Economic overview and policies

Kathryn Fernholz; Delton Alderman; Igor Novoselov; Jose Palacin

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Economic overview and policies

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Kathryn Fernholz, Delton Alderman, Igor Novoselov, Jose Palacin

Year:

2020

Type:

Book Chapter

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

Source:

book chapter

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Abstract

The 2020 edition of the UNECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Market Review provides a statistical review of market developments in the UNECE region in 2019 and the first half of 2020 and the policies driving those developments. This year, the Review also includes forecasts for 2020 and 2021. The UNECE region has three subregions: Europe; EECCA; and North America. It encompasses about 1.7 billion ha of forest, which is more than 40% of the world’s total forest area. This chapter acts as an executive summary and provides a policy and economic background for the subsequent product-oriented chapters. The subchapters on economic developments, and construction and housing, which follow this section, describe the broad macro-economic situation affecting demand in the UNECE region. Subchapters on the bark-beetle outbreak in Europe, policy and regulatory developments and forest certification address other factors affecting forests and forest product markets in the region in 2019 and beyond.

Keywords

Canada, CIS, European Russian United States housing, permits, starts and completions, construction spending, gross domestic product estimates, housing forecasts, state of current housing conditions

Citation

Fernholz, K.; Alderman, D.; Novoselov, I.; Palacin, J. 2020. Chapter 1: Economic overview and policies. In: UNECE/FAO forest products annual market review, 2019-2020. Geneva: United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization. 11 p.