Authors: ​Benjamin Roe, Ivan Eastin, Indroneil Ganguly, Daisuke Sasatani Executive SummaryReports that a substantial proportion of wood raw materials, used by Chinese and Vietnamese manufacturers, are from illegal sources have drawn concern from major consumer countries who recently implemented timber legality regulations. These regulations, which include the Japanese ‘Goho-wood’ policy, the U.S. Lacey Act, the EU […]

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Author: ​Alicia S. T. Robbins ​Executive SummaryThis study explores China’s forest sector through the lens of three interconnected issues: production efficiency, foreign direct investment, and trade and illegal logging. China’s forest sector is now inextricably linked to markets all over the world and this research provides an important contribution to understanding China’s participation in the trade […]

Authors: Ivan Eastin, Daisuke Sasatani, Indroneil Ganguly, Jeff Cao and Mihyun Seol ​Executive SummaryGreen or sustainable building programs incorporate the environment, the economy, and human aspects into the design and construction of a building. Green buildings are created through an integrated process where the site, the building design, the construction, the materials, the operation, the maintenance, […]

Authors: ​Yuan Yuan and Ivan Eastin Executive SummaryForest certification is becoming an important issue within the forest products industry and also a new trend in forest products markets. Although forest certification was initiated to confront the severe deforestation of tropical rain forests, certified forests are unbalanced in geographical locations, with 60% of certified forests being located […]

Authors: ​Jeff Cao, Rose Braden, Ivan Eastin and Jeff Morrell Executive SummaryAs China’s economy has grown and personal income has risen over the past decade, spending on landscaping and public works projects has increased dramatically, and with it China’s demand for treated softwood lumber. New luxury residential developments commonly include traditional Chinese landscape design, which includes […]

Authors: ​Jeff Cao, Rose Braden and Ivan Eastin Executive SummaryIn recent years, China has become a vital market for many US wood exporters. Now the fourth largest export destination for US wood products, exports from the US to China have increased an average of 30 percent per year over the past 10 years. From 1999-2004, US […]

Authors: Alicia Robbins, Paul Boardman, John Perez-Garcia and Rose Braden ​Executive SummaryChina Wood and Building Materials Market:  A Sourcebook for ExportersChina’s rapid economic development over the past two decades has dramatically changed its position in the world economy. China has emerged from virtual isolation to become the seventh largest trading nation and the sixth largest economy […]

Authors: ​Juan Luo and John Perez-Garcia ​Executive SummaryPrior to the 1980’s, the government provided its citizens with public housing. As a consequence, there was a lack of investment in this sector. State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) were responsible for providing its workers with an apartment or other housing unit. SOEs allocated apartments under a series of rigid administrative […]

Authors: ​Thomas R. Waggener, Charles A. Backman and Ekaterina Gataulina ​SummaryBoth China and Russia are and have gone through unprecedented change as both of their societies adjust away from the centrally planned approach and begin to adopt a mixed system incorporating facets characteristic of both private and public sectors.  However, while Russia’s economy has collapsed following […]