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Guide to timber resources

Timber is a renewable resource which can be produced on a permanent basis if the source, the forests, are well-managed. It is a raw material for several finished and semi-finished products including sawn wood, triplex, chipboard, fibreboard, pulp and paper.

Index Timber resources


  • Timber: introduction (page is not available yet)
    Timber stocks and consumption at the global level and in the Netherlands. Dutch policy for forests and timber harvesting.
  • Developments in Dutch forests, 1988-2001 (page is not available yet)
    Growing stock in the Netherlands: growth, felling and harvesting of timber.
  • Balance for timber and wood products, 1988-1999
    Production, imports, exports and consumption of timber and wood products.
  • Net Dutch imports of tropical wood, 1988-1999