With the growth of industrial forestry in the southern hemisphere and the restructuring of forestry in the northern hemisphere, the industry is undergoing tremendous change. Logging the Globe investigates the transformations that are taking place and their ecological, social, and economic impact.

Arguing that the complexity of policy-making in the forest sector has led many analysts to focus exclusively on specific sectoral activities or jurisdictions, this collection of essays offers a simplifying framework of analysis.

Analysis of the technical and economic aspects of Newfoundland's sawmill and planing mill industry and identification of problems within the industry. The analysis is based on the structure, conduct and performance methodology, that the structure of an industry influences the conduct of the operators of the firms within the industry, who in turn influence the performance of the industry. Data used is based primarily on a survey of the operators of sawmills and planing mills in Newfoundland conducted by Forestry Canada during the summer and fall of 1988.