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Growing world demand for processed goods made from wood and a large supply of native timber in tropical regions combined with development incentives from national governments have driven rapid growth in the forest products industry in many developing countries. Contract farming schemes have emerged as an important mechanism to ensure an adequate supply of raw timber for processing. These contracts also encourage secondary forest establishment, which is argued to reduce harvesting pressure on ecologically valuable native forests. We explore whether there exists a potential for efficiency gains within the forest products industry given the current installed capacity in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. We estimate a stochastic production frontier function for this industry based on Annual Survey of Industries data from 2010 to 2013. We present evidence that there is space for efficiency gains and that the marginal value product of wood as a raw input is high enough to justify the engagement of companies and fanners in wood supply agreements as a means to reduce pressure on native forests., Growth in global demand for processed goods made from wood has driven rapid growth in the forest products industry in tropical developing countries, such as India. Fueled by this growth, [...]

For many years, the cooperage industry developed tools to select and classify oak with the goal of ensuring quality, precision and reproducibility in their barrels. Selection on the basis of [...]

ABSTRACT To improve forest management and to prevent collapses of trees, it is necessary to investigate the internal part of tree trunks. In order to do it non-invasively, ground-penetrating radar [...]

Abstract The average forest landowner in Wisconsin owns fewer than 30 acres, and in 2014, landowners with as few as 10 acres of forestland were eligible to enroll in a [...]

Abstract The net value of hardwood trees (dollars per tree) is thought to increase with stem size for three reasons. First, large trees yield a greater volume (cubic meters) of [...]

Abstract The goal of this study was to develop model equations to predict the production of special posts from aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) deresinated trees. Resin tapping causes some [...]

Abstract There are increasing discussions regarding creation of global corporate social responsibility (CSR) standards. One important approach to understanding CSR is issue management. We adopted an issue identification approach to [...]

Abstract Value-added wood products consist of a broad spectrum of industrial, structural, and consumer goods ranging from differentiated commodity products like remanufactured lumber to higher value appearance products like furniture, [...]

Loggers take most of the heat, but wood products manufacturers, retailers and consumers are also links in the sustainable forestry chain. Editor's note: The information in this article refers to [...]

Effective forest management has been recognized as an effective solution to the problem of carbon dioxide emission in the environment. Pres. Clinton's Climate Challenge Action Plan, which is a partnership between utilities and the Dept. of Energy, actually considers this compliance strategy as a viable one. It could be implemented either by protecting existing forests, replanting trees in lands which have been forests once or improving logging practices.

Concern for disappearing hardwoods, global warming, and droughts in sub-Saharan Africa give special urgency to the improved management of the world's tropical forest. I want to address here one particular [...]

Sustained-yield forestry is a persistent concept in forest management in both Europe and North America.(1) the concept is centuries old, it was first formalized as the basis of scientific forestry [...]

`This is a major opportunity for the Scottish public to have their say on a range of important issues such as climate change, using woods to provide recreation for health [...]

The major causes of deforestation are identified as poverty, population pressures and shifting agriculture, and a survey explains that healthy markets for wood products would actually help to prevent deforestation, encouraging those countries to follow carefully monitored forest management. It is relatively simple economics, as boycotts might only serve to decrease the value of the land, thus endangering the future of those very same forests that could be a nation's economic savior.

FREDERICK W. CUBBAGE [*] ABSTRACT Five management intensity classes were developed and used to estimate the potential planted pine growth and yield levels to be applied in the 2000 Rangeland [...]

Since its establishment in 1991, the World Wildlife Federation's Global Forest & Trade Network (GFTN) has worked with companies to responsibly source their wood and paper product from responsibly managed [...]

The cycle time of a forest crop is longer that the professional life of its manager, at least in the countries of the North. While managing for the long-term future, [...]

Eco-labels have led to furious disagreements across a wide range of industries and things look unlikely to change in the future as the FSC looks to promote its latest brand [...]

The U.S. forest products industry has traditionally depended on federal lands for a large portion of its wood needs. However, in recent years timber supply from U.S. lands has diminished. [...]

NO EUROPEAN OR Scandinavian forest manager or politician or statesman has ever had to deal with the huge problem of how to organize protection, and logical and sustained levels of [...]

Seeing the forest and the trees I am writing on behalf of the forest products industry, its 80,000 employees, and the 70 communities throughout Oregong that rely on a single [...]