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Aviva Investors launches Carbon Removal Fund; Craigmore Sustainables forestry funds hits NZ$100 million; Agri Investor Global Awards close for entries in two weeks; Foreign investment in Australian ag and forestry investment falls from A$8.5 billion to A$5.3 billion; Pollination and Howden examine the role of insurance in nature finance, and more. Welcome to Field Notes, the start-of-the-week briefing for our valued subscribers only. Tips and feedback to: binyamin.a@pei.group.

The vehicle will try to assemble a diverse portfolio of carbon credits derived from assets including forestry, peatlands, mangroves and carbon removal technology.

The firm’s Totara Forestry Partnership has already started deploying capital in New Zealand’s North Island.

Head of private equity growth Pedro Faria says the firm is trying to find its feet in a nascent market that could attract as much as $40bn within 15 years.

Categorization, commodity risk and accessing scale are among the issues Australian superannuation funds cite when it comes to investing in agriculture – but foreign pension funds do not appear to have the same misgivings.

CIO Craig Tashjian says Brazil has seen a significant uptick in M&A activity in the fertilizers, biostimulants and sugarcane markets.

The Agri Investor Global Awards are changing. As we launch our call for submissions for our fourth annual awards, you need to be aware of the updates we have made to the awards process.

We speak to Fiera Comox head of natural capital Jeff Zweig about what it takes to win trust and structure deals with Indigenous groups.

Farmland Partners chairman Paul Pittman says The Church of Latter-Day Saints affiliate Farmland Reserve was more interested in buying row crop assets than permanent crops.

Forestry-Linked Securities wants to shake things up with a different approach to exiting its forestry portfolio with an asset securitization.