world news - 27.10.2004
Forest supplies up 17% in Germany
The recent monitoring of forests in Germany showed that the amount of forest resources increased 17% from 2.28 billion cub m in 1987 to 2.63 billion cub m in 2004, an average of 320 m per hectare.
Annual forest resources increase of 60 thousand cub m is used only 75% (annual timber production is 40 million cub m).
The government is working out a number of measures aimed at stimulating the growth of demand for timber products, as well as the growth of timber production in German forests.
Lesprom
See also:
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- — Around 70% of Russian timber available for procession is lost due to the lack of road infrastructure
- — Price index by Russian timber sector enterprises up 6.3% in first 9 months of 2004
- — European consumer pulp stocks fell by 7.2% in September
- — Plywood supply in Japan rose in July by 11%
