Touchwood: Touching Nature with your investment
Touchwood`s Quarterly Newsletter on Sustainable Forestry Investment [PDF]
What Does Touchwood Do?
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The simplistic answer would be that Touchwood grows trees. But actually, what Touchwood really does is much more than growing trees. Touchwood helps ... helps people and helps the planet.
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Founded in 1999 Touchwood has been helping to stop the destruction of our precious rainforests by engaging in managed forestry, planting trees which are then harvested to provide forest products which up to now have mostly been obtained from old growth forests.
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So what is the difference between harvesting trees from old growth forests and managed forestry? The difference is that harvesting trees using managed forestry is sustainable in the long term, both environmentally and economically. With demand for forest products rising, the profit from managed forestry is also sustainable.
Invest in Your Future
We all contribute to the crisis of global warming every day. What can you do to help us get out of this crisis while achieving financial stability?
Touchwood offers people the opportunity to participate in socially responsible investment knowing their decision is good for themselves and the world. Forestry is an excellent and stable investment consistently returning around 3% above inflation for the last 100 years (source: MoneyWeek). However the high capital costs involved prevented many from benefitting. Touchwood now makes it possible for all people to benefit from managed forestry.
Managed forestry perfectly satisfies the concept of People – Planet – Profit, providing benefits for all. The world is looking for answers to the problems of climate change, threats to old growth forests and biodiversity, land degradation, sources of forest products, third world poverty and people’s financial security, our quality of life and that of our children. The answer is to grow more trees ... with the help of
What Is Managed Forestry?
Managed forestry is a science which can increase the productivity of land by ten times, or more. The process involves the application of scientific knowledge and technology across the complete lifespan of forestry. Site selection and preparation, growth and choice of seedlings, planting, fertilization and watering, pruning, ground maintenance, thinning and harvest have all benefitted enormously from research. Plantations are more productive now than at any time, and more important than ever.
Why Invest in Managed Forestry?
Investments in managed forestry have been viewed as a good portfolio diversification strategy as they provide portfolios with a broader base of risk. Forestry investments carry only a moderate to low risk due to their non-correlation with various other more traditional types of investments such as stocks, bonds, or real estate. Moreover, given managed forestry’s ability to offset inflation and currency devaluation, an investment with Touchwood possesses a unique ability to meet medium term investment horizons whilst providing attractive returns due to a scenario of prudently managed risk and low volatility.
Product Attributes |
Agarwood |
Bamboo |
Jartropha |
Term of Investment |
7 years |
15 years |
22 years |
Average Projected Harvest Return p.a. |
21％ |
15％ |
15.9％ |
Plantation Management Fee/Annual Fee applicate |
Yes |
No |
No |
Returns from 3rd year of investment |
No |
from 4th year |
from 2nd year |
Plantation Location |
Thailand/Kabinburi |
Thailand/Kabinburi |
Thailand |
Note: Per Year Average Projected Harvest Return. Bamboo and Jatropha provide returns each year after maturity; Agarwood at the exit of the investment.
Investing in Your Future: Agarwood Information, Jatropha Information, Bamboo Information |
Investing in Your Planet's Future: Invest in the Planet |
Dual Forestry Investment: Bamboo & Sandlewood [PDF] |
For more Touchwood information: click here |
For more information email: info@duglen.com |
Do you know CO2 emissions per person in Japan are now estimated to be 10 tons per year?
Invest in Your PlanetTrees use sunlight to react with chlorophyll to form glucose, the building block of cellulose, and oxygen, without any pollution. Over hundreds of millions of years, nature transformed cellulose into wood, which was deposited in the earth to create oil, gas and coal which human ingenuity has found useful to heat our houses, as fuel for our cars, to generate electricity and many other purposes.
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