This work briefly presents the main features of the world tropical timber economy. It is intended as an aid to those who require a good and readily accessible overview of the economic context of tropical timber, covering production, consumption and trade in the principal products, and is based...

Les filières bois ont une importance cruciale pour la plupart des pays en développement. Elles y représentent 90% de la consommation énergétique, et y constituent couramment entre 3 et 6 % du Produit National Brut, et jusqu’à 70 % de ce dernier, dans le cas des pays les plus dépendants...

La faisabilité économique de la fabrication de parquet en chêne vert, essence très abondante sur le pourtour méditerranéen, a été analysée par le Cirad-Forêt à la demande du Conseil Général de l’Hérault. Le prix de revient global de la transformation a été calculé en se...

Forests are ubiquitous in the Democratic Republic of Congo; they touch the cultural and economic life of most of the population and have enormous global environmental significance. After years of conflicts and mismanagement, reconstruction is key to improving living conditions and consolidating...

Cameroon has the largest forest area in africa. industrial logging operations export timber products to Europe, america and asia, and informal chainsaw milling (Csm) operations supply the domestic market and many other african countries. The Ònorthern trailÓ is an informal supply chain that...

The Tanimbar islands are of great interest for their biodiversity (lidon and kartiwa 2005). located in the province of maluku, indonesia, their main city, saumlaki, is also a district capital. The islands were extensively studied during the Tanimbar land-use planning project, funded by the...

la négociation des nations unies sur les changements climatiques cherche à élaborer un mécanisme destiné aux pays en développement disposant de forêts pour les compenser financièrement de la réduction des émissions de carbone issues de la déforestation et de la dégradation des...

Malaysia is currently one of the world's top tropical timber producers. The Malaysian wood industry has grown tremendously since past decades. Besides producing wood products for the domestic markets, most of the wood products have been exported to other countries including Europe. We used the...