Forests and the economy
- Global employment in the formal forestry sector - 13 million people (2000). Source
- Gross value-added in the forestry sector: US$354 billion (2000). Source
- Global trade in primary wood products: US$204 billion (2006). Source
- Global roundwood production: 3 536 million cubic meters (2006).Source
- Countries with the highest contribution of the forestry sector to gross domestic product (GDP): Bhutan, Finland, Malaysia, Baltic States and some African countries. Source
- Small-scale forest product enterprises are among the top three non-farm rural commercial activities in most countries.
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