دانلود کتاب Tropical Hardwood Utilization: Practice and Prospects

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Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Introduction....Pages 1-17
Front Matter....Pages 19-19
Introduction to the Resource Question....Pages 21-25
Tropical Hardwood Resources....Pages 27-31
Draft Lists of Large-Scale Forest Inventories Carried out in the Tropics....Pages 33-45
Present and Future Forest and Plantation Areas in the Tropics....Pages 47-92
Devastation of Tropical Forest through Forest Exploitation — Myth or Reality?....Pages 93-95
Life Insurance for Tropical Hardwood Resources....Pages 97-105
Prospects of Plantation and Lesser-Known Tropical Hardwood Species for Commercial Utilization....Pages 107-124
Guidelines for Brazilian Forestry Policy, Period 1979–1985 the Brazilian Institute for Forestry Development....Pages 125-142
Front Matter....Pages 143-143
Introduction to Tropical Hardwood Markets....Pages 145-149
Study of the Trade and Utilization of Tropical Hardwoods....Pages 151-247
The United States Market for Tropical Hardwoods....Pages 249-258
Characteristic Features of Individual Markets for Tropical Hardwoods in Europe....Pages 259-286
Examples of Other European Tropical Hardwood Markets....Pages 287-305
Viewpoints from Tropical Hardwood Producing Countries....Pages 307-316
Example of an Institutional Framework in an Importing Country: The Netherlands....Pages 317-323
Front Matter....Pages 325-325
End-Uses of Tropical Hardwood: Introduction....Pages 327-329
Timber Use for Joinery in Britain....Pages 331-339
Developments and Opportunities in the British Tropical Timber Market....Pages 341-350
Technical and Economic Aspects of the Utilization of Tropical Woods in Industrial Joinery in France....Pages 351-358
Front Matter....Pages 325-325
Tropical Hardwood in Doors: Experience in Sweden....Pages 359-362
Final Use of Tropical Hardwoods: Furniture....Pages 363-366
The Structural Use of Tropical Hardwoods....Pages 367-385
Wood in Hydraulic Engineering....Pages 387-391
Natural Durability Assessment of Tropical Timber in Connexion With End-Uses in External Joinery in the Netherlands....Pages 393-397
Research on Joints in Ekki and Bilinga....Pages 399-403
Choice Patterns for Tropical Timber, Imported in Seven European Countries....Pages 405-429
Criteria for the Choice of Tropical Timber Species with Emphasis on Non- Technical and Non-Economic Aspects....Pages 431-433
Front Matter....Pages 435-435
Grading and Standardization: An Introduction....Pages 437-437
Knowledge of Tropical Hardwood and Information Requirements: Market, Commercialization and Promotion Studies....Pages 439-445
Classification and Standardization of Tropical Timber....Pages 447-478
Grading and Standardization in Major Timber Producing Countries in the South-East Asian Region....Pages 479-493
A Market Classification of Sawn Tropical Hardwood....Pages 495-505
Specific End-Use Determination System for Sawn Timber and Roundwood....Pages 507-526
Front Matter....Pages 527-527
International Cooperation: A Short Introduction....Pages 529-529
Cooperation of Importers and Users of Tropical Timber Products with Manufacturing Industries in Exporting Countries....Pages 531-537
Cooperation with Production Enterprises in Wood Producing Tropical Countries....Pages 539-544
Intercontinental Management and the Cultural Effect....Pages 545-550
Steps to Develop a Lumber or Plywood Mill from an Existing Timber Resource Base....Pages 551-561
Professional Organizations and Institutions Concerned with Tropical Timber....Pages 563-572
Front Matter....Pages 527-527
Information … A Necessity....Pages 573-574
Some Final Remarks....Pages 575-575
Back Matter....Pages 577-584