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World’s Largest Timber Producing Countries | Geography

The world's major timber producing countries fall into several regional groups, each of which has distinctive characteristics of timber production and use. Timber Production in North America: Despite growing exploitation of forests around the world, North America continues to dominate the timber industry. This is partly because the continent possesses vast forests, mostly of relatively easily ex­tracted conifers. These forests [...]

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Timber: Top 5 Uses of Timber | Economic Geography

The following points highlight the top five uses of timber. The uses are:- 1. Fuel 2. Construction 3. Pulp and Paper 4. Synthetic Textiles 5. Other Uses. Use # 1. Fuel: Timber has a wide variety of uses in con­struction and as an industrial raw material, but the most important single use for timber is as fuel. About 40 per [...]

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