Naslov
LCA Studies in Forestry – Stagnation or Progress?

Autori
Đuka, Andreja ; Vusić, Dinko ; Horvat, Dubravko ; Šušnjar, Marijan ; Pandur, Zdravko ; Papa, Ivica

Izvornik
Croatian journal of forest engineering (1845-5719) 38 (2017), 2; 311-326

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
life cycle assessment, energy consumption, GHG emission, carbon neutral, wood products

Sažetak
Today, LCA is one of the leading and most used tools for environmental management, but the application of LCA in forestry is still in an initial phase. Due to a high amount of different wood products which can be produced in forestry sector, production of raw material itself is not included enough in the whole LCA process. Raw wood products and biomass used to be widely declared as »carbon neutral« and renewable, but production steps have a significant influence on the environmental impact depending on machinery used, opening forest with new roads, management type (clear-cut, even-aged management or selective cut), etc. This paper gives a review of LCA studies in forestry based on three segments: - harvesting operations - biomass for energy - road construction and maintenance.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Šumarstvo

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