due diligence.