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Abstract
This study is part of the TEEB (The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity) study of trade chains, and
assessed the impact of harvesting tropical timber on ecosystem services and the costs and benefits of more
sustainable production. The costs of implementation and the benefits from increased ecosystem services
levels were assessed for two alternatives to conventional selective logging (CL), sustainable forest
management (SFM) and forest plantation. The SFM alternative involves certified forest management
implementing reduced impact logging techniques. The forest plantation alternative involves high-yield
plantations that have a larger impact on ecosystem services than CL on the actual plantation area, but
require only an equivalent of 11-42% of the CL area due to the higher yields per unit of area, and thus
allows a larger area of primary forest to be conserved. The majority of Dutch imports of tropical timbers are
from South America and South East Asia. We conducted separate analyses for South America and South East
Asia to account for regional differences in terms of logging practices, timber yields and the extent and value
of ecosystem services
Original language | English |
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Place of Publication | Wageningen |
Publisher | Wettelijke Onderzoekstaken Natuur & Milieu |
Number of pages | 57 |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
Publication series
Name | WOt-technical report |
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Publisher | Wettelijke Onderzoekstaken Natuur & Milieu |
No. | 10 |
Keywords
- logging
- timber production
- cost benefit analysis
- forest administration
- tropical forests
- sustainability
- tropical timbers
- ecosystem services
- biobased economy
- south america
- south east asia
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Infrastructuur Verkenning Natuurbeleid (WOT-04-011-043, WOT-04-011-032, WOT-04-011-025, WOT-04-006-104)
1/01/08 → 31/12/23
Project: EZproject