Market Presentation 2001-2012

This site provides presentations on the forest products markets in the UNECE region of Europe, North America and the CIS. These presentations are made and presented by and through the UNECE and FAO Timber Section. If you find these presentations useful to your work, please cite the UNECE/FAO TIMBER Database and this website as the reference. Please note that presentations made at the Timber Committee sessions (covering all product groups) can be found here.

• Forest Products Annual Market Review. Presented at the 63rd European Federation of Wooden Pallet and Packaging (FEFPED) Congress, Valencia Spain, October 2012

• Historical Trends of Sawn Softwood Markets and Subregional Forecasts for Europe and North America. Presented at the 66th International Forest Products Society Convention, Washington DC, June 2012

• Sustainable development in the forest sector: balancing production and consumption in challenging economic and political environment. Presented at the workshop on: Promoting sustainable consumption, Geneva Switzerland, 15 February 2011, by Ed Pepke

• European wood products markets. Improving forest products marketing to help drive sustainable rural development in south-east Europe, Mavrova, TfYR Macedonia, December 2010, by Ed Pepke

• Marchés chinois des produits forestiers: évolution, tendances, prospectives. Presented at: Journée Technique du Résineux. La Rochelle. France 5 November 2010, by Ed Pepke

• Softwood Markets, 2009-2010. presented at: International Softwood Conference, Zurich Switzerland, 21 October 2010, by Ed Pepke

• Forest Products Market Develpments, 2009-2010. Presented at: European Institute for Wood Preservation Congress, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 1 September 2010, by Ed Pepke

• Global Wood Markets: Consumption, Production and Trade. Presented at: International Forestry and Global Issues, Nancy, France, 18 May 2010, by Ed Pepke

• The Growing Trade of Wood and Paper Products. Presented at the Workshop on Emerging Trade Measures in Timber Markets, Geneva, 23 March 2010, by Ed Pepke

• European Hardwood Markets: Current Developments and Outlook for 2010. Presented at the International Hardwood Conference, Vienna, 29-30 October 2009, by Ed Pepke

• Forest Products Markets 2008-2010. Presented simultaneously to Oregon State University and University of Belgrade, 28 October 2010, by Ed Pepke

• The impact of the Global Recession on Hardwood Trading and Road to Recovery. Presented at the European American Hardwood Conference by AHEC, Athens, 22-23 October 2009, by Ed Pepke

• Forest Certification in the context of Sustainable Development. Presented at the International Scientific Conference on Hardwood Processing, Paris, 28-29 September 2009, by Ed Pepke and Tapani Pahkasalo

• Global Trade of Wood Products. Presented at the International Flooring Conference, March 2009, Changzhou, China, by Ed Pepke

• Global Trade of Wood and Paper Products, November 2008, Concepcion, Chile, by Ed Pepke

• International Softwood Markets. Presented at the International Softwood Conference, October 2008, Helsinki, Finland, by Ed Pepke

• International Wood Energy Market Developments. Presented at Modern Wood Energy Systems and Markets, September 2008, Timisoara, Romania, by Ed Pepke

• International Wood Market Developments. Presented at European Institute for Wood Preservation Congress, September 2008, Lausanne, Switzerland, by Ed Pepke

• Today's and Tomorrow's Timber Resources: Can We Sustainably Meet Rising Demand? Presented at Wood Futures, November 2007, London, UK, by Ed Pepke

• Evolutions récentes et à moyen terme de la Ressource forestière et des Marchés de bois et d’énergie. Presented at 4ème Journée Technique du Résineux, October 2007, Rochefort, France by Ed Pepke

• New European Wood Market: Shortage or Surplus? Presented at the European Parquet Congress and the General Assembly of the European Parquet Federation, June 2007, Malmö, Sweden, By Ed Pepke

• Mobilization of Wood Resources for Wood Products and Energy: Challenges for Sustainable Forest Management. Presented at the International Conference on Wood-based Bioenergy at LIGNA, May 2007 by Ed Pepke and Sebastian Hetsch

• International Softwood Markets, 2005-2007. Presented at the International Softwood Conference, October 2006, Quebec, Canada. By Ed Pepke

• Forest Products Markets and Trade in the UNECE Region. Presented at the seminar Forest Products Marketing-from Principles to Practice, April 2006, Novi Sad, Serbia. By Ed Pepke

• Forest Products Market Interactions. Presented at the seminar Capacity Building in Sharing Forest and Market Information, October 2005, Krtiny, Czech Republic. By Ed Pepke

• International Perspective on Global Markets, Certification and Utilization: Global Forest Products Market and Resource Trends. Presented at the Small Log Conference, April 2005, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, USA. By Ed Pepke

• Hardwood Markets in 2003-2005 Presented at the American Hardwoods in Europe Convention, 2004, Venice, Italy. By Ed Pepke

• Situation de la Production et du Commerce des Sciages résineaux au Niveau mondial. Presented at Journée technique du Résineaux, September 2004, La Rochelle, France. By Ed Pepke

• European Timber Markets: Developments and Challenges in 2004 Presented at the ITTO Market Discussions, Interlaken, Switzerland. By Ed Pepke

• European Softwood Markets. Presented at the Inforesta Seminar for Forexpo, 2004, Bordeaux, France. By Ed Pepke

• Global Outlook: Supply and Demand for Wood Products. Presented at Global Competition: Forest Products Imports Exports, 2004, Wausau, Wisconsin, USA. By Ed Pepke

• European and American Hardwood Markets in 2003 & 2004. Presented at the American Hardwood in Europe Convention, 2003, Hamburg, Germany. By Ed Pepke

• European and American Hardwood Markets in 2002 & 2003. Presented at the American Hardwood in Europe Convention, 2002, Lisbon, Portugal. By Ed Pepke.

• Global Outlook - Supply and Demand for Wood Products. Presented at the Best Practices in Communications Forum, 2002, Vancouver, Canada. By Ed Pepke.

• Les Marchés Européens des Résineux (European Softwood Markets). Presented at Séminaire International de FOREXPO, 2002, Bordeaux, France. By Ed Pepke

• Panorama mondial du marché des produits forestiers de zone tempérée. Presented at Les Marchés et le Commerce International du Bois, 2002, Nantes, France. By Ed Pepke

• Outlook for European Forest Products Markets in 2001-2002. Presented at Puumarkkinapäivä, 2001, Lahti, Finland. By Ed Pepke

• European and American Hardwood Markets in 2001 & 2002. Presented at European American Hardwood Convention, 2001, Dublin, Ireland. By Ed Pepke

• Wood-the only renewable material! Presented at Wood visions, 2001, Berlin, Germany. By Ed Pepke