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ToSIA approach to Sustainability Impact Assessment of Forest-Wood Chains

Northern ToSIA Assessing sustainability of forest based activities in rural areas of the Northern Periphery Elspeth Macdonald, Forest Research 16 March 2009.

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ToSIA approach to Sustainability Impact Assessment of Forest-Wood Chains

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  1. Northern ToSIAAssessing sustainability of forest based activities in rural areas of the Northern PeripheryElspeth Macdonald, Forest Research16 March 2009

  2. Consortium: European Forest Institute (EFI), Forestry Centre of North Karelia, Forest Research, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, County Govenor of Nordland, Skogforsk, + 10 associated partners Coordinator: EFI, Finland Timescale: June 2008 to June 2011 Aim:To improve the sustainable forest resource use in the Northern Periphery area. This is to be achieved through the implementation of ToSIA(Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment). Output: Utilization of ToSIAwithin the forestry sector to enhance regional and business development, and to allow analysis of sustainability impacts of existing and future Forest-Wood Chains.

  3. ToSIA approach to Sustainability Impact Assessment of Forest-Wood Chains

  4. Sustainability Indicators Economic Environmental Social Gross value added Production costs Resource / material use Total production Investment and research & development Energy generation and use Greenhouse gas emissions and carbon stocks Transport distance and freight Water use Soil, water and air pollution Generation of waste Forest biodiversity Forest resources Employment Wages and salaries Occupational safety and health Education and Training www.eforwood.com

  5. ToSIA approach to Sustainability Impact Assessment of Forest-Wood Chains ToSIA measures volume flows and sustainability indicators

  6. ToSIA approach to Sustainability Impact Assessment of Forest-Wood Chains Sustainability indicators are linked to all production processes

  7. ToSIA aggregates indicator results along the Forest Wood Chain 7 20/10/2014

  8. Sustainability Impact Evaluation Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)

  9. Why should this approach interest us in Scotland? • Forest management • Conversion to continuous cover forestry (CCF) • New native woodlands • Conversion of conifer plantations on ancient woodland sites (PAWS) • Restoration of open ground habitats • Residue and stump harvesting for woodfuel • Climate change adaptation and mitigation • Wood processing • Comparison of sustainability (e.g. revenue, energy efficiency, carbon emissions) of different raw material sources, processing techniques, and end products

  10. A multi-stakeholder dialogue will be encouraged throughout the project 10 • to identify and address sustainability issues in the NPP region • to direct the tool development activities • to explore alternative regional development strategies with a range of key stakeholders. 20/10/2014

  11. ToSIA as part of regional development planning 1. North Karelia (Finland): Regional resource use planning, esp. increasing bioenergy use 2. Scotland: Local applications with varying degree of forest conservation and differences in ownership 3. Northern Sweden: Balancing conflicting objectives of stakeholders (e.g. intensive biomass production and fertilization vs. interests of Sami people for reindeer herding) 4. Nordland (Norway, will follow later): Assessing different scenarios of increasing forest conservation

  12. ToSIA as part of business development Sweden: SCA Skog AB (large scale forest industry); Sveaskog (large public forest holding), Norra Skogssägarna (forest planning, harvesting and sawmilling) Scotland: NorBuild, Forres, Moray (small/medium sized saw mill operations) Finland and Norway: Case study companies will be identified

  13. ToSIA offers different perspectives.How you look at things makes a lot of difference!

  14. Thank you for your attention

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