Forests, agroforestry and bioenergy. Multidimensional

26 Pages·2011·4.02 MB·English

Rome, 23rd June 2011
Parallel Session
Parallel Session 2
Forests, agroforestry and bioenergy.
Multidimensional sustainability assessment
of forest resource supply chain
Authors
Martire S., Sala S., Castellani V., Storni A.
Corresponding author
Salvatore Martire1
Research Unit on Sustainable Development
1Department of Environmental Sciences
University of Milano Bicocca
www.disat.unimib.it/griss/
[email protected]
ECOSYSTEM SERVICES FROM FORESTS
Habitat or Cultural and
Provisioning Regulating …
supporting amenity
CLIMATE
FOOD NURSERY RECREATIONAL
REGULATION
HABITAT
AIR QUALITY
WATER AESTHETIC
REGULATION
GENEPOOL
PROTECTION
RAW EROSION SPIRITUAL
MATERIALS PROTECTION INSPIRATION
…
… … …
NasiR., WunderS. and Campos J.. 2002. Forest Ecosystem Services: can they pay our way out of deforestation?.
CIFOR for the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), Bogor, Indonesia.
De Grot R.S., AlkemadeR., BraatL., Hein L. And WillemenL.. 2009. Challenges in integrating the concept of
ecosystem services and values in landscape planning, management and decision making.
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FOREST RESOURCES IN THE EU
Forest and other wooded land
178 million ha (42%)
Growing stock (FOWL)
23 million m3 (2005)
Felling
60% of the net annual increment in
forest available for wood supply
FRA 2010 (http://www.fao.org/forestry/fra/62219/)
FOPER 2007 (http://foper.unu.edu)
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IS FOREST-WOOD SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABLE?
harvesting and forest activities
Transportation
Wood for bio- Wood for energy
based products production Use
Wood waste
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IS FOREST-WOOD SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABLE?
BIO-BASED
LIMITS OF RESOURCE
EMISSION AND IMPACTS (SUPPLY CHAIN)
• Forestry site (preparation and filling)
• Transportation
• Storage/warehousing
• Waste management
SOCIAL AND ECONOMICS ASPECTS
Forestry
enterprise Employment
network
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BACKGROUND STUDY
AREA OF STUDY : Rural Areas of Como Province
• Abandonment of rural areas
• Underutilized forests
• Few and small forestry enterprises
Life Cycle Assessment (1 ton of log wood)
Low mechanization High mechanization
Como Lake
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BACKGROUND STUDY - RESULTS
kg
CO2
30,00
25,00 Fuel consumption
20,00
15,00
Accessibility
10,00
5,00
0,00
Cable crane Winch High Mechanization
The accessibility of the area hampers the mobility of the heavy
equipment and reduce their efficiency from 30-40m3/h to 15m3/h.
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Life Cycle Assessment and Local Scale
1500000,000000 1510000,000000 1520000,000000
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EMISSION AND IMPACTS (SUPPLY CHAIN) 0000905 000000,
• Forestry site (preparation and filling)
•• TSrtaonrasgpeo/rwtaatrioenhousing 0000805 000000, 1:30.000.000
Forestal Biomass Availability - mc/ha
• Waste management 1,3 - 1,4 1,6 - 2,1 Italy
1,4 - 1,6 2,1 - 3,1 Como Province
3,1 - 5,2
Datum: Roma40 0 5 10 20km Lario Intelvese - CMLI
Projection: Gauss-Boaga Triangolo Lariano - CMTL
Como Province Water bodies
Municipalities Rivers
Urban areas Parks
LCIA do not consider
• soil compaction;
• damage to roots and plants not involved in cutting;
• removal of undergrowth;
• local ecosystems and biodiversity;
• carrying capacity of the system.
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DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM
It explores all the steps of the supply chain and it is composed by indicators about:
Availability of biomass from local forests; local
1 Feasibility
constraints (e.g. accessibility)
Technology assessment of the machinery used in all
Technology
2
stages of the supply chain
assessment LCA
Environmental Environmental impact assessment for each stage of the
3
impacts supply chain (LCA and Biodiversity)
LCA
Sustainability evaluation of the economics of the
4
Economics
system
Evaluation of the social dimension (leverage for local
5 Social dimension
development) (e.g.: Employment)
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DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM
Methodological approach
SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA
Site-specific Carrying Capacity
SYSTEM BOUNDARIES
SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS
resource availability environmental impact economic efficiency social impacts
“OPTIMUM OF APPLICATION”
Constraints stakeholders
SCORING
COMPARISON OF OPTIONS
“A given indicator does not say anything about sustainability, unless a reference
value such as thresholds is given to it” (Lancker & Nijkamp, 2000)
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