World Forest Investment

World Forest Investment Inc. is based in Company seat::Oregon, USA. President is Idividuals::Mark Willhite.

"World Forest Investment, Inc. provides services for a wide spectrum of issues regarding sound forestry business and investment. Our experience is broad and varied domestically and internationally."

"We are committed to productive, responsible forest investments. Our belief is that sound business principles can be applied to sound forestry practices; resulting in a better world and a profession we can be proud of."

"World Forest Investment, Inc. is currently exploring and discovering various investment opportunities. Our focus is on projects that are not widely publicized on the open market. These projects are reviewed for investment returns, sustainability, and feasibility."

Their website also has some useful links to websites with quality forestry information.

Forest investment analysis
"Thanks to broad experience World Forest Investment has the capacity to quickly and efficiently determine market values and feasibility for forestland properties. Just as importantly, we make sure to also incorporate the client’s point of view and assign specific values to them. We use a combination of comparable sales analysis and discounted cash flow, and then compare these results to the specific needs of the investor."

Investment offers
On their website they currently offer forestry investments in the USA.

They are also advertising that; "A client of World Forest Investment, Inc. is searching for hardwood plantations and native forest for long term, sustainable, investment. The primary geographic focus is Central America."

World Forest Investment Contact base / professionals network
World Forest Investment also advertises the possibility to; "Contact over 3000 professionals in forestry and investment with your important announcements and inquiries."

This service has to be paid for and has some important restrictions; "This list will never be sold or divulged. However, the list can be available for announcements of high quality and professionalism in forestry, i.e. position announcements, conferences and workshops, pertinent information, and properties for sale or purchase opportunities."

World Forest Investment expertise
Areas of expertise advertised on their website:


 * Forestland Acquisitions:
 * Discovery, evaluation, financing, negotiating, due diligence and closing of forestland for investment.


 * Forestland Dispositions:
 * Strategy development, marketing, and negotiations for forestland sales.


 * Due Diligence and Reporting:
 * Investigation, property and operations inspection, observance and reporting of findings, financial reporting and analysis for forest investments.


 * Forestland Brokerage:
 * Licensed real estate broker in Oregon & Washington


 * Land Issues:
 * Identification and resolution of title issues, easements, encumbrances.


 * Business:
 * Focus on profitability, new business development, management, finance.


 * Forestry:
 * Applied forest management.


 * International:
 * Work assignments in Bahamas, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, Canada, New Zealand, Ecuador, Brazil, Panama, Uruguay and Mozambique. Extensive network throughout the Americas.

World Forest Investment clients

 * LandVest Inc
 * forestland brokerage in Washington State


 * The Forestland Group
 * Due diligence in Brazil and Chile


 * International Woodland Company
 * Copenhagen-work in Mozambique


 * Port Blakely
 * land appraisal, brokerage


 * Obsidian Finance Company
 * property evaluations, forestland brokerage


 * Forest Systems
 * appraisal, land issues, and real estate brokerage


 * Ranier Evergreen
 * appraisal, investment analysis


 * Edgerton Family
 * research on property in Guatemala


 * Merrill & Ring
 * land use issues, forestland appraisal, and negotiations


 * TimberWest
 * appraisal and investment analysis of forestland


 * Investco
 * appraisal, investment advice, and negotiations


 * Norb Wellman
 * appraisal, negotiations


 * Olympic Resource Management
 * forestland brokerage


 * Forest Investment Associates
 * due diligence, inventory validation


 * Per Holten-Anderson
 * forestland appraisal, investment analysis


 * Wells Fargo
 * forestland investigation and brokerage


 * Perry & Winegar
 * Attorneys at Law


 * Private Investors
 * appraisal, brokerage services


 * US AID/MIDAS/ARD Colombia
 * Forest Investment Tour