Objective
The objectives of this concerted action are:
1. To pool existing knowledge of end uses trends of sawn timber (softwoods and hardwoods) and wood based panels in Europe and methods of end use analysis.
2. To collate trends in the substitution of sawn timber and wood panels in Europe by other wood and non-wood products and to evaluate methods of substitution analysis.
3. To assess the need by the wood based industries and forest sector policy makers for systematic and consistent studies on end uses and substitution.
4. To discuss future research collaboration between the partners and associate partners.
The objectives will be met by holding two workshops attended by the partners and associate partners, all of whom are leading practitioners of end use and substitution analyses for wood products. The objectives of the proposal are relevant to two key issues for the future of European forestry. The first relates to the diverging trends of raw material requirements and resource availability. Whilst the forest industries increasingly use small roundwood, silvicultural and management regimes continue to put greater emphasis on the production of saw logs. Second, the solid wood processing industries (sawmilling, joinery, furniture) are important employers in rural forest areas. The predicted slower growth in demand for solid wood products compared with newer materials could jeopardise employment and incomes in these regions. An understanding of the changing end uses for sawn timber and wood based panels and of substitution trends affecting these products contribute to a better appreciation of their impact on silvicultural priorities and forest based employment.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
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CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- agricultural sciences agriculture, forestry, and fisheries forestry silviculture
- engineering and technology materials engineering woodworking
- social sciences economics and business business and management employment
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LL57 2UW Bangor
United Kingdom
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