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Argentina and Uruguay
Hard copy: $70
Digital copy: $50
June 1999
This Market Brief provides an overview of two emerging forestry sectors in South America. Argentina and Uruguay are establishing government incentives to develop areas of fast-growing plantations to feed the pulp and paper and value-added industries. 15 pages, color with tables, charts and maps.
   
     
Australian Forests and Plantations
Hard copy: $70
Digital copy: $50
September 1998
Australia has an ambitious plan to triple its plantation forest base by the year 2020. This plan comes at a time of unprecedented public involvement by diverse stakeholders in forest management decisions. 10 pages, color with tables and charts.
   
     
Chile's Forest Industry
Hard copy: $70
Digital copy: $50
February 1998
This Market Brief covers Chile's remarkable success story in developing its fast-growing plantations of pine and eucalyptus. Tree species, annual planting, forest area, and forest industry snapshots are provided in this concise report. 12 pages color, with tables and charts.
   
     
Russian Far East Forestry
Hard copy: $70
Digital copy: $50
September 1998
Russian forests hold over one fifth of the world's timber resources and almost half of this is in the far east. But since the end of the Soviet Union, the Russian forestry sector has collapsed, leaving much of the overmature forest underutilized and the wood processing industry in disarray. 10 pages, color with tables and charts.
   
     
Taiwan's Forest Sector
Hard copy: $70
Digital copy: $50
December 2001
Taiwan's role in forest products trade has shifted from being a major hardwood supplier and wood products manufacturer to an important raw material importer, woodworking equipment supplier, and investor in offshore forestry enterprises. Taiwan's major challenges lay in balancing its demand for wood products in light of limited domestic fiber and managing forests to minimize environmental damage and to conserve resources. 14 pages, color with charts and graphs.
   
     
United States Forestry Sector
Hard copy: $70
Digital copy: $70
December 1999
This country profile includes an overview of the U.S. forest resource and forest products sectors. Changes in public and private forest resource availability and its consequences on the forest products market are discussed. The lumber and panel industries, as well as the growth of engineered wood products is also covered. Ideal as a quick primer on the U.S. forestry sector. 21 pages, black and white with tables, charts and maps.
   
     
Uruguay: Developing Forest Sector
Hard copy: $70
Digital copy: $50
August 2002
Uruguay's importance as a forestry country lies more in its potential for fast growing plantations than in existing industry or resources. There is available land for planting Eucalyptus and pine. The country's flat terrain, good weather conditions, proximity to Mercosur, and government support for afforestation projects provide opportunities for expansion of the forestry industry. 9 pages, color with tables, charts and maps.
   
       
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