Private investors are increasingly taking an interest in alternative investments such as carbon credits. They argue that alternative investment products are safer than traditional investments such as stocks, bonds, cash or property. And this trend is set to encourage the uptake of agroforestry.
Investors who participate in the carbon credits market do so because they feel that it is an opportunity to contribute to social welfare and food security by helping generate more voluntary carbon business through the ownership of farmlands, forest lands and by managing REDD+ project development.
The Free Press Index reports that a representative from a UK-based investment-brokering company called Capital Alternatives said “The whole process of making ethical investment in generating carbon credits is incredible and highly satisfying.” As private companies like Capital Alternatives come into the carbon market, business opportunities for selling tree products could be improved, along with the viability of payment for ecosystem services.
Contributors: Bett Ayrton
