The significance of the forestry and timber industry to the worlds economy was outlined at the World Forestry Congress by Jose Urtubev, the representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations. Mr Urtubey quantified the international trade in forestry investment specifically referring to wood panels, pulp and paper for 2006, was in excess of 330,000 million US dollars, whilst the furniture industry contributed 54,000 million dollars. He went on to say about 1,200 million people are reliant on forestry in one way or another. Mr Urtubev highlighted the key role also exists in forestry of carbon uptake and the carbon sink process which combats desertification.
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