The international timber trade
By: Tim Peck
Publisher: Woodhead
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Cambridge, England
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9781855738829; 9781280372032
Subjects: Industries; Forest management; Lumber trade; Marketing; Manufacturing; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS; Timber
Description: Wood and wood products are essential to large areas of the world economy, yet until now there has 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 remedies this, providing a detailed overview of the entire timber and timber products business in an authoritative and accessible style. Written by a leading expert, The international timber trade is essential reading for a wide range of interested groups including managers in the timber industry and trade, the financial community with interests in the sector, academics and students in forestry management and related studies, government agencies and their advisers in helping to develop policies for the sector and international trade, and finally those working in international development organisations and in national and international non-governmental bodies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-301) and index.

Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Acknowledgements; title: Abbreviations, acronyms and symbols; title: Introduction; title: 1 Historical perspective; title: Early history; title: Beginnings of deforestation; title: Development of trade in wood products; title: 2 Global forest and wood resources; title: Principal forest types and their distribution; title: Extent and composition of the world's forests; title: Ownership and management of the forest resource; title: The wood harvest; title: 3 Production and consumption of wood products; title: Properties of wood; title: Types of product; title: Patterns and trends of production and consumption; title: Uses of wood products; title: 4 The place of wood industries and wood products in the global economy; title: Wood industries in national economies; title: Wood products in international commodity trade; title: 5 Overview of world trade in wood product; title: Distribution of world trade in wood products by commodity groups; title: Distribution of world trade in wood products by country groups; title: Changing pattern of commodity composition in trade; title: Trends in trade; title: Trade in added value wood products; title: 6 Trade flow patterns and trends; title: Some basic principles; title: General trade patterns; title: Trade flow patterns of individual wood products; title: Major changes in trade flows; title: 7 The major players; title: Trading structures and corporate players; title: Major trading nations; title: Emerging and declining suppliers and markets; title: 8 Influences on wood products markets and trade; title: Costs, prices and exchange rates; title: Futures markets; title: Tariff and non-tariff barriers; title: Globalisation and regional integration; title: International institutions concerned with wood products trade; title: 9 Trade and the environment; title: Deforestation, afforestation and reforestation; title: Sustainability; title: Certification and labelling; title: Waste and recycling; title: Energy and climate change; title: 10 Past, present and future; title: The need for a long-term outlook; title: Highlights from Chapters 1 to 9; title: The outlook; title: General findings; title: Recent developments; title: Implications for trade; title: Concluding remarks; title: Bibliography; title: Appendix 1 List of selected international organisations concerned with the trade in wood products; title: Appendix 2 Definitions.