The Economics of the Tropical Timber Trade

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward B. Barbier ◽  
Joanne C. Burgess ◽  
Joshua Bishop ◽  
Bruce Aylward
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Timber ◽  
Timber Trade

Vertebrate responses to selective logging: implications for the design of logging systems

1992 ◽  
Vol 335 (1275) ◽  
pp. 437-442 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Peninsular Malaysia ◽  
Selective Logging ◽  
Ecological Studies ◽  
Simple Analysis ◽  
Forest Reserves ◽  
Tropical Timber ◽  
Animal Populations ◽  
Timber Trade ◽  
Term Monitoring

The adoption of tropical rain forest management systems that conserve both timber stocks and the environment is increasingly viewed as a necessary development to maintain both the tropical timber trade and the forests themselves. There are no theoretical reasons why such systems should not be achievable. Ecological studies of vertebrate animal populations, and of wider ecosystem processes, can assist foresters in designing more appropriate forestry systems and in their long-term monitoring. Data are presented from two Forest Reserves in South-east Asia, Tekam in Peninsular Malaysia and Ulu Segama in Sabah, to show how simple analysis of ecological parameters may be used to quantify the extent to which logging affects the forest ecosystem and the extent to which it recovers over time.

The Tropical Timber Trade and Sustainable Development

Science ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 256 (5064) ◽  
pp. 1651-1655 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Vincent
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Tropical Timber ◽  
Timber Trade

Tropical Timber Trade

1991 ◽  
pp. 51-55
Author(s):  
N. Mark Collins ◽  
Jeffrey A. Sayer ◽  
Timothy C. Whitmore
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Timber ◽  
Timber Trade

Our Tropical Timber Trade

1921 ◽  
Vol 124 (23) ◽  
pp. 444-444
Author(s):  
Samuel J. Record
Keyword(s):  
Tropical Timber ◽  
Timber Trade

Conflicting international policies in tropical timber trade

1996 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline Amilien
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Forest Degradation ◽  
Economic Incentives ◽  
Tropical Timber ◽  
International Policies ◽  
Timber Trade ◽  
Uniform Policy ◽  
A Minor ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
Substantial Factor

SummaryTrade in tropical timber, while a minor cause of deforestation in the tropics, can be a substantial factor in promoting forest degradation and deforestation. International organizations and conferences increasingly recognize that adverse environmental effects of international trade can be reduced through regulations and economic incentives. Three international agreements, the GATT, the CITES, and the ITTA, now affect the tropical timber trade and are here reviewed. Adopted at different times, they illustrate different philosophies, pursue different objectives, and develop contradictory trade policy perspectives. Legal conflicts among these agreements reduce their effectiveness, and mitigate a global objective of making international trade in tropical timber more responsive to environmental issues. Harmonization among the GATT, the CITES, and the ITTA, and collaboration among organizations in charge of managing these agreements, should be reinforced in order to establish a coherent and uniform policy for tropical timber trade.

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