Forestland Investment
Institutional timberland ownership and emerging markets for ecosystem services are creating new opportunities for professionals who understand both forest management and financial analysis. The Forestland Investment area develops expertise relevant to evaluating timberland and forest-based investments, analyzing financial performance and risk, and understanding how traditional timber revenues can interact with emerging ecosystem-service markets.
- Timberland investment analysis
- Forest economics and finance
- Managerial economics
- Financial accounting
- Capital budgeting
- Risk analysis
- Firm valuation
- Timber taxation
- Forest asset and estate planning
- Carbon finance
- Ecosystem-service valuation
Data Science
Forest operations generate increasingly large amounts of information about forests, markets, inventories, operations, transportation, costs, and investment performance. Organizations need professionals who can transform those data into actionable information. The Data Science area is intended to give students analytical skills that complement their knowledge of forests and natural resources.
- Data analysis
- Business analytics
- Quantitative decision making
- Optimization
- Simulation
- Forecasting
- Geographic and spatial analysis
- Statistical and computational methods
- Resource and market analysis
Logistics & Procurement
Moving wood efficiently from forests to processing facilities is fundamental to a competitive forest products industry. Procurement professionals must understand timber resources, markets, transportation, operations, costs, and supply-chain decision-making. The Logistics & Procurement area focuses on the analytical and management skills associated with forest products supply chains and wood procurement.
- Timber procurement
- Forest products supply chains
- Transportation and logistics
- Operations analysis
- Resource availability
- Cost analysis
- Decision making
- Forest industry operations
