Greece’s Forest Sector from the Perspective of Timber Production: Evolution or Decline?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Finding Break Years in Trends with Significant Changes
3.2. Main Factors Influencing Production
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Category | Change Point at Year | Two-Tailed Test (p Value) | Shift |
---|---|---|---|
Production/Imports | Production/Imports | Production/Imports | |
Roundwood | 2004/1997 | <0.0001/0.014 | Downward/Upward |
Industrial roundwood | 2008/2009 | <0.0001/0.0107 | Downward/Downward |
Sawnwood production | 2005/2009 | <0.0001/<0.0001 | Downward/Downward |
Wood-based panels | 2011/1996 | 0.027/0.006 | Downward/Upward |
Paper and paperboard production | 2011/2002 | 0.001/<0.0001 | Downward/Upward |
Production | GDP 2 | GDP/cap 2 | UrbPop 3 (M People) | Imports of Goods (% of GDP 4) | Sector 5 Employment (Thous. People) | Wood Fuel Imports (Total m3) 6 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Volume of wood removals (WR) (1000 m3/year) 1 | −0.825 ** | −0.818 ** | −0.867 ** | −0.492 * | 0.710 ** | −0.393 * |
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Koulelis PP, Tsiaras S, Andreopoulou ZS. Greece’s Forest Sector from the Perspective of Timber Production: Evolution or Decline? Forests. 2023; 14(12):2331. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14122331
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APA StyleKoulelis, P. P., Tsiaras, S., & Andreopoulou, Z. S. (2023). Greece’s Forest Sector from the Perspective of Timber Production: Evolution or Decline? Forests, 14(12), 2331. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14122331