Industrial timber
Industrial timber use has provided revenue from timber that has helped make timber supply and demand more sustainable in the leading timber producing regions of the world.
Forests as a whole provide vital ecosystem services, and act as important atmospheric carbon sinks.
- U.S. Forest Service
Trade
Trade in forest products has increased significantly over the past 50 years, particularly in processed wood products such as sawn timber, pulpwood, board, and wood-based panels. Global trade in panel products has increased by 800 percent in the past three decades.