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ProductionofotherpaperandpaperboardishighestinAsiaandthePacic.Paperandpaperboardisoneofthemostglobalizedcommoditygroups,withahighshareofproductionexportedandahighshareofconsumptionimported.Internationaltradeexpandedsignicantlyinthe1990s,especiallyinEurope,andtheglobalizationofpaperandpaperboardmarketswillcontinueinthefuture.Industrial roundwoodIndustrialroundwooddemandisderivedfromgrowthindemandforendproductssawnwood ,wood- basedpanelsandpaperandpaperboard.Woodrequirementsfortheseproductsvarydependingonthetechnologyemployedandthepotentialtousewoodandbrewaste.Growthinsawnwoodproductionrequiresmoreindustrialroundwood,whereasashifttoreconstitutedpanelproduction(particleboardandbreboard)increasesthepotentialtousewoodresiduesandbrewaste,reducingindustrialroundwoodrequirements.Recyclingpolicieshaveledtoincreaseduseofrecoveredpaperandreducedpulpwooddemand.Increaseduseofwoodresiduesandrecycledmaterialswillreducetheshareofindustrialroundwoodintotalwoodandbreusefromalmost70percentin2005toabout50percentin2030.Thetotalderiveddemandinwoodraw-materialequivalent(WRME)ishigherthantheconsumptionofindustrialroundwood.In2005,globalderiveddemandamountedtoabout2.5billioncubicmetresWRME,ofwhich1.7billioncubicmetreswasindustrialroundwood.Approximately0.5billioncubicmetresWRMEcamefromrecoveredpaperandtheremainderfromwood-processingresidues,recoveredwoodproductsandothersources.Globalproductionofindustrialroundwoodisexpectedtoincreasebyslightlymorethan40percentupto2030(Table24;Figure54).Thisisconsiderablylessthantheprojectedriseintotalwoodandbredemand(whichisexpectedtoalmostdouble)becausethehighestratesofproductiongrowthareexpectedinthepaperandpaperboardsectorandahigherproportionofpaperconsumptionwillberecycledinthefuture.TABLE ... threats for the survival of traditional forest knowledge STATE OF THE WORLD’S FORESTS 200966Withinthecategoryof wood- basedpanels,thereisanincreasingshiftfromplywood(whichaccounted for mostofthe wood- basedpanelproductionandconsumptioninthe1960s)toparticleboardandbreboard.Thisshift,whichhasimportantimplications forwood raw-materialrequirements,beganinEurope(whereparticleboardandbreboardaccounted for 90percentofthepanelmarketin2005)andhascontinuedinNorthAmerica(70percent).IthasonlyrecentlystartedtooccurinAsiaandthePacic,whereplywoodstillaccounts for morethanhalfofproductionandconsumption,withtwomainproducers(IndonesiaandMalaysia)andtwomainconsumers(ChinaandJapan).AsiaandthePacic,EuropeandLatinAmericaandtheCaribbeanarenetexportingregions,whiletheothersarenetimporters.Europeexportsmainlyparticleboardandbreboard,whiletheothertworegionsexportplywood.Thesetrendsareexpectedtocontinue,withinternationaltradeaccounting for about26–27percentofglobalproductionandconsumption.Paper ... 200990Withashifttothesourcingof wood fromplantedforestsandtheexclusionoflargetractsofnaturalforestsfrom wood production,theselow-intensitymanagementsystemshavebeenabandonedinmanycountries.Thedevelopmentoftechnologiesthatmadeitpossibletoprocess wood irrespectiveofitsnaturalqualitiesand size hasalsocontributedtoshiftingattentionawayfromthesesystems.Researchinnaturalforestsnowfocusesmoreonintegratingenvironmental,socialandeconomicobjectivesaccordingtotheprinciplesofsustainableforestmanagement.Anumberofnational,regionalandinternationalinitiativesfocusonthedevelopmentofcriteriaandindicators for measuringprogresstowardssustainableforestmanagement,outliningthenatureoftechnologytobeadopted.Implementationofsustainableforestmanagementrequiressubstantialstrengtheningofthescienceandtechnologybase.Tothisend,muchresearchfocusesonecosystemstructureandfunctioning,thespatialandtemporallinkagesamongecosystemcomponentsandprocesses,andtheirrelationtotheimmediateandlargersocialandeconomiccontext.However,implementationofsuchresearchremainsachallenge(CIFOR,2004),especiallyindevelopingcountries.Technologiesthatincreasethespeedatwhichvastamountsofspatialandtemporaldatacanbeanalysedandsynthesizedarerevolutionizingforestmanagementinsomecountriesandareexpectedtospread.Improvementsintheresolutionofsatelliteimageryandthedevelopmentofsoftwaretointerpretitwillcontributetoreal-timemonitoringofdeforestation,pestsanddiseases,resandotherpotentiallydevastatingevents.Geographicinformationsystems(GISs)andglobalnavigationsatellitesystemsprovideforestmanagerswithincreasinglypreciseinformationonthenatureandconditionofforestresources,whichcanbeprocessedandtransmittedrapidly(Box46).Thisinformationisalsovaluableasevidence for publicconsultation,vericationoflegalityandthird-partycertication.NewmodellingandvisualizationsoftwarelinkingGISsandremotesensingprovideshigh-qualitydigitalsimulationsoffutureforestlandscapestorevealchangesthatmightresultfromnaturalprocesses,suchasclimatealterations,orhumaninterventions,suchasplanting,thinningandharvesting.Suchsimulationsfacilitatecommunityengagementinforestmanagementdecision-making(SheppardandMeitner,2005).Anincreasinglyurgentareaofresearchrelatestotheadaptationofforeststoclimatechange. For example,geneticandenvironmentalvariationintreegrowthandhealthisbeingstudiedinordertopredictpotentialimpactsofclimatechangeonecosystemsandspeciesranges,topredictadaptiveresponsesoftreepopulationstoclimateandtoformulatenewstrategiestohelpforesttreesadapttothechangingclimate(Wanget al.,2008).Planted forests and wood productionPlantedforestshavereceivedmostinvestmentinforestry,andalsoinforestrytechnologydevelopment.Researchaimsprimarilytoenhanceproductivitythroughfastergrowthratesandtoimprove wood qualityandtheabilityTABLE...
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