Forest resources represent many competing uses in society. The allocation of forest resources depends primarily on the society's value for each use. The problem with allocating forest resources among its different uses lies in differences in societal values across the globe for a single use, across uses and even within political boundaries. These differences in values held by societies across t...

Forest certification is a voluntary verification tool that has been gaining importance within the global sustainability issues as an independent verification tool for sustainable forest management and wood processing industry and as an influencer in private and public purchasing policies and a component of emerging wood harvesting and trade legality schemes. This study focuses on the chain-of-c...

The perspectives and attitudes of the companies of the forest products industry operating in the fields of solid wood products, pulp, paper and paperboard products, engineered wood products and furniture manufacturing in Turkey on the chain of custody certification system and certified forest products were investigated. Within this scope, face-to-face interviews were conducted with the managers...

Tropical forests have been recognized to play a multi-functional role by providing both goods (timber, food, medicine, etc.) and services, including recreational and spiritual benefits and climate regulation, making human life better [1,2]. The international debate has paid high attention to the potential of NTFPs in supporting livelihoods and forest conservation. The article by Peters et al. [...

Tropical forests have been recognized to play a multi-functional role by providing both goods (timber, food, medicine, etc.) and services, including recreational and spiritual benefits and climate regulation, making human life better [1,2]. The international debate has paid high attention to the potential of NTFPs in supporting livelihoods and forest conservation. The article by Peters et al. [...

The study examined prospects of selected forest fruits and vegetables in Enugu North Agricultural zone of Enugu State, Nigeria. Structured interview schedule and focus group discussion were used to collect data from a sample of one hundred and twenty (120) respondents. Data were analyzed using matrix rank ordering, percentage, mean scores and standard deviation. Results of the study identified ...

Forests in boreal and temperate forest-ecosystems have importance for carbon balance since they sequester large amount of atmospheric carbon by uptake of carbon-dioxide during photosynthesis, and transfer and store carbon in the forest ecosystem. Forest material can be used for bio-fuel purposes and substitute fossil fuels, and supply wood products, which can replace carbon-and-energy-intensive...

Currently, around half a billion acres are certified around the world by the world's top three certification organizations and this number continues to grow rapidly every day. However, consumer knowledge of sustainable forest management and forest certific ation does not appear to be growing. This lack of consumer awareness could be the reason why there is little evidence of a price premium for...

This study presents an empirical analysis of the relationship between industrial timberland ownership and financial performance of forest products companies in the United States. Based on the structure-conduct-performance model of the industrial organization theory, we develop and estimate a three-stage least squares model system that links timberland ownership with performance. Our results sho...