XIII. CASE STUDIES

Published case studies on working forests, with notes (by Rachel Neugarten.) Many articles are copyright protected so you must be a member of this workspace (and logged in) to download them.

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Ginn, William. 2005. Investing in Nature: Case studies of land conservation in collaboration with business. Island Press, Washington D.C.

- series of case studies of TNC and other conservation NGOs involved in land conservation (especially forest lands) – many similar to the Finch Pruyn transaction

- 9 case studies especially relevant:

1. Upper St John River, ME (TNC purchased 185,000 acres of land in northern Maine from International Paper for $36 million (later quoted as $35 million)
2. Connecticut Headwaters, New Hampshire (International Paper “Connecticut Lakes” lands 171,000 acres, $32.8 million, purchased by Lyme Timber and several conservation orgs)
3. Champion International (NY, VT, NH) (The Conservation Fund purchased 300,000 acres of Champion International Land for $72 million)
4. Tug Hill, NY (Hancock Timber owned 45,000 acre parcel, TNC purchased entire property for $9.1 million)
5. Purchase of GMO-RR lands in TN by The Conservation Fund (few details provided)
6. Spring River / Machias River, ME (H.C. Haynes bought 10,000 acres from IP for $3 million, TNC three-year option to purchase post harvesting for $2.2 million)
7. Katahdin Forest, ME (TNC bought Great Northern’s debt from Hancock Insurance Co. in exchange for 41,000 acres of land and easement over 200,000 acres)
8. Valdivian Coast, Chile (Bosques S.A., failing forestry company, owned 147,500 acres, TNC bought debt from FleetBoston in exchange for lands for $7.3 million)
9. Trillium / Rio Condor, Chile (Trillium Corporation owned 850,000 acres, Goldman Sachs owned debt when company defaulted, donated lands to Wildlife Conservation Society)