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Certified tropical timber and consumer behaviour : the impact of a certification scheme for tropical timber from sustainable forest management on German demand /

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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 sustainability produced timber (tropical or non-tropical) protects the forests by...

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Main Author: Brockmann, Karl Ludwig
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Hemmelskamp, Jens, Hohmeyer, Olav, 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Heidelberg : Mannheim, Germany : Physica-Verlag ; ZEW, 1996.
Series:Environmental and resource economics.
Subjects:
Lumber trade > Tropics.
Timber > Certification > Tropics.
Consumers > Germany > Attitudes.
Sustainable forestry > Tropics.
Holzmarkt > Tropenholz > Umweltzeichen > Konsumentenverhalten > Deutschland.
Consumers > Attitudes.
Lumber trade.
Sustainable forestry.
Timber > Certification.
Germany.
Tropics.
Tropisch hardhout.
Consumentengedrag.
Duurzame ontwikkeling.
Holzmarkt.
Marktprognose.
Tropisches Holz.
Zertifizierung.
Nachfrageverhalten.
Deutschland.
Consumers > Attitudes > Germany
Lumber trade > Tropics
Sustainable forestry > Tropics
Timber > Certification > Tropics
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Summary: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 sustainability produced timber (tropical or non-tropical) protects the forests by raising their economic value. This study 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% of the total demand. The results reveal that a credible certification scheme can induce a significant expansion of demand for sustainability produced tropical timber. This holds true for a scheme restricted to Germany as well as for an OECD-wide approach.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 178 pages) : illustrations.
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-178).
ISBN:9783642517358 (electronic bk.)
3642517358 (electronic bk.)