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Boycotting tropical timber reduces its economic value, and provides 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. This volume examines 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 per cent 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.

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Author:   Karl L. Brockmann ,  Jens Hemmelskamp ,  Olav Hohmeyer ,  O. Hohmeyer (all of the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW), Mannheim, Germany)
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Physica-Verlag GmbH & Co
Edition:   1996 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.310kg
ISBN:  

9783790809558

ISBN 10:   3790809551
Pages:   178
Publication Date:   10 July 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- I: General Conditions for Tropical Timber Certification.- 2 Concepts of Sustainability and the Design of a Certification Scheme for Tropical Timber.- 3 Effectiveness and Efficiency of a Certification Scheme Aimed at Protecting Tropical Rain Forests.- 4 Certification and Tropical Timber Supply.- 5 Environmental Labels and Consumer Behaviour.- II: Basic Scenarios for a Certified Tropical Timber Market in the Federal Republic of Germany.- 6 Definitions, Database and Data Processing.- 7 Distribution of Tropical Timber in the Federal Republic of Germany.- 8 Trend Analysis and Basic Scenarios.- III: Extended Scenarios for a Certified Tropical Timber Market under Different Supply and Demand Constellations.- 9 Theoretical Foundations.- 10 Extended Scenarios for Individual Submarkets.- 11 Extended Scenarios of the Aggregate Timber Market.- 12 Conclusions.- A1 Procedure for Evaluating the Foreign Trade Statistics.- A2 Production Quantities and Values of Lacquer of German Production.- A3 List of Goods Categories in the Foreign Trade Statistics as Information Source for Tropical Timber.- A4 Net Imports of Tropical Timber into the Federal Republic of Germany.- A5 Conversion Factors for Evaluating the Foreign Trade Statistics.- A6 Recovery Rates.- A7 Domestic Final Consumption of Tropical Timber in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1984.- A8 Half-Finished Tropical Timber Products: Chief Uses and Substitutes.- A9 Finished Timber Products on the German Market Containing No or Negligible Tropical Timber from Natural Forests.- A10 Graphic Depiction of a Contracting or Expanding Demand.- A11 Determining the Reaction Directions of the Derived Demand.- Summary.

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