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Article: Assessing the impact of China's timber industry on Congo Basin land use change

TitleAssessing the impact of China's timber industry on Congo Basin land use change
Authors
Keywordsbiodiversity
Congo Basin
deforestation
global supply chains
telecoupling
Issue Date2019
PublisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1475-4762
Citation
Area, 2019, v. 51 n. 2, p. 340-349 How to Cite?
AbstractThrough the rise of global commodity chains, consumer demand in China and the USA has given rise to the extraction of natural resources in the Congo Basin. The Chinese market for high‐valued animal products such as elephant ivory and pangolin scales has encouraged poaching, exploitation and trafficking of these goods in Africa. Chinese demand for other African commodities, however, remains less well known. Using data across a 15‐year period (2001–2015), we analysed the relationship between Chinese timber imports and tree‐cover loss in the Congo Basin. Tree‐cover loss was measured via remote sensing and the value of imports was obtained from official trade statistics. Results indicate that the total accumulated export of wood from Congo Basin countries to China doubled between 2001 and 2015, with 50% of exports originating from Cameroon and the Republic of Congo. We found a positive relationship between measures of Chinese logging and the loss of tree cover in the Congo Basin. Further investigation of the timber products market showed that US demand for Chinese‐made furniture was positively correlated with Chinese timber imports from the Congo Basin. These findings suggest that US demand for furniture encourages Chinese economic actors to harvest timber from Congo Basin forests. Our results help to illuminate the complex environmental and economic drivers surrounding trade and deforestation and can help inform consumers about more sustainable ways to purchase wood products from one of the world's preeminent biodiversity hotspots.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/288300
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 1.6
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.901
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dc.contributor.authorFuller, TL-
dc.contributor.authorNarrins, TP-
dc.contributor.authorNackoney, J-
dc.contributor.authorBonebrake, TC-
dc.contributor.authorSesink Clee, P-
dc.contributor.authorMorgan, K-
dc.contributor.authorTrochez, A-
dc.contributor.authorBocuma Mene, D-
dc.contributor.authorBongwele, E-
dc.contributor.authorNjabo, KY-
dc.contributor.authorAnthony, NM-
dc.contributor.authorGonder, MK-
dc.contributor.authorKahn, M-
dc.contributor.authorAllen, WR-
dc.contributor.authorSmith, TB-
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-05T12:10:49Z-
dc.date.available2020-10-05T12:10:49Z-
dc.date.issued2019-
dc.identifier.citationArea, 2019, v. 51 n. 2, p. 340-349-
dc.identifier.issn0004-0894-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/288300-
dc.description.abstractThrough the rise of global commodity chains, consumer demand in China and the USA has given rise to the extraction of natural resources in the Congo Basin. The Chinese market for high‐valued animal products such as elephant ivory and pangolin scales has encouraged poaching, exploitation and trafficking of these goods in Africa. Chinese demand for other African commodities, however, remains less well known. Using data across a 15‐year period (2001–2015), we analysed the relationship between Chinese timber imports and tree‐cover loss in the Congo Basin. Tree‐cover loss was measured via remote sensing and the value of imports was obtained from official trade statistics. Results indicate that the total accumulated export of wood from Congo Basin countries to China doubled between 2001 and 2015, with 50% of exports originating from Cameroon and the Republic of Congo. We found a positive relationship between measures of Chinese logging and the loss of tree cover in the Congo Basin. Further investigation of the timber products market showed that US demand for Chinese‐made furniture was positively correlated with Chinese timber imports from the Congo Basin. These findings suggest that US demand for furniture encourages Chinese economic actors to harvest timber from Congo Basin forests. Our results help to illuminate the complex environmental and economic drivers surrounding trade and deforestation and can help inform consumers about more sustainable ways to purchase wood products from one of the world's preeminent biodiversity hotspots.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1475-4762-
dc.relation.ispartofArea-
dc.rightsPreprint This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: [FULL CITE], which has been published in final form at [Link to final article using the DOI]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. Postprint This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: [FULL CITE], which has been published in final form at [Link to final article using the DOI]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.-
dc.subjectbiodiversity-
dc.subjectCongo Basin-
dc.subjectdeforestation-
dc.subjectglobal supply chains-
dc.subjecttelecoupling-
dc.titleAssessing the impact of China's timber industry on Congo Basin land use change-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailBonebrake, TC: tbone@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityBonebrake, TC=rp01676-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1111/area.12469-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85065249849-
dc.identifier.hkuros314678-
dc.identifier.volume51-
dc.identifier.issue2-
dc.identifier.spage340-
dc.identifier.epage349-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000467269700018-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl0004-0894-

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