Attributes of Sawn Timber Important for the Manufacturers of Value-Added Wood Products in Malaysia

Ratnasingam, Jegatheswaran; Liat, Lim Choon; Ramasamy, Geetha; Mohamed, Saiful Bahri; Senin, Abdul Latib

doi:10.15376/biores.11.4.8297-8306

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“…The decline of forest cover due to increasing agricultural activity, led to the loss of the timber industry and associated markets and supply chains. A reinvigoration of that industry has economic and social benefits, in that value added post-harvest wood product development can substantially increase the value of timber production, provide jobs, and serve as an intermediate land use option that maintains many essential ecosystem services, and protects soils from degradation [51][52][53][54]. We consider the lands well-suited to forestry in a broad context.…”

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confidence: 99%

Land Use, Conservation, Forestry, and Agriculture in Puerto Rico

Gould

Wadsworth

Quiñones

et al. 2017

Forests

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Global food security concerns emphasize the need for sustainable agriculture and local food production. In Puerto Rico, over 80 percent of food is imported, and local production levels have reached historical lows. Efforts to increase local food production are driven by government agencies, non-government organizations, farmers, and consumers. Integration of geographic information helps plan and balance the reinvention and invigoration of the agriculture sector while maintaining ecological services. We used simple criteria that included currently protected lands and the importance of slope and forest cover in protection from erosion to identify land well-suited for conservation, agriculture and forestry in Puerto Rico. Within these categories we assessed U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) farmland soils classification data, lands currently in agricultural production, current land cover, and current land use planning designations. We found that developed lands occupy 13 percent of Puerto Rico; lands well-suited for conservation that include protected areas, riparian buffers, lands surrounding reservoirs, wetlands, beaches, and salt flats, occupy 45 percent of Puerto Rico; potential working lands encompass 42 percent of Puerto Rico. These include lands well-suited for mechanized and non-mechanized agriculture, such as row and specialty crops, livestock, dairy, hay, pasture, and fruits, which occupy 23 percent of Puerto Rico; and areas suitable for forestry production, such as timber and non-timber products, agroforestry, and shade coffee, which occupy 19 percent of Puerto Rico.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Land Use, Conservation, Forestry, and Agriculture in Puerto Rico

Gould

Wadsworth

Quiñones

et al. 2017

Forests

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“…Secondly, the exported hardwood species, which consist of Poplar, Oak, and Cherry. The raw material sustainability will influence the choice of timber species utilised in wood-based production [35].…”

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A Review on Sustainability Characteristics Development for Wooden Furniture Design

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The design of furniture products is influenced by increasing consumer interest in green products and sustainability values. However, although the demand for sustainable furniture products is high, the standardization of sustainability characteristics in furniture design has still not been achieved. A thorough literature review was conducted, which considered various sustainability characteristics that apply in industries that design furniture. This review paper aimed to identify common sustainability characteristics so that a new standard for furniture industries can be established. In this review, numerous themes were explored relating to design guidelines, design criteria, design preferences, design optimization, design evaluation and assessment, design decision making, strategic planning, design strategies, the integration of eco-design, and eco-design tools. A total of 137 articles were reviewed regarding their sustainability characteristics according to the triple bottom-line framework for a relevant product sector. Due to the limited reports on the sustainability characteristics of furniture design activities, this paper also tried to include common sustainability characteristics of non-furniture products that are available on the market. Through the review, 10 sustainability characteristics were identified for the environment, 17 for the economy, and 16 for the social dimension as being common among manufacturers when designing their products. A further in-depth analysis was conducted by mapping the characteristics to those that were significantly implemented in the design process, of which five (5) were environmental, two (2) were economic, and five (5) were social sustainability characteristics. This review is significant in helping furniture designers to use appropriate and effective sustainability standards in the design and manufacture of products that meet customers’ demands. Previous literature reviews have not clearly measured the triple bottom line. Furthermore, no definite characteristics were proposed in previous works regarding wooden furniture design, leaving a gap to be closed by future works.

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“…Indonesia, Thailand, and Burma are its main origins. Merbau originates in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands [32]. Its physical performance is similar to teak, but its price is relatively lower.…”

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Price Volatility Transmission in China’s Hardwood Lumber Imports

Wang

Yin

Wang

2021

Forests

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Hardwood lumber is the principal part of the global hardwood timber trade. China has become the largest importer of hardwood lumber in the world. However, China’s hardwood lumber imports are affected by price volatility. Thus, we investigated the price volatility transmission of China’s hardwood lumber imports. We aimed to detect the source, path, and intensity of the volatility transmission in China’s hardwood lumber imports, and reveal the intrinsic interactions between price volatilities. To date, there is little research on the price fluctuations of forest products. This paper provides an empirical analysis on the volatility transmission in China’s forest product imports. We selected four types of major hardwood lumber imports to China; that is, teak (Tectona grandis L.F.), merbau (Merbau), sapele (Entandrophragma), and casla (Terminalia spp.) (The Latin names of tree species are given in parentheses), and used their daily prices from 4 August 2010 to 15 April 2020. The Baba–Engle–Kraft–Kroner (BEKK) multivariate models and dynamic conditional correlation (DCC) models were employed. The empirical results indicate that there is an intrinsic relationship between the price fluctuations in China’s hardwood lumber imports. The volatility transmission chain originates from casla; it is transmitted along the casla→sapele→merbau→teak pathway. The direction of transmission is from lower prices to higher prices. The dynamic conditional correlation of each link in the chain does not exhibit any particular time trend. This suggests that volatility transmission is a crucial price mechanism in China’s hardwood lumber imports. Our findings have important policy implications for hedging timber price risks and designing timber trade policies.

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Attributes of Sawn Timber Important for the Manufacturers of Value-Added Wood Products in Malaysia

Cited by 8 publications

References 10 publications

Land Use, Conservation, Forestry, and Agriculture in Puerto Rico

Land Use, Conservation, Forestry, and Agriculture in Puerto Rico

A Review on Sustainability Characteristics Development for Wooden Furniture Design

Price Volatility Transmission in China’s Hardwood Lumber Imports

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