1998 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Trend of Timber Trade and Possibility of Introducing the Timber Certification System in Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	09660149
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	林学
Research Institution	Hokkaido University
Principal Investigator	ISHII Yutaka Fac.of Agriculture, Hokkaido Uni.Professor, 農学部, 教授 (10002057)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	KURIYAMA Koichi Fac.of Agricuktutre, Hokkaido Uni.Instructor, 農学部, 助手 (50261334)
Project Period (FY)	1997 – 1998
Keywords	Timber / Trade / House / Certification
Research Abstract	1) The production volume of industrial roundwood has been decreasing since the beginning of the 1990s. 2) The export ratio of sawnwood and plywood has increased gradually since the middle of the 1980s. 3) Forest Steward Council established by environmentalist group in 1993. The timber certification system has developed since 1993. 4) The questionaire about house building was conducted on 100 people in Tokyo in January of 1999. As a result, it became clear that their concern on the quality of the house was very high.

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