The current issue of wood resources in short supply and the increasing use of wood for energy purposes are discussed in a contradictory way within the forest-wood chain. Two selected theses of the author are discussed in the current paper: 1) The scarcity of resources triggers innovation regarding an efficient use of resources and 2) a continuous situation of scarcity of the raw material wood leads to a change in the structure of wood business. The situation of raw material supply will lead to new resource-efficient technologies and innovative products but also to a shift in the currently predominating supply chains and to new chains such as the wood refinery chain and to an increasing use of wood as an energy carrier.

scarcity of wood resources, efficient resource use, new wood technologies
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© 2009 Schweiz. Z. Forstwes
2009