UID:
almahu_9948026638902882
Format:
1 online resource (344 p.)
ISBN:
1-280-37203-6
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9786610372034
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1-85573-883-X
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1-85573-882-1
Content:
Wood and wood products are essential to large areas of the world economy and yet there has until now been no single definitive reference source to which those new to or requiring a strategic overview of the industry could turn for a comprehensive picture of the market chain from forest to consumer. The international timber trade provides a detailed overview of the entire timber and timber products business.It is arranged in three sections:Chapters 1 to 3 provide a background starting with an historical perspective, an overview of the worldwide forest resource and going to exami
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; The International Timber Trade; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations, acronyms and symbols; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. Historical perspective; Early history; Beginnings of deforestation; Development of trade in wood products; CHAPTER 2. Global forest and wood resources; Principal forest types and their distribution; Extent and composition of the world's forests; Ownership and management of the forest resource; The wood harvest; CHAPTER 3. Production and consumption of wood products; Properties of wood; Types of product
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Patterns and trends of production and consumptionUses of wood products; CHAPTER 4. The place of wood industries and wood products in the global economy; Wood industries in national economies; Wood products in international commodity trade; CHAPTER 5. Overview of world trade in wood products; Distribution of world trade in wood products by commodity groups; Distribution of world trade in wood products by country groups; Changing pattern of commodity composition in trade; Trends in trade; Trade in added value wood products; CHAPTER 6. Trade flow patterns and trends; Some basic principles
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General trade patternsTrade flow patterns of individual wood products; Major changes in trade flows; CHAPTER 7. The major players; Trading structures and corporate players; Major trading nations; Emerging and declining suppliers and markets; CHAPTER 8. Influences on wood products markets and trade; Costs, prices and exchange rates; Futures markets; Tariff and non-tariff barriers; Globalisation and regional integration; International institutions concerned with wood products trade; CHAPTER 9. Trade and the environment; Deforestation, afforestation and reforestation; Sustainability
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Certification and labellingWaste and recycling; Energy and climate change; CHAPTER 10. Past, present and future; The need for a long-term outlook; Highlights from Chapters I to 9; The outlook; General findings; Recent developments; Implications for trade; Concluding remarks; Bibliography; Appendix 1: List of selected international organisations concerned with the trade in wood products; Appendix 2: Definitions; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-85573-190-8
Language:
English
