Why fire belongs in the timberland management toolkit.
Originally published on Impact Alpha.
By Cat Burns and Charlotte Kaiser
As wildfire season intensifies across the Northern Hemisphere, it’s becoming clear: forests are on the front lines of climate change. With proactive, science-based management, forests can play a key role in biodiversity and climate resilience.
In East Texas, our teams at The Nature Conservancy and BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group are reshaping how private timberland is managed in a changing climate – bringing prescribed fire to commercial forests through a bold and collaborative approach.
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Catherine Burns is the interim managing director of NatureVest at The Nature Conservancy. Charlotte Kaiser is the head of impact finance at BTG Pactual Timberland Investment Group.
