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The international timber trade.

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Peck, Tim
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge : Woodhead Pub., 2001.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations acronyms and symbols; Introduction; 1 Historical perspective; 2 Global forest and wood resources; 3 Production and consumption of wood products; 4 The place of wood industries and wood products in the global economy; 5 Overview of world trade in wood products; 6 Trade flow patterns and trends; 7 The major players; 8 Influences on wood products markets and trade; 9 Trade and the environment; 10 Past present and future; Bibliography; Appendix 1 List of selected international organisations concerned with the trade in wood products.
  • Appendix 2 DefinitionsIndex.