SURINAME
MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES
with
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION
Project GCP/SUR/001/NET
Forestry Advisory Assistance
to the
Ministry of Natural Resources in Suriname
Economic Data and Information
About the Forest Sector in Suriname
by
Adrian Whiteman, FAO, Rome
July 1999
This report is one of a series of reports produced during the course of a two-month assignment (during October and November 1998) as International Consultant (Forest Economics) to the FAO project GCP/SUR/001/NET, funded by the Government of the Netherlands. The International Consultant wishes to acknowledge the help and co-operation given by staff of the State Forest Service (LBB) and others in the forestry sector in Suriname with the completion of this work. In particular, the consultant's counterparts: Mr Matai; Mr Asraf; and Mr Lemen, have provided very valuable support with this work. The conclusions and recommendations presented here are those of the author and do not represent the official policy of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Government of Suriname or the Government of the Netherlands.
The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this document do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.
Introduction
methodology
Types of economic informationinformation collected locally in suriname
Information collection methodologies
Evaluating the information
Recording and storing the information
Checklist for surveys of economic information
Forestry cost informationdata collected from international sources
Rates of materials consumption and productivity in Suriname
Sawmill production cost information
Price information
Other quantitative information on the forest economy of Suriname
Qualitative information on the forest economy of Suriname
Cost informationconclusions and recommendations
Manufacturer's estimates of rates of materials consumption and productivity
Price information
Quality of existing informationReferences
Improving and updating the information
Institutional considerations
GLOSSARY
APPENDIX 1: USEFUL DATA SOURCES
APPENDIX 2: RECORD OF DISCUSSIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS
APPENDIX 3: THE FOREST DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION