A financial assessment of forest investments is comprehensive if the analysis includes
reliable yield estimates, land expectation value (LEV) and risk calculation. All of these
aspects were considered and applied to teak plantations in Colombia, an emergent
economy where high forest productivity, low opportunity cost of land, and decreased
financial/economic risk have substantially contributed to promote forest investments. The
von Bertalanffy non-linear mixed effect model was used to estimate forest yields using data …