harvested wood and wood products, the European Union (EU) is now discussing a legislation proposal which would ban illegal … increases secondary wood production in illegal logging countries as their exports become relatively more competitive. Through … processed wood. This effect is, however, limited. Finally, given the limited effect on overall economic activity, effects on GHG …

It is well known that the forestry sector is sensitive to climate change but most studies have examined impacts only …

that an optimal policy subsidizes the production of wood products sequestering carbon. The relative magnitude of the … the use of wood is not emission free, it is optimal to increase the use of wood, possibly also in the energy sector …. Before the wood use can be increased, the forest biomass has to be increased. This initial carbon sink speeds up the …

, forest carbon storage dominates. However, when carbon prices pass $235/tCO2, wood bioenergy with CCS becomes increasingly … expense of marginal cropland. While the storage program dominates, natural forestland expands. But when the wood bioenergy …

the market for woody biomass by combining the integrated assessment model WITCH with the global dynamic forestry model GTM … demand of woody biomass from 8.2 to 15.2 billion m3/yr while the international price of wood would increase 4 to 9 times … relative to the baseline scenario by 2100. This would shrink the demand for industrial wood products from 80% to 90% with the …

traditionally used in forestry economics reflect. This essay analyses some challenges of accounting for such complexity. When forest …