The China forest products trade: overview of Asia-Pacific supplying countries, impacts and implications

Over 70 % of China's timber product imports are supplied by countries in the Asia Pacific region, and China is the dominant forest product market for many of these countries. Unsustainable harvesting practices, illegal logging, and negative impacts on community livelihoods plague many of these suppl...

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Main Authors: Katsigris, E., Bull, G.Q., White, A., Barr, C., Barney, K., Bun, Y., Kahrl, F., King, T., Lankin, A., Lebedev, A., Shearman, P., Sheingauz, A., Yufang Su, Weyerhaeuser, Horst
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: 2004
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19121
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author Katsigris, E.
Bull, G.Q.
White, A.
Barr, C.
Barney, K.
Bun, Y.
Kahrl, F.
King, T.
Lankin, A.
Lebedev, A.
Shearman, P.
Sheingauz, A.
Yufang Su
Weyerhaeuser, Horst
author_browse Barney, K.
Barr, C.
Bull, G.Q.
Bun, Y.
Kahrl, F.
Katsigris, E.
King, T.
Lankin, A.
Lebedev, A.
Shearman, P.
Sheingauz, A.
Weyerhaeuser, Horst
White, A.
Yufang Su
author_facet Katsigris, E.
Bull, G.Q.
White, A.
Barr, C.
Barney, K.
Bun, Y.
Kahrl, F.
King, T.
Lankin, A.
Lebedev, A.
Shearman, P.
Sheingauz, A.
Yufang Su
Weyerhaeuser, Horst
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description Over 70 % of China's timber product imports are supplied by countries in the Asia Pacific region, and China is the dominant forest product market for many of these countries. Unsustainable harvesting practices, illegal logging, and negative impacts on community livelihoods plague many of these supplying countries. The countries may be divided into those still harvesting and exporting timber from natural forests on a large scale and those which have gone past their highest levels of natural forest timber harvesting and are now more aggressively pursuing plantation development and processing. Apart from Russia, China's top Asia Pacific timber suppliers could at best maintain current supply, with natural forest resources being depleted in less than 20 years. Resource limits also constrain expansion and/or long-term continuation of processed product export to China. Greater attention and action on the part of governments, market leaders, and international organizations is needed to address negative impacts, shifting supply to a sustainable, legal, and equitable basis and to determine from where China's long-term supply will come.
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spelling CGSpace191212025-01-24T14:21:00Z The China forest products trade: overview of Asia-Pacific supplying countries, impacts and implications Katsigris, E. Bull, G.Q. White, A. Barr, C. Barney, K. Bun, Y. Kahrl, F. King, T. Lankin, A. Lebedev, A. Shearman, P. Sheingauz, A. Yufang Su Weyerhaeuser, Horst forest products supply exports policies livelihoods Over 70 % of China's timber product imports are supplied by countries in the Asia Pacific region, and China is the dominant forest product market for many of these countries. Unsustainable harvesting practices, illegal logging, and negative impacts on community livelihoods plague many of these supplying countries. The countries may be divided into those still harvesting and exporting timber from natural forests on a large scale and those which have gone past their highest levels of natural forest timber harvesting and are now more aggressively pursuing plantation development and processing. Apart from Russia, China's top Asia Pacific timber suppliers could at best maintain current supply, with natural forest resources being depleted in less than 20 years. Resource limits also constrain expansion and/or long-term continuation of processed product export to China. Greater attention and action on the part of governments, market leaders, and international organizations is needed to address negative impacts, shifting supply to a sustainable, legal, and equitable basis and to determine from where China's long-term supply will come. 2004 2012-06-04T09:09:08Z 2012-06-04T09:09:08Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19121 en Katsigris, E., Bull, G.Q., White, A., Barr, C., Barney, K., Bun, Y., Kahrl, F., King, T., Lankin, A., Lebedev, A., Shearman, P., Sheingauz, A., Yufang Su, Weyerhaeuser, H. 2004. The China forest products trade: overview of Asia-Pacific supplying countries, impacts and implications . International Forestry Review 6 (3-4) :237-253. ISSN: 1465-5489.
spellingShingle forest products
supply
exports
policies
livelihoods
Katsigris, E.
Bull, G.Q.
White, A.
Barr, C.
Barney, K.
Bun, Y.
Kahrl, F.
King, T.
Lankin, A.
Lebedev, A.
Shearman, P.
Sheingauz, A.
Yufang Su
Weyerhaeuser, Horst
The China forest products trade: overview of Asia-Pacific supplying countries, impacts and implications
title The China forest products trade: overview of Asia-Pacific supplying countries, impacts and implications
title_full The China forest products trade: overview of Asia-Pacific supplying countries, impacts and implications
title_fullStr The China forest products trade: overview of Asia-Pacific supplying countries, impacts and implications
title_full_unstemmed The China forest products trade: overview of Asia-Pacific supplying countries, impacts and implications
title_short The China forest products trade: overview of Asia-Pacific supplying countries, impacts and implications
title_sort china forest products trade overview of asia pacific supplying countries impacts and implications
topic forest products
supply
exports
policies
livelihoods
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/19121
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