Recent Developments in Forest Product Trade between Russia and China
Potential Production, Processing, Consumption and Trade Scenarios
By Steven Northway , Gary Q. Bull, Anatoly Shvidenko, Luke Bailey - University of British Columbia, Forest Trends, University of British Columbia, Faculty of ForestryChina has a very significant role in the global timber market and this has significant ramifications for forests, forest livelihoods and the structure of forest industries around the world. In this report we will focus on possible future trends in the forest products-processing, consumption and trade between China and its main suppliers, with a particular […]
Amendment to the U.S. Lacey Act
Implications for Malaysian Forest Products Exporters
By R. Juge Gregg , Amelia Porges - Sidley Austin LLP, Sidley Austin LLP, Forest TrendsMalaysia is one of the largest producers and suppliers of tropical hardwood and related products destined for the United States. In 2007, the United States imported almost 2.2 m3 RWE of timber products from Malaysia – mostly plywood and furniture – totaling USD$1.1 billion in value. Sabah and Sarawak supply the great majority of the […]
Opportunities and Constraints to Investment
Natural Tropical Forest Industries
By Kerstin Canby , Cary Raditz - Forest Trends, Forest Trends, ITTOThe global forest products industry represents close to 3% of the world’s gross economic output, and the forests upon which it depends are particularly important ecosystems for the health of the planet and for human well-being. The size of the industry, its links to the rest-of-the-world economy, and the centrality of its resource base to […]
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Risk Mitigation in Forestry
Linkages with Kyoto and Sustainable Forestry Management
By Charles Eyre, Justin Mundy, ARM - Forest TrendsThis paper aims to illustrate some of the new influences which are affecting the forestry sector globally; it also highlights some of the opportunities and constraints which are becoming apparent. The report focuses on the role of forestry within the climate change debate. This has been done for two reasons; first, because the sector plays […]
Forest Company-Community Agreements in Brazil
Current Status and Opportunities for Action
Agreements between the private forest sector and local forest communities have been increasingly recognized as a potential solution to some problems related to poverty alleviation, increasing demand for wood products and the need to increase the global forest area under sustainable forest management. Very little is known about the Brazilian experience on these types of […]
Meeting China’s Demand for Forest Products
An Overview of Import Trends, Ports of Entry, and Supplying Countries, with Emphasis on the Asia-Pacific Region
By Xiufang Sun, Eugenia Katsigiris, and Andy White - Forest Trends, Forest Trends, Forest Trends, Chinese Center for Agricultural Policy, Center for International Forestry ResearchThis paper provides a brief overview of forest product import trends in both product segment and port of entry, as well as for each of the main Asia-Pacific producer countries supplying China. The paper first describes the overall import trends and then trends by product segment. It next addresses trends in the various ports of […]
Dependent Documents
Meeting China’s Demand for Forest Products (Short Version)
An Overview of Asia-Pacific supplying countries, impacts and implications
By Xiufang Sun, Eugenia Katsigris, Andy White - Forest Trends, Forest Trends, Forest Trends
A Place in the World
Tenure Security and Community Livelihoods
By Lynn Ellsworth - Forest TrendsThis paper provides a literature overview and analysis, paying special attention to arguments about what tenure security is and how it is related to the goal of helping communities build assets and improve their livelihoods, especially communities living in and around natural forests.
Logging, Legality and Livelihoods in Papua New Guinea
Sythesis of Official Assessments of the Large-Scale Logging Industry Volume I
By Forest TrendsBetween 2000 and 2005, in response to a widely held view that forest management in Papua New Guinea was not providing long-term benefits to the country or its citizens, and to assess the implementation and effectiveness of the new governance regime introduced in the PNG Forestry Act of 1991, the Papua New Guinea government commissioned […]
Capital Markets and Sustainable Forestry
Opportunities for Investment
By Constance Best , Michael Jenkins - The Pacific Forest Trust, Forest TrendsIn this report, we frame the differences in the business models of conventional forestry and sustainable forestry. We cover the sustainable forestry sector “from the forest to the floor”, along its value chain of business enterprises. We consider the varying situation in tropical, temperate and, to some degree, boreal forests. We endeavor to give a […]
Forest Company-Community Agreements in Mexico
Identifying Succesful Models
Agreements between the private sector and local forest communities have been increasingly recognized as a potential solution to problems related to poverty alleviation, the increasing demand for wood products, and the need to increase the part of global forest area that is under sustainable forest management. Mexico represents one of the few countries that have […]