Economic Data and Information About the Forest Sector in Suriname


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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.


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Introduction

methodology

Types of economic information

Information collection methodologies

Evaluating the information

Recording and storing the information

Checklist for surveys of economic information

information collected locally in suriname

Forestry cost information

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

data collected from international sources

Cost information

Manufacturer's estimates of rates of materials consumption and productivity

Price information

conclusions and recommendations

Quality of existing information

Improving and updating the information

Institutional considerations

References

GLOSSARY

APPENDIX 1: USEFUL DATA SOURCES

APPENDIX 2: RECORD OF DISCUSSIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS

APPENDIX 3: THE FOREST DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION