Acquisition Due Diligence
The Sewall Forestry & Natural Resource Consulting (SFNR) team routinely develops valuable insights with respect to the full range of timberland acquisition opportunities by applying a sophisticated understanding of forest inventory data, geospatial analysis, modeling, and valuation principles.
The scope of work encompasses examining the seller’s data room, assessing the quality and breadth of the data, and recommending a scope of services. We assist clients in preparing a responsible offer that reflects the best available information and the market value for the property. For clients focusing on impact investing and ESG’s, we address natural capital and its priced and non-priced benefits.
From project discovery to data onboarding, our understanding of client goals and timberland markets make SFNR a trusted partner throughout the timberland acquisition process.
Services Include
- Spatial Data Audits
- Boundaries
- Stand Classifications
- Harvest and Regeneration
- Access
- Operability
- Timber Audits and Inventories
- Desk Review
- Update for Growth and Harvests
- Re-processing
- Extensive and Intensive Field Sampling
- Predictive Modeling
- Timber Growth and Yield Modeling
- Market Analysis
- Timber
- Carbon
- Conservation Easements
- HBU Sales
- Leases
Forest Appraisal & Valuation
Sewall Forestry & Natural Resource Consulting provides wide-ranging appraisal services focusing on forest and natural resource valuation. Clients include the full spectrum of entities that intersect with timberland ownership, management, and investment and our practice spans every major timber producing region across the globe. We have appraised over 100 million acres worldwide.
Our reputation for independence, objectivity, transparency, and integrity has made us a globally recognized leader in forest and natural resource valuation. Our appraisals follow the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP), Appraisal Institute standards, and applicable standards outside the U.S.
Our Experience Includes
- Global scale spanning every timber-producing region in the US and Canada, and forest assets in Central and South America, Australasia, Europe, and Africa
- Ownership interests
- Fee (freehold)
- Timber Leases
- Forestry Rights
- Fractional Interests
- Conservation easements
- Wood supply agreements
- Carbon offsets
- Planted and natural forests, from small woodlots to several million acres
- Maple sugarbush assets
- Unique coastal properties
- Recreational lands
- Wood processing plants
- Conservation easements
Appraisal Applications
- Financial reporting
- Acquisition due diligence
- Division or allocation of property
- Loan collateral
- Estate planning
- Charitable contributions
- Conservation
- Carbon assessments
- Litigation support
- Eminent domain
- IRS casualty loss
- Property damages
- Timber trespass
- Income and property tax valuation
Market Analysis
Sewall Forestry & Natural Resource Consulting (SFNR) helps clients understand how timberland assets can complement their investment portfolios through diversification and impact investing. We offer engaged timber investors a deeper dive into the various opportunities presented by forest investments.
Our team is well-versed in the NCREIF Timberland Index which allows us to characterize forest investment returns and volatility relative to alternatives such as equities, fixed income, real estate, and macro-economic metrics such as inflation.
SFNR’s Annual Investor Survey consolidates industry trends related to discount rates, investments, regional and country risk premia, and rotating topics of interest, such as investor perceptions of carbon offset markets.
Our experience allows us to help investors make informed decisions about acquisition, divestiture, or division.
Services Include
- Regional timber price surveys
- Historical and projected timber prices
- Cash flow analysis
- Risk analysis
- Wood and timberland market studies
- Macroeconomic analysis
- Management cost benchmarking
- Wood supply studies
Litigation Support
Sewall Forestry & Natural Resource Consulting provides litigation services to attorneys and private clients. Our team of experts stand ready to assist you on a range of matters such as:
- Eminent domain
- IRS casualty loss
- Property damages
- Bankruptcy proceedings
- Timber trespass
- Income and property tax valuation
- And others
Let us know how we can help.