Lyme Conservation Opportunity Fund

Year: 2019

Asset Class: Real Assets

Description:  Lyme Timber is a private timberland investment manager that focuses on the acquisition and sustainable management of lands with unique conservation values. The team specializes in the negotiation and sale of working forest conservation easements that restrict development on lands but allow income generation from sources such as sustainable timber harvesting, recreational leasing and the sale of carbon-offset credits.

Why We Invest: Sustainably managing forests leads to carbon sequestration, water resiliency, and ecosystem restoration and is an asset class with low correlation to major indices.