28 October 2009
What does financial and economic crisis mean for the forest sector, and what can the sector do to respond? C.T.S. Nair and R. Rutt overview opportunities for creating forestry jobs. T. Presas gives an industry perspective. R. Taylor illustrates impacts of the crisis for wood industry in North America. Subsequent articles examine measures to support forestry’s role in economic renewal in the United States (A.R. Kimbell and H. Brown), South America (I. Tomaselli), India (J.R. Matta), the Philippines (J.L. Atienza, Jr), China (Q. Ma, J. Liu and W. Du), Central Africa (J.C. Tieguhong et al.) and South Africa (R.N. Heath and S. Chipeta). [ more...]
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