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https://worldtree.info/paulownia-scam/ https://worldtree.info/paulownia-scam/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-10-17/timber-investment-schemes-leave-hundreds-w

• tim333 7y ago
  Ah. To summarise those some previous companies, Timbercorp and Great Southern pushed planting similar trees as a get rich quick thing and then went bust leaving useless trees and a lot of people with large losses. World Tree, featured in the Bloomberg article say they are different and do it better. I guess it's a tricky business to do well.