Forest Products from Latin America. Annotated Bibliography of ...

en Mexico 1971-1976). Mexico, D.F., Mexico: Direccion
General de Investigacion y Capacitacion Forestales. Ciencia
Forestal. 12(3):22-39.
Describes recent trends in timber production, and other for-
est products in Mexico, and probable future trends. Data
show a continuing rise in both volume and value of forest
products.
Cunha, S.R.P. 1982. Importance of the utilization of na-
tive species in the State of Rondonia (A importancia do
aproveitamento das essencias nativas em Rondonia). In:
Malvesi, I.T.O. [and others], eds. Proceedings of the Na-
tional conference on native species; 1982 September 12-18;
Campos do Jordao, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Sao Paulo, Brazil:
Silvicultura em Sao Paulo. 16A(3):1506-1511
Dahms, K.G. 1982. Imports of tropical timbers to W.
Germany in relation to botany and dendrology (Der
Tropenholzimport der Bundesrepublik Deutschland und
seine Verbindung zur Botanik und Dendrologie). Holz-
Zentralblatt. 108(54):781, 784-785.
Describes the origin, principal timber types, uses for the
wood, and demand for tropical woods. West and central
Africa supply over 90 percent in the form of logs, while SE
Asia supplies over 70 percent of sawn timber, and Latin
America has little impact. Reasons for this are discussed.
The availability of woods for the export trade of primary
forests and woods in m 3 /ha is: SE Asia, 20-25; Africa, 3-7;
central and S. America, 2-3. Problems of reforestation are
discussed.
Dahms, K.G. 1985. Nomenclatural problems as a re-
straint on international trade in South American timber
exports (Probleme der Nomenklatur als internationales
Handelshemmnis in sudamerikanischen Holzexport). Holz-
Zentralblatt. 111(47):681-682.
Describes problems in the market with trade names for
woods of South America. Multiple names cause most of
the problems, especially where one name is used for several
different woods. In other cases exporters use local trade
names not known in the world markets. Other items dis-
cussed are the use of prefixes and designations that are too
common. The increasing use of tropical woods as substi-
tutes for other woods requires the detailed information on
properties and suggests further studies be conducted on
wood characteristics. South American wood imports to Eu-
rope in 1983 accounted for only 0.4 percent of logs, and
only 5.3 percent of sawnwood. These figures are expected
to change in the future.
David-B., E., ed. 1971. A study of the trade and mar-
keting of the forest products of Peru (Estudio de mercado
y comercializacion de produtos forestales del Peru). La
Molina, Peru: Departmento de Industries Forestales, Uni-
versidad Nacional Agraria. 326 p.
Delgado-F., A.; Vallejo-R., D. 1977. Forest use in
Colombia (El aprovechamiento forestal en Colombia). Bo-
gota, Colombia: CONIF, Corporacion Nacional de Investi-
gacion y Fomento Forestal. Serie Tecnica. 4:41.
Describes forest use as all operations in the removal and
transport of forest products to locations of processessing
or consumption. Included in processing were some in situ
processes, e.g. extraction of gum elastic, balata, and wood
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blocks. The removal of timber for domestic and export
markets, up to this point, has been the main use of the for-
est. The authors analyze past history, current conditions,
and future prospects of forest use in Colombia, emphasizing
technical, social, institutional, and commercial aspects of
use.
Delmarco, O.; Pollini, C. 1982. Chile. Instituto per la
Tecnologia del Legno, Quaderni: 3:110.
Describes the forest situation in Chile in two articles:
Forestry and forest products industries in the Chilean
province of Valdivia. (Situazione forestale e delle industrie
del legno in provincia di Valdivia). p.5-57; and Charac-
teristics, growing stock and a utilization hypothesis for a
natural forest in southern Chile (Caratteristiche, disponi-
bilita e ipotesi di utilizzazione di una foresta naturale del
Cile meridionale). p. 59-110.
Detienne, P. 1979. Errors in the trade names of tropical
woods (Les erreurs dans les denominations commerciales
des bois tropicaux). Bois et Forets des Tropiques. 186:
61-64.
Describes the causes of errors in trade names. A list is
shown, with correct and incorrect trade names, providing
the correct name and its genus and family name as well.
Durgnat, P.A. 1973. Trinidad’s lumber. Trinidad and
Tobago Forester. 8(1):15-20.
Describes the supply and consumption of lumber, equip-
ment used by the local industry, and the labor force in
1971, and suggests lumber production improvements that
could be made.
ECE. 1979. Characteristic features of individual markets
for tropical hardwoods in Europe. In: Economic commis-
sion for Europe. Proceedings, timber committee: seminar
on the utilization of tropical hardwoods; 1979 May 15-18;
Amsterdam, Netherlands. Union pour le Commerce des
Bois Tropicaux dans la CEE. TIM/SEM.8/R.15. 23 p.
Reports and discusses trends in imports of hardwood logs
and sawn timber into Belgium, France, German Federal
Republic, Italy, the Netherlands, and the UK, from tropical
Asia, Africa, and America.
ECE. 1979. Economic Commission for Europe, Timber
Committee. In: Proceedings, seminar on the utilization of
tropical hardwoods; 1979 May 15-18; Amsterdam, Nether-
lands. Rome, Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization,
FO: TIM/SEM. 8 p.
Proceedings of meeting with 19 papers printed.
ECE. 1978. Study on the trade and utilization of tropi-
cal hardwoods. Economic Commission for Europe, Timber
Committee. Timber Bulletin for Europe. 30(10):94.
Describes trends in imports, processing, consumption, end-
uses, and factors influencing the utilization of tropical hard-
woods in Europe.
ECE. 1979. Tropical hardwood resources. In: Economic
Commission for Europe. Proceedings, timber committee:
seminar on the utilization of tropical hardwoods; 1979 May
15-18; Amsterdam, Netherlands. Rome, Italy: Food and
Agriculture Organization, FO: TIM/SEM.8/R.G. 5 p.