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Trends and current status of the contribution of the forestry sector to national economies

Year of publication 2004

Pages 143

Author Office of Assistant Director-General (Forestry Department);Forest Products Division

Product type Document

Series title Forest Finance: Working Paper

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This paper presents information about the contribution of the forestry sector to national economies at the global, regional and country levels. The paper presents figures for total employment, value-added and export earnings in the sector from 1990 to 2000, as well as information about trends in productivity. The figures include a mixture of statistics taken from published sources and FAO estimates. Unfortunately, statistics are not available for many countries or for activities in the informal sector, so these figures must be treated with some caution. However, the figures probably give a reasonable indication of the importance of the sector at the global and regional level and highlight broad changes over time. They also show some of the main differences in the structure of the sector between different countries and regions.

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