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Certified Tropical Timber and Consumer Behaviour: The Impact of a Certification Scheme for Tropical Timber from Sustainable Forest Management on Germa

Certified Tropical Timber and Consumer Behaviour: The Impact of a Certification Scheme for Tropical Timber from Sustainable Forest Management on Germa

Brockmann, Karl L.
Hemmelskamp, Jens
Hohmeyer, Olav

Paperback

Series: Environmental and Resource Economics

Business GeneralEconomicsAgriculture

ISBN10: 3790809551
ISBN13: 9783790809558
Publisher: Physica-Verlag
Published: Jul 10 1996
Pages: 178
Weight: 0.62
Height: 0.42 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English
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 sustainably produced timber (tropical or non-tropical) protects the forests by raising their economic value. Examined here 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 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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