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Contribution of the Forestry Sector to National Economies, 1990-2011

Year of publication 2014

Pages 166 p.

Author Lebedys, A. ; Li, Y.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Series title Forest Finance: Working Paper

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This paper is the second update of FAO’s original report on this topic. It presents information about the contribution of the forestry sector to national economies at the global, regional and country levels. The study presents the status and trends of the forestry sector’s contribution (total employment, value-added and export earnings) in the sector and analyses the driving forces behind these trends. It updates the data and analysis to the year 2011. The study gives a reasonable estimation of the general trends in the sector at the regional and global level. However, at the level of individual countries, the use of imputed values for some figures (i.e. FAO estimates rather than published statistics) should be noted and these estimates should be treated with caution.

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