This study examines the wood trade in response to China's new logging ban policy in natural forests (LBNF). Our identification is based on a triple-difference (DDD) strategy, in which the variations in the staggered policy implementation with region and time, together with the different trade...

In Vietnam, the expansion of plantation forests, the logging ban in natural forest, and the partial timber import ban were predicted to drastically change the industry's procurement of raw material. We investigated the response of timber processing companies to these events and policies, and...

How do policy-oriented learning and shifting coalitions among private and public actors affect the evolution of the regulatory governance of legal and sustainable global timber commodity production and trade? To answer this question, we study the interplay between the transnational private...

Russia possesses the world's largest forest reserves and is one of the major exporters in the world timber market. This paper explores the role of Russian forest products on the global market, taking into account competitiveness both at national and regional levels. The competitiveness level of...

The timber processing industry is currently increasing in Vietnam to meet the demand of wood products. Besides the involvement of companies, many small-scale farms have evolved in industrial plantation of forest. There are many types of economic linkages have been established between the private ...

A gravity model of softwood lumber (SWL) trade is developed and used to determine the effect that U.S. tariffs have on SWL exports from Canada to the U.S. The gravity model employs quarterly data for seven Canadian and three U.S. regions over the period 2007-2019; it is expanded to include Japan...

In case of a shortage of China's domestic timber, the research of China's timber security has become increasingly more important. Using the pressure-state-response (PSR) conceptual model and the entropy method, the timber security of China during 1997-2017 was evaluated and analyzed to understand...

In South Africa, although implementation of government and forestry industry's embraced forest-based land reform partnership governance models, rural development and community beneficiaries' access to timber or wood products markets independently remain a challenge. This study assessed the...

This research investigates the impact of forest certification on the international trade of timber products. Forest certification has become an important signal to consumers and business buyers about a company's commitment to sustainable development. What, if any, economic benefits accrue to firms...

This paper analyses timber and wood processing companies' views on opportunities and challenges for FLEGT implementation in Vietnam based on a literature review, online surveys with 56 timber and wood processing companies, in-depth interviews with 26 stakeholders from different institutions, and a...