Impact Assessment of Biodiversity and Carbon Pools from Land Use and Land Use Changes in Life Cycle Assessment, Exemplified with Forestry Operations in Norway

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 231-242

  Michelsen, Ottar ^a   Cherubini, Francesco ^a   Strømman, Anders Hammer ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Environmental impact assessment; Forest management; Industrial ecology; Life cycle assessment (LCA); Methods

Indexed keywords

ABOVE GROUND BIOMASS; AREA REQUIREMENT; BIO-ENERGY; CARBON POOL; FORESTRY OPERATIONS; FORESTRY PRODUCTS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LAND-USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); MANAGEMENT OPTIONS; METHODS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LAKES; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOENERGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PRODUCT; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATES; ENERGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; LAKES; LAND USE; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; NORWAY;

NORWAY;

EID: 84859496066     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2011.00409.x     Document Type: Article

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