Analysis and research
This section of the Web site currently contains analytic papers and contributions from a variety of authors. Most of the analysis here was carried out in the context of the Japan-FAO trust fund project entitled "Impact Assessment of Forest Products Trade in the Promotion of Sustainable Forest Management".
The analytic papers and contributions posted here include:
1. Impact of new markets for environmental services on forest products trade
(by Marko Katila, Esa Puustjärvi, INDUFOR with inputs from EcoSecurities)
2. Current state of debate in WTO on market access, technical barriers to trade (TBT) and impact of multi-lateral environmental agreements
(by Rodney Neufeld, Christian Mersmann and Markus Nordanstad)
3. The role of CITES in international trade in forest products - links to sustainable forest management
(by Teresa Mulliken, TRAFFIC International)
4. Effects of global and regional trade agreements on forestry
(by G. Horgan)
5. Current state of discussion and implementation related to illegal logging and trade in forest products
(by Arnoldo Contreras-Hermosilla)
6. Market access of forest goods and services
(by Antti Rytkonen)
7. Criteria and indicators for sustainable forest management and trade in forest products
(by Tiina Vähänen)
8. Financial investment in sustainable forest management - status and trends
(by Ralph Schmidt)
9. The impacts of forest product trade liberalisation on forest governance
(by Michael Richards)
10. Extra-sectoral impacts on trade in forest products and sustainable forest management
(by CIRAD, a French agricultural research center working for international development)
11. Impact of market-based instruments and initiatives on the trade in forest products and sustainable forest management
(by Kari Sann and Kirsti Thornber, LTS Edinburgh, UK)
12. Environmental (impact) assessment of trade in context of sustainable forest management
(by Laura Russo/FAO)