Wood in our future : proceedings of a symposium, environmental implications of wood as a raw material for industrial use
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Wood in our future : proceedings of a symposium, environmental implications of wood as a raw material for industrial use
National Academy Press, 1997
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Role of life-cycle analysis
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"Role of life-cycle analysis"--Cover
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Description
The United States produces 25% of the world's wood output, and wood supports a major segment of the U.S. industrial base. Trees provide fiber, resins, oils, pulp, food, paper, pharmaceuticals, fuel, many products used in home construction, and numerous other products. The use of wood as a raw material must consider production efficiencies and natural resource conservation as well as efficient, profitable use of solid wood, its residues, and by-products.
To better assess the use of wood as a raw material, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service asked the National Research Council's Board on Agriculture to bring together experts to review the analytical techniques used to follow the life-cycle of wood production?from tree to product?and assess the environmental impacts. This resulting book provides a base of current knowledge, identifying what data are lacking, where future efforts should be focused, and what is known about the methodologies used to assess environmental impacts. The book also focuses on national and international efforts to develop integrated environmental, economic, and energy accounting methologies.
Table of Contents
FRONT MATTER
OVERVIEW
LIFE-CYCLE THINKING FOR WOOD AND PAPER PRODUCTS
COMMITTEE ON RENEWABLE RESOURCES FOR INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS: A LOOK
BACK AND CONSIDERATION OF THE FUTURE
ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF WOOD USED AS A RAW MATERIAL IN
NORTH AMERICA
EUROPEAN ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION: ENVIRONMENTAL
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS STANDARDS
INDUSTRIAL MARKETPLACE PRODUCT DECISION MAKING
LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT FOR PAPER PRODUCTS
CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL LABELING ON WOOD PRODUCTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT APPLIED TO DECISION MAKING
POLICIES TODAY AND FOR THE FUTURE
WORKING GROUP SUMMARY AND ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
ANNEX 1: LIFE-CYCLE STRESSOR EFFECTS ASSESSMENT
SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
Table of Contents
- 1 FRONT MATTER
- 2 OVERVIEW
- 3 LIFE-CYCLE THINKING FOR WOOD AND PAPER PRODUCTS
- 4 COMMITTEE ON RENEWABLE RESOURCES FOR INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS: A LOOK BACK AND CONSIDERATION OF THE FUTURE
- 5 ASSESSING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF WOOD USED AS A RAW MATERIAL IN NORTH AMERICA
- 6 EUROPEAN ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES
- 7 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS STANDARDS
- 8 INDUSTRIAL MARKETPLACE PRODUCT DECISION MAKING
- 9 LIFE-CYCLE ASSESSMENT FOR PAPER PRODUCTS
- 10 CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL LABELING ON WOOD PRODUCTS
- 11 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT APPLIED TO DECISION MAKING
- 12 POLICIES TODAY AND FOR THE FUTURE
- 13 WORKING GROUP SUMMARY AND ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION
- 14 ANNEX 1: LIFE-CYCLE STRESSOR EFFECTS ASSESSMENT
- 15 SYMPOSIUM PROGRAM
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