Consumption-BasedAccounting for Environmental Impacts of the Russian Wood Industry

Russian Wood;Consumption;Natural Resources and Environment

Feng, YuNewell, Joshua ;

University of Michigan

关键词: Russian Wood;    Consumption;    Natural Resources and Environment;   

Others  :  https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/108202/YU_Feng_Thesis_2014.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

瑞士|英语

来源: The Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship

【 摘 要 】

Russia covers more than a fifth of the world;;s forest, its wood industry is vital to both global carbon cycling and the Russian economy. In this research, a Mixed-Unit Input-Output (MUIO) model is developed using Russian wood product export data from Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Multi-Regional Input-Output (MRIO) models from the World Input-Output Database (WIOD). The MUIO is applied to develop a consumption-based accounting for nine Russian wood products and associated environmental impacts. Structural Path Analysis (SPA) is then applied to identify important supply chains contributing to the consumption of Russian wood products as well as related environmental impacts. Results show that the major final consumers of Russian wood products are China, Finland, Japan, Germany, USA, South Korea, Belarus, India and Turkey. The time-series SPA finds the dominant sectors driving the consumption of Russian wood products are Wood and Products of Wood and Cork sectors, Construction sectors, Rubber and Plastics sectors, Pulp, Paper, Printing and Publishing sectors, Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry and Fishing sectors in China, Japan, Belarus, Finland, Turkey and India.Although USA, developed European countries and South Korea are not important direct consumers of Russian wood industry, they are the major final consumers that ultimately drive the consumption of Russian wood products and associated environmental impacts. It indicates that China, Finland, Belarus, Turkey and India import Russian wood products for producing goods that are finally consumed by developed countries like Western European countries, USA, Japan and South Korea.