Environmentally Responsible Trade and Its Importance for Sustainable Forestry

This article focuses on the environmental component of trade, primarily foreign trade, which concerns the interests of many countries. It examines the reciprocal influence of foreign trade and the environment. The author defines environmentally responsible trade and formulates its main principles. S...

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Main Author: Olena Maxymets
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kyiv National Economic University named after Vadym Hetman 2006-06-01
Series:International Economic Policy
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Online Access:http://iepjournal.com/journals_eng/5/2006_2_Maxymets_eng.pdf
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description This article focuses on the environmental component of trade, primarily foreign trade, which concerns the interests of many countries. It examines the reciprocal influence of foreign trade and the environment. The author defines environmentally responsible trade and formulates its main principles. She examines the development of trade in forest products globally and in Ukraine and evaluates the impact of different trade restrictions on the condition of forests and the forestry industry. Indicators of the efficiency of foreign trade from the economic and environmental perspectives are proposed. Underlining the need for enterprises to switch over to environmentally responsible trade, the author proposes instruments to achieve this end.
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spelling doaj.art-11c9dcf7682643c6a7593e25a79f5e732022-12-22T01:39:57ZengKyiv National Economic University named after Vadym HetmanInternational Economic Policy1811-98321812-06602006-06-012581108Environmentally Responsible Trade and Its Importance for Sustainable ForestryOlena MaxymetsThis article focuses on the environmental component of trade, primarily foreign trade, which concerns the interests of many countries. It examines the reciprocal influence of foreign trade and the environment. The author defines environmentally responsible trade and formulates its main principles. She examines the development of trade in forest products globally and in Ukraine and evaluates the impact of different trade restrictions on the condition of forests and the forestry industry. Indicators of the efficiency of foreign trade from the economic and environmental perspectives are proposed. Underlining the need for enterprises to switch over to environmentally responsible trade, the author proposes instruments to achieve this end.http://iepjournal.com/journals_eng/5/2006_2_Maxymets_eng.pdfinternational tradeenvironmentalismenvironmentally responsible tradewood productsforestry industrytrade restrictions on wood products
spellingShingle Olena Maxymets
Environmentally Responsible Trade and Its Importance for Sustainable Forestry
International Economic Policy
international trade
environmentalism
environmentally responsible trade
wood products
forestry industry
trade restrictions on wood products
title Environmentally Responsible Trade and Its Importance for Sustainable Forestry
title_full Environmentally Responsible Trade and Its Importance for Sustainable Forestry
title_fullStr Environmentally Responsible Trade and Its Importance for Sustainable Forestry
title_full_unstemmed Environmentally Responsible Trade and Its Importance for Sustainable Forestry
title_short Environmentally Responsible Trade and Its Importance for Sustainable Forestry
title_sort environmentally responsible trade and its importance for sustainable forestry
topic international trade
environmentalism
environmentally responsible trade
wood products
forestry industry
trade restrictions on wood products
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