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Boycotting tropical timber reduces its economic value and provides an incentive to burn down forests, making them available for subsequent agricultural use or livestock farming. In contrast, a certification scheme for sustainably produced timber (tropical or non-tropical) protects the forests by raising their economic value. Examined here the impact of a certification scheme on German demand for tropical timber. A partial-equilibrium model is developed for the German tropical timber market as a whole as well as for five important submarkets representing 50% of the total demand. The results reveal that a credible certification scheme can induce a significant expansion of demand for sustainably produced tropical timber. This holds true for a scheme restricted to Germany as well as for an OECD-wide approach.

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• Full title: Environmental and Resource Economics
• Subtitle: The Impact of a Certification Scheme for Tropical Timber from Sustainable Forest Management on German Demand
• Author: Karl L. Brockmann, Jens Hemmelskamp, Olav Hohmeyer
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 178
• EAN: 9783790809558
• ISBN: 3790809551
• ID: 03620277
• Publisher: Physica
• Weight: 310 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 10 mm
• Date of publishing: 10. July 1996

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