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title: "European forestry: study France Valley"
description: Find out why European forestry stands out as a diversified asset class in our latest study presented by France Valley.
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# [European forestry: study France Valley](https://www.france-valley.com/en/blog/european-forestry)

 Written by [Arnaud Filhol](https://www.france-valley.com/en/blog/author/arnaud-filhol) | March 11, 2026

We are delighted to see **France Valley** featured in *Environmental Finance* following the **Natural Capital Investment EMEA**conference held in London last week.

Our latest study highlights a key finding for long-term investors :  
**European forestry appears to be performing very differently from all traditionalasset classes .**

Preliminary analysis suggests **virtually nocorrelation** with private equity, infrastructure and real estate , reinforcing the case for forestry **as a genuine diversificationcomponent ** in institutionalportfolios .

As our CEO and co-founder **Arnaud Filhol** explained at the conference, European forestry offers **a distinctrisk/return profile **, combining biological growth , land valuation dynamics and exposure to realassets.

At the same time, this asset class continues to evolve. Beyond timber revenues , investors are increasingly interested in **several sources of valuecreation **, including land optimization and **emerging carbon and biodiversitymarkets **.

This evolution is also reflected in portfolio construction : forestry **is ****increasingly recognized as an allocation dedicated to naturalcapital **, rather than being grouped with real estate or infrastructure.

At **France Valley**, we are convinced that **naturalcapital ** will play an increasing role in institutional portfolios , as investors seek **long-term exposure to real assets , aligned with the environmentaltransition .**

👉 Read the article in *Environmental Finance*  
[https://www.environmental-finance.com/content/news/france-valley-european-forestry-acting-differently-to-other-asset-classes.html](https://www.environmental-finance.com/content/news/france-valley-european-forestry-acting-differently-to-other-asset-classes.html)

**Advertisingcommunication .** Forestry investments entail risks , including **risk of capitalloss **, **liquidityrisk **, **risks associated with forestryassets ** (biological and climatic hazards , changes in timber markets), as well **as operational, regulatory and sustainabilityrisks **.

Photo credit: Tommaso Dimitri

Author: Arnaud Filhol

Managing Director and Co-founder

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