A transport tool to evaluate sustainability impacts of transport processes within the Forest Wood Chain |
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Authors: | Jean-Baptiste Chesneau Elisabeth Le Net Staffan Berg |
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Institution: | 1.FCBA—P?le EEP,Paris,France;2.The Forest Research Institute of Sweden,Uppsala,Sweden |
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Abstract: | The development of ToSIA (tool for sustainability impact assessment of the Forest Wood Chain) involved to measure economic,
social and environmental indicators of all transformation processes belonging to the Forest Wood Chain (FWC). In this context,
a specific tool has been developed to measure indicators related to almost all transport processes of each European FWC. The
aim of this article is to describe the approach and the method used to set up this tool and also to illustrate some of its
applications through an example. The example shows how the tool can deal with major transport issues by determining, in a
German case, the distances (respectively, 330 and 280 km) setting the economic advantage to use rail and inland waterways
instead of road. Moreover, it evaluates the implications of such changes in term of Green House Gas reduction (respectively,
50 and 56%). |
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