Conducting sustainability impact assessments of forestry-wood chains: Examples of ToSIA applications

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-34

  Lindner, Marcus ^a   Werhahn Mees, Wendelin ^a   Suominen, Tommi ^a   Vötter, Diana ^a   Zudin, Sergey ^a   Pekkanen, Matias ^a   Päivinen, Risto ^a   Roubalova, Martina ^b   Kneblik, Petr ^b   Brüchert, Franka ^c   Valinger, Erik ^d   Guinard, Ludovic ^e   Pizzirani, Stefania ^f  

^a EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Ustav pro vyzkum lesnich ekosystemu sro   (Czech Republic)

^c Württemberg Forest Research Institute of the state of Baden   (Germany)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e FCBA   (France)

^f FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Forest based sector; Material flow; Sustainability impact assessment (SIA); System boundaries

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; SUSTAINABILITY;

TOSIA;

EID: 81955163065     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-011-0483-7     Document Type: Article

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