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Today, I'm joined by Peter Hasulyó, Founder and Editor of the ForestryBrief, a curated B2B newsletter following the European forest industry.
In this conversation, Peter explains why Europe currently has two wood markets moving in opposite directions: prices are recovering in Central Europe as the bark beetle wave fades, while storm-felled wood floods Scandinavian markets. We discuss one study's projected supply shortfall of 117 million cubic metres by 2040, what timber laundering and the incoming EUDR mean for the trade, and how new US tariffs could reshape transatlantic wood flows. Peter also shares why institutional investors still own only a fraction of Europe's forests compared to the US, how regulation can act as a moat rather than a burden, and where he sees the next opportunities emerging.
"Institutions are still quite early in European forestry. One estimate says about one percent of European forests is institutionally owned. If you look at the US, that's 69%. But it is moving; this is definitely a developing and maturing market."
Founding Director and Host: Shauna Matkovich - The ForestLink
Producer and Editor: Magdalena Laas - Unscripted Creatives
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Sopwell Woodlands and Scohaboy Bog SAC, Cloughjordan, Co Tipperary, IRELAND by wild_rumpus/Soundcloud
Ambient Documentary by Sound Guru (Pixabay)
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