A5033708436- Forest Management and Policy
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Forest Biomass Utilization and Management
- Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
- Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Sustainable Industrial Ecology
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Historical and Environmental Studies
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Regional resilience and development
- Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability
- Recycled Aggregate Concrete Performance
- Urban Planning and Valuation
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
European Forest Institute
2012-2022
Abstract Social innovations are grassroots processes aiming to achieve impacts beyond an individual level and towards a broader societal good. The environmental dimension of refers any direct change the environment resulting from social innovation activities, products, or services, which not addressed by pre‐existing systems. In this paper, we determine role in addressing analyzing database examples European circum‐Mediterranean rural areas, compiled within H2020 Project SIMRA. We...
The utilization rate of woody biomass in eastern Finland is high and expected to increase further the near future as set out several regional, national European policies strategies. aim this study was assess sustainability impacts changes fuel consumption patterns. We investigated fossil biomass-based energy production chains region North Karelia, focusing on some economic, environmental social indicators. Indicators were selected based stakeholder preferences evaluated using Tool for...
The aim of this study was to analyse the sustainability impacts allocating material from energy use by adding cascaded wood into production products. A case is presented, where we cascade alternatives compared non-cascade practice in particleboard within province North Karelia, Finland. Direct are captured using indicators representing environmental, economic and social aspects sustainability. Results show that introducing can increase carbon storage products, employment costs. Energy GHG...
The greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions in the European Union (EU) are mainly caused by human activity from five sectors—power, industry, transport, buildings, and agriculture. To tackle all these challenges, EU actions policies have been encouraging initiatives focusing on a holistic approach but not enough coordinated connected to reach much needed impact. strengthen important role of regions climate actions, stimulate wide stakeholders' engagement including citizens, conceptual framework for...
Sustainably managed forests provide renewable raw material that can be used for primary/secondary conversion products and as biomass energy generation. The potentially available amounts of timber, which are still lower than annual increments, have been published earlier. Access to this timber challenging small-dimensioned assortments; however, technologically improved value chains make them accessible while fulfilling economic environment criteria. This paper evaluates the economic,...
There is a variety of different methods for carrying out sustainability impact assessments energy value chains. The can use the same, or similarly named, indicators, but make assumptions about system boundaries and differ in purpose assessment, this lead to confusion when communicating results studies. A method expansion Sustainability Impact Assessment (SIA) was developed tested allow comparison environmental indicators generation, balance greenhouse gas emission as calculated according...
<ja:p>Forestry in Malå, northern Sweden, coexists with other land uses. Reindeer husbandry is the area for centuries and requires large areas of grazing land. Competing uses may threaten Malå Sami village. The aim study was to evaluate increased consideration forest management towards 1) reindeer husbandry, 2) nature 3) a combination two. These scenarios were compared as it 2009. Results indicate that all three lead decrease annual harvesting volumes 0.2 0.4 million m. Forest industry...
Sustainability and sustainable behaviour is of crucial importance in the management Fennoscandian forests forest-related industries. This paper reviews a number voluntary instruments, which aim at promoting or assessing sustainability impacts different levels. The multitude available instruments brings confusion practice, where companies, consumers investors meet legal regulatory non-regulatory instruments. practical suitability covered dimension for each instrument reviewed with an analysis...
ToSIA (Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment) offers a transparent and consistent methodological framework to assess impacts of changes (technological, policy, management, etc.) in the forest-based sector. This tool is able facilitate decision making process within between diverse groups stakeholders (e.g., forest managers policymakers) as it provides neutral, data-driven platform stakeholder interaction communication. To test these capabilities ToSIA, practical approach if support...
Traditional coppice stands represent a sizable proportion of the Mediterranean forests and are generally geared to production firewood, which is eventually fed traditional stoves for residential heat generation. In recent years, an alternative use has developed whereby trees chipped whole chips centralized heating plants. This latter system allows full mechanization all supply chain steps considered more suited modern living habits; at same time, its introduction raised concerns about...
Global trends influence the approaches and mindset for using natural resources technological capacities. Participatory scenario methods have proven useful in long-term foresight. However, country-level foresight studies often ignore broader affecting international markets setting frames economic development. This study envisions which global could occur how resulting European policies might affect Finnish forest sector’s development 2040. We applied a Futures Wheel approach, where...
The concept and definition of sustainability, particularly sustainable forestry from where the sustainability has started from, evolved over time in different fields created methods for assessing sustainability: science, industry policy. With that also state or impact external drivers have on been developed. In forest-based sector, evolved, starting a restricted aspect, such purely resource-based based non-depletion standing volume trees, broadened covering additional aspects later. There...
The aim of this study was to conduct a sustainability impact assessment (SIA) on wooden multi-storey building and compare an equivalent reinforced concrete using ToSIA (Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment). SIA considered the material flows processes along respective supply chains in Finland included environmental, economic, social indicators. greenhouse gas savings various wood-based materials buildings were also compared with elements. boundary quantitative analysis...