Wood Trade Perspectives in Greece During Economic Crisis and New Technologies Challenge

Authors

  • Zacharoula S. Andreopoulou Associate Professor
  • Ioakeim k Tzoulis Ph.D. candidate in Forest Informatics ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI
  • Marios Trigkas Aristotle University of Thessaloniki image/svg+xml
  • George Tsekouropoulos Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki image/svg+xml
  • Elias Voulgaridis Aristotle University of Thessaloniki image/svg+xml

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17700/jai.2015.6.3.231

Abstract

In wood trade sector, the supplier is the forest and the product is round wood. The quality, the quantity and value of wood depend heavily on the practices that are applied in the early stages of the supply chain. The aim of the paper is to present the perspectives of wood trade in Greece and also to study how the economic crisis has affected the forest production and trade (imports and exports). Finally, we will discuss the challenge of using new information technologies, such as databases, digital timber traceability systems, sustainable timber and wood products, in collaboration with the traditional methods employed in wood trade sector contemporarily.

Author Biographies

  • Zacharoula S. Andreopoulou, Associate Professor
    Zacharoula Andreopoulou holds a BS degree in Mathematics, a BS degree in Forestry and Natural Environment and a PhD degree in Forest Informatics, all from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, where she is currently an Associate Professor in the Laboratory of Forest Informaticsand Head of Computer Lab. She teaches courses on networks and web services, databases, project management and software programming with focus on the green informatics. Her scientific and research interests include ICT, networks and web services, databases, e-governance and e-business in natural resources and environment, green ICTs, sustainable development and regional development applications. She is an active member of scientific societies and she has organized and participated many international and domestic conferences. She is the author, co-author and editor in books and journals about Agricultural and Environmental Informatics, e-innovation and sustainability and her recent scientific publications include papers in various international Journals.
  • Ioakeim k Tzoulis, Ph.D. candidate in Forest Informatics ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI
    BSc In Forestry & Natural Environment, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki MSc, Forest informatics Ph.D. candidate
  • Marios Trigkas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
    BSc. , M.Sc Forester-Environmentalis, Ph.D. in Forest Economics, Lecturer, Dept Forestry & Nat. Env. ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI
  • George Tsekouropoulos, Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki
    B.Sc. Economics, M.Sc. Agricultural Economy, Ph.D. in Agri-business Marketing
  • Elias Voulgaridis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
    Professor, Dept of Forestry & Nat. Env., ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI

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Published

2015-10-14

Issue

Vol. 6 No. 3 (2015): Journal of Agricultural Informatics

Section

Journal of Agricultural Informatics

How to Cite

Wood Trade Perspectives in Greece During Economic Crisis and New Technologies Challenge. (2015). Journal of Agricultural Informatics, 6(3). https://doi.org/10.17700/jai.2015.6.3.231

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