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Unavailability of timber resources
Name(s):
Shortage of raw wood, lumber and cork
Broader
Shortage of natural resources
Resource demands of the built environment
Long-term shortage of inedible crude non-fuel materials
Narrower
Shortage of firewood
Shortage of hardwood
Scarce fencing material
Wood, shaped or simply worked, shortage
Aggravated by
Underdevelopment of forestry industry
Reduced by
Storms
Illegal tropical timber trade
Strategy(ies)
Monitoring timber production
Using available timber resources
Instituting integrated forest management
Value(s)
Shortage
Unavailability
Reference(s)
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe: Timber Trends and Prospects for North America
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe: European Timber Trends and Prospects to the Year 2000 and Beyond
Type
(D) Detailed problems