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UNECE/FAO Forest Products Annual Market Review, 2014-2015
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Forest Products Annual Market Review is the result of a cooperative effort involving a network of official country correspondents, authors, reviewers, editors, the UNECE/FAO Team of Specialists on Sustainable Forest Products, and a team of people working in the Forestry and Timber Section in Geneva and in FAO, Rome. This network provides an unrivalled source of expertise and knowledge, which is the hallmark of the Review. Many of the people involved in producing the Forest Products Annual Market Review volunteer their time and expertise; others are supported by companies, universities, industry associations and a variety of other organizations. Without the help of all these people and institutions, it would not be possible to produce this annual publication. This edition could not have been published without the financial support of the Government of the Russian Federation. The Review benefits from a longstanding partnership with the Department of Forest Sciences at the University of Helsinki, which each year provides two marketing assistants. For this edition of the Review, Riikka Vehviläinen and Ossi Huovila undertook market research; prepared price data; generated all graphics and revised the Graphics Production System; and reviewed and prepared data. Their input has been critical for ensuring the quality of the publication and meeting deadlines. Professor Anne Toppinen and Lei Wang at the Department of Forest Sciences facilitated these annual internships: we thank them and look forward to continuing this mutually beneficial arrangement. We acknowledge the authors who wrote the chapters and, in so doing, shared their expertise and knowledge. They not only provided much of the market intelligence in their own chapters, they also assisted with data and information used elsewhere in the publication, including the summarized information in the Overview. You can find contact details and affiliations of all authors in the annex. The authors are as follows: Francisco Aguilar
Branko Glavonjić
Tapani Pahkasalo
Eduard Akim
Rens Hartkamp
José Palacín
Delton Alderman
Antti Koskinen
Gerhard Schickhofer
Isabelle Brose
Florian Kraxner
Kenneth E. Skog
Ivan Eastin
Bernard Lombard
Sarah Storck
Håkan Ekström
Warren Mabee
Russ Taylor
Kathryn Fernholz
Frances Maplesden
Jukka Tissari
Robert Flynn
Igor Novoselov
Michel Valois
Christopher Gaston
Rupert Oliver
In the UNECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section, Alex McCusker collected, validated and produced the statistics and proofread the chapters. Karen Taylor and Anastasia Zakharova dealt with administrative matters. The project was managed by Florian Steierer. Matt Fonseca reviewed the chapters, provided guidance on content, and proofread the text. The chapters were reviewed at FAO by Arvydas Lebedys, Alicja Kacprzak, Ekrem Yazici, Jukka Tissari, Xia Zuzhang and Yanshu Li. Final review in Geneva was done by Marco Keiner, Acting Director, Forests, Land and Housing Division. Alastair Sarre edited the text. The manuscript was checked by: Eoin O’Driscoll, Marketing Consultant, drima marketing; Jeremy Wall, Principal Administrator, DG Enterprise and Industry (European Commission), Richard Vlosky, Professor and Director, Louisiana Forest Products Development Center, Louisiana State University and Tobias Stern, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna. In all, 44 people were directly involved in the preparation of this publication, not including the additional contributors and statistical correspondents listed separately on the following pages. The manuscript was completed on 6 August 2015.