Trade Policy, Processing and New Zealand Forestry

Trade Policy, Processing and New Zealand Forestry
Author: John Gilbert
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2020-11-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000160394

This title was first published in 2000: Examines core issues with respect to the effect of export restrictions, the impact on processing and welfare, the consequences of foreign ownership of the resource, and the possibility of utilizing export restrictions as a retaliatory strategy against escalating tariff structures. It also examines the impact of liberalization of processed good markets. The book employs a combination of formal general equilibrium modelling and counterfactual simulation using computable general equilibrium (CGE) tecniques, with the New Zealand forestry industry used as a case study throughout. The book makes a contribution to the literature in this field by incorporating foreign ownership into an extensive formal analysis of processing incentives, develooping a new CGE model of the New Zealand economy, utilizing this model to evaluate the costs of export restrictions, and utilizing the GTAP to provide insights into the possible effect of the APEC Early Voluntary Sector Liberalization strategy.

Certified Tropical Timber and Consumer Behaviour

Certified Tropical Timber and Consumer Behaviour
Author: Karl L. Brockmann
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 185
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3642517358

Boycotting tropical timber reduces its economic value and provides an incentive to burn down forests, making them available for subsequent agricultural use or livestock farming. In contrast, a certification scheme for sustainably produced timber (tropical or non-tropical) protects the forests by raising their economic value. Examined here the impact of a certification scheme on German demand for tropical timber. A partial-equilibrium model is developed for the German tropical timber market as a whole as well as for five important submarkets representing 50% of the total demand. The results reveal that a credible certification scheme can induce a significant expansion of demand for sustainably produced tropical timber. This holds true for a scheme restricted to Germany as well as for an OECD-wide approach.

The Global Economics of Forestry

The Global Economics of Forestry
Author: William F. Hyde
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0415518288

Concluding chapters review the roles of the newer institutional landowners, of smaller private and farm landowners, and of public agencies.

The Economics of the Tropical Timber Trade

The Economics of the Tropical Timber Trade
Author: Edward B Barbier
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000708691

Originally published in 1994, The Economics of the Tropical Timber Trade provides a detailed analysis of the economic linkages between the trade and forest degradation. Based on a report prepared for the ITTO, it looks current and future market conditions at the time of publication, and assesses the impacts on current and future market conditions, and assesses the impacts on tropical forests of both the international timber trade and domestic demand. The authors examine the causes of deforestation and compare the environmental impacts of the timber trade with other factors, such as the conversion of the forests to agriculture. Finally, they assess the national and international trade policy options, and discuss the potential role of interventions in the international timber trade in promoting efficient and sustainable use of forest resources. The book will be of interest to those concerned with forest management and policy, trade and environment, and with the economics of conversation and resource use.