Forest resource trade between Japan and Southeast Asia: the structure of dual decay

Seo, Kami; Taylor, Jonathan

doi:10.1016/s0921-8009(03)00005-3

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“…It became increasingly clear that material flows in a country were highly interwoven, through trade, with material flows in the rest of the world, and in particular linked to energy‐intensive and material‐intensive raw material extraction processes that were not adequately reflected in national material flow data (e.g., Fischer‐Kowalski and Amann 2001; Bringezu et al 2004; Giljum 2004; Giljum and Eisenmenger 2004; Schütz et al 2004; Giljum and Muradian 2007). The same insight also invoked substantial research in Japan (Kondo et al 1998; Seo and Taylor 2003; Hashimoto et al 2004; Nakamura and Nakajima 2005).…”

Section: The Historical Development Of Materials Flow Accountingmentioning

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Methodology and Indicators of Economy‐wide Material Flow Accounting

Fischer‐Kowalski¹,

Krausmann²,

Giljum

et al. 2011

Journal of Industrial Ecology

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Summary This contribution presents the state of the art of economy‐wide material flow accounting. Starting from a brief recollection of the intellectual and policy history of this approach, we outline system definition, key methodological assumptions, and derived indicators. The next section makes an effort to establish data reliability and uncertainty for a number of existing multinational (European and global) material flow accounting (MFA) data compilations and discusses sources of inconsistencies and variations for some indicators and trends. The results show that the methodology has reached a certain maturity: Coefficients of variation between databases lie in the range of 10% to 20%, and correlations between databases across countries amount to an average R2 of 0.95. After discussing some of the research frontiers for further methodological development, we conclude that the material flow accounting framework and the data generated have reached a maturity that warrants material flow indicators to complement traditional economic and demographic information in providing a sound basis for discussing national and international policies for sustainable resource use.

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Section: The Historical Development Of Materials Flow Accountingmentioning

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Methodology and Indicators of Economy‐wide Material Flow Accounting

Fischer‐Kowalski¹,

Krausmann²,

Giljum

et al. 2011

Journal of Industrial Ecology

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260

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“…The calculations based on bilateral trade flows are also crucial to place the findings in the context of discourses on North-South relationships (Chichilnisky, 1994;Seo and Taylor, 2003). Empirically, we establish the link between trade and forest transitions as follows: starting point is a nation's aboveground forest stock change during the period 1997-2007.…”

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International wood trade and forest change: A global analysis

Kastner¹,

Erb²,

Nonhebel³

2011

Global Environmental Change

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“…Availability of substitutes for forest products and the government policies promoting tree plantations in the 1950s led to dramatic changes in forest composition from natural forests to tree plantations (Takei et al 1989). Additionally, steep mountain slopes in Japan elevate domestic timber production costs, compelling wood-based industries to continue imports of lumber (Handa 1990;Seo and Taylor 2003). The corresponding decrease in silvicultural operations in unmanaged forests has lead to weeds, insects, and environmental hazards such as soil erosion and vulnerability to landslides and flash floods (Forestry Agency 2005;Seo and Taylor 2003).…”

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