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Forest policy, economics, and markets in Zambia / edited by Phillimon Ng'Andwe, Jacob Mwitwa, Ambayeba Muimba-Kankolongo ; contributors, Mathew K. Banda [and eight others].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Forest management--Zambia.
- Forest management.
- Forest policy--Zambia.
- Forest policy.
- Zambia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (0 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Elsevier, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is the first volume describing the wood and non-wood forest products in Zambia. It is an all-in-one information package, a one stop reference book about the characteristics of the forest sector that provides information on production, market, and trade as well as related policies and legislations. This volume is a compilation from research and surveys conducted in various provinces and districts of Zambia. In the book, the production and various uses of wood and non-wood forest products in different parts of Zambia are presented in a way that enables the reader to appreciate this sector in detail.-- Source other than Library of Cngress.
- Contents:
- List of contributors. Foreword. Preface. Disclaimer. 1 An overview of the forestry sector in Zambia / Phillimon Ng'andwe, Jacob Mwitwa, Ambayeba Muimba-Kankolongo, and Jegatheswaran Ratnasingam : Forestry sector classification
- Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
- Carbon management and trade
- Forest and timber certification
- Forest law, enforcement, governance and trade
- Conclusion
- References. 2 Wood and wood products, markets and trade / Phillimon Ng'andwe, Jegatheswaran Ratnasingam, Jacob Mwitwa, and James C. Tembo : Introduction
- Wood industry development
- Wood industry classification
- Sawmilling industry
- Wood based panel industry
- Value-added engineered wood products industry
- Wood furniture industry
- Woodcrafts industry
- Employment in the wood industry
- Production, markets access and trade of wood products
- Overview of global trade
- Wood and wood products trade in Zambia
- Production and trade
- Value-addition opportunities
- Characteristics of the wood products industry
- Approaches to value addition
- Integrated use of forest and mill wood waste
- Types of forest waste
- Energy production from wood waste
- Forest certification and green building
- Certified forest products markets
- References. 3 Non-wood forest products, markets, and trade / Ambayeba Muima-Kankolongo, Phillimon Ng'andwe, Jacob Mwitwa, and Mathew K. Banda : Introduction
- Prevalence and use of non-wood forest products
- The non-wood forest product industry
- Market access and trade for non-wood forest products
- Markets for non-wood forest products
- References. 4 Contribution of the forestry sector to the national economy / Phillimon Ng'andwe, Jacob Mwitwa, Ambayeba Muimba-Kankolongo, Nkandu Kabibwa, and Litia Simbangala : Introduction
- The role of the forestry sector in the national economy
- Previous frameworks
- Standards in computing economic contribution
- System of national accounts
- International Standard Industrial Classification of all economic activities (ISIC)
- Central Product Classification (CPC)
- Standard International Trade Classification (SITC)
- Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS)
- Value added by the forestry sector
- Use of international nomenclature
- Use of conversions factors in the forestry sector
- Forest and logging
- Conversion factors for energy production from wood
- Conversion factors under manufacturing
- Contribution to the national economy
- Trends of the sector growth rates
- Status and characteristics of the forestry sector
- Linking the forestry sector contribution to the UN-REDD
- References. 5 Integration of forestry into the national economy / Jacob Mwitwa, Ambayeba Muimba-Kankolongo, Obote Shakacite, and Phillimon Ng'andwe : Introduction
- Framework for integration of forestry sector into the national economy
- Linking the forestry sector to poverty reduction
- References. Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 27, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 9780128041222
- 0128041226
- 9780128040904
- 0128040904
- OCLC:
- 924060350
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