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

Kumar, R. 1982. World tropical wood trade. Economic
overview. Resources Policy. September: 177-192.
A general overview of world wide trade in tropical woods.
Developments over a 30 year period are reviewed and con-
sidered in light of recent changes. Discusses trade in differ-
ent parts of the world in relation to other factors, and pre-
dicts price changes due to them. Notes the need for large
investments to renew the tropical forest resource.
Lembke, H.H. 1980. Problems of the world tropical tim-
ber market. Economics. 21:116-135.
Data are presented illustrating fluctuations in demand,
price, and returns for tropical roundwood. It is suggested
that these fluctuations could be compensated by reducing
the dependence of individual supplying countries on spe-
cific foreign markets, by the setting-up of marketing boards
to supervise trade, supply market information, and open
up new markets, and by increasing the flexibility of supply,
through a world-wide information system.
Lewis, N.B. 1972. Forestry development, Surinam, forest-
based industry development Surinam. Rome, Italy: Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
United Nations Development Program Rome: 27.
Lima, J.P.C. de; Mercado, R.S. 1985. The Brazilian
Amazon region; forestry industry opportunities and aspira-
tions. Commonwealth Forestry Review. 64(2):151-156.
Describes the region of the Amazon and its potential for
development of further forest products industries.
Lopes, J.P.I. 1973. Amazonia tomorrow. In: Lopes,
J.P.I. Amazonia [area strategy, and physical, economic, and
psycho-social study for the development plan for Amazo-
nia]: A Amazonia. Revue du Bois et de ses Applications.
2 8 (4/5) : 33-39, 47-54.
Describes a study tour of about 20 French primary and
secondary manufacturers of wood products and wood mer-
chants, made in Feb. 1973. Discusses the economy of the
Amazonian region (Colombia and Brazil), its geography,
timber, and other natural resources, and the governmental
methods and forest policies employed in the region. Also
discussed are possibilities for establishing commercial ties
between the region and Europe, especially France.
Loschau, M. 1984. College education in forestry and for-
est products industry of tropical countries (Hochschulaus-
bildung fur die Forst- und Holzwirtschaft tropischer Lan-
der). Beitrage fur die Forstwirtschaft. 18(4):151-157.
Describes the conditions and need for improved technical
training in tropical countries.
Lupatelli, S.C.; Siqueira, J.D.P.; Terezo, E.F.M.
1982. Trade in Brazilian forest products. In: Malvesi,
I.T.O. [and others], eds. Proceedings of the national con-
ference on native species; 1982 September 12-18; Campos
do Jordao, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Silvicultura em Sao Paulo.
16A(3):1421-1464, 1491-1505.
Lists three papers by title: Lupatelli, S.C. Integration of
research and practice for the development of foreign trade
in tropical woods (Integracao da pesquisa a pratica para
desenvolver o comercio exterior de madeiras tropicais):
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1421-1443; Siqueira, J.D.P. Expression of the social and
economic importance of native species (Expressao eco-
nomica e social das essencias nativas): 1444-1464; Terezo,
E.F.M. Trade in forest products (Comercio de produtos e
sub-produtos florestais): 1491-1505.
Madas, A. 1978. What will 2000 bring in changed pat-
terns of production trade and consumption? In: Proceed-
ings of the 7th World Forestry Congress, Centro Cultural
General San Martin; 1972 October 4-18; Buenos Aires, Ar-
gentina. Buenos Aires, Argentina; Instituto Forestal Na-
cional. 4/5:5707-5741.
Maydell, H.J. von. 1974. The importance of the tim-
ber trade in developing tropical forest zones. Institute for
Scientific Cooperation. Economics. 8:42-54.
McGaughey, S.E.; Gregersen, H.M., eds. 1983. Forest-
based development in Latin America. An analysis of in-
vestment opportunities and financing needs. In: Proceed-
ings, regional conference of the Inter-American development
Bank at the bank’s headquarters; 1982 June 22-25; Wash-
ington, DC: 215.
The purpose of this book is to explore the prospects for ac-
celerating the economic development of forestry and forest
industry in Latin America, including the Caribbean subre-
gion, in member countries of the Inter-American Develop-
ment Bank (IDB). The book’s central theme is to ascertain
the many future opportunities as well as factors that will
limit or stimulate the growth of public and private sec-
tor investments in the forest-based sector in years ahead.
The sector is viewed in broad terms to encompass activities
from forest management and timber extraction through the
stages of primary processing, including energy, sawnwood,
wood panels, and pulp and paper production. It also in-
corporates social and protection forestry such as watershed
management and resource preservation.
McNeil, D.L. 1981. Tropical forest industries: a transna-
tional corporation view. Commonwealth Forestry Review.
60(2): 105-112.
Abstracted parts from a paper, presented at the workshop,
Negotiations with transnational corporations in the trop-
ical hardwoods section; 1980 August; Pattaya, Thailand.
Organized by the United Nations Centre on Transnational
Corporation (TNCs). Subjects covered are: the aims and
economics constraints of TNCs; negotiation of terms un-
der which logging concessions are granted by national gov-
ernments; costs of developing local wood industries; and
problems of reforestation.
Melo-H., R. 1988. Analysis of the heating process for
radiata pine (Analisis del proceso de maceracion para el
pino radiata). Ciencia e Investigacion Forestal. 5:31-44.
This article presents the most relevant results of a study
about heating times of Radiata pine logs, using water as
an agent of heat transfer. The process, called melting, is
done previously to the rotary lathe. The results show that
the heating times at different diameters are short and do
not exceed 23 hours in any of the cases studied. The only
variable which is statistically correlated with the wood tem-
perature is the log diameter. Finally, regression models are
established for calculating internal temperatures in the log
at different diameters on the melting time.