Recent and Emerging Trends in Forestry and Lumber
July 29, 2019
By Jim Damicis, Senior Vice President, Camoin Associates
To understand economies and industry sectors related to forestry and lumber it is important to first understand the significance of forests to the U.S. economy. Forests after all are where wood comes from. “Global forestry issues are of considerable significance to the United States, which has five percent of the Earth’s population and consumes an estimated 28 percent of the Earth’s industrial wood products. Although domestic timber inventory is only 10 percent of the Earth’s tota...
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