Impact Assessment of Biodiversity and Carbon Pools from Land Use and Land Use Changes in Life Cycle Assessment, Exemplified with Forestry Operations in Norway
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19468538 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ottar Michelsen (0000-0001-7141-1948, corresponding author), Francesco Cherubini (0000-0002-7147-4292), Anders Hammer Strømman (0000-0003-2987-5583, Norwegian University of Science and Technology) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 231-242 |
| Publication date | 2012-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Industrial Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1088-1980 • E-ISSN: 1530-9290 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1530-9290.2011.00409.x |
| OpenAlex | W1972133419 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 32 |
There is a strong need for methods within life cycle assessment (LCA) that enable the inclusion of all complex aspects related to land use and land use change (LULUC). This article presents a case study of the use of one hectare (ha) of forest managed for the production of wood for bioenergy production. Both permanent and temporary changes in above‐ground biomass are assessed together with the impact on biodiversity caused by LULUC as a result of forestry activities. The impact is measured as a product of time and area requirements, as well as by changes in carbon pools and impacts on biodiversity as a consequence of different management options. To elaborate the usefulness of the method as well as its dependency on assumptions, a range of scenarios are introduced in the study. The results show that the impact on climate change from LULUC dominates the results, compared to the impact from forestry operations. This clearly demonstrates the need to include LULUC in an LCA of forestry products. For impacts both on climate change and biodiversity, the results show large variability based on what assumptions are made; and impacts can be either positive or negative. Consequently, a mere measure of land used does not provide any meaning in LCA, as it is not possible to know whether this contributes a positive or negative impact
Agriculture · Agroforestry · Biodiversity · Bioenergy · Biofuel · Climate change · Climate change mitigation · Economics · Environmental resource management · Geography · Greenhouse gas · Hectare · Impact assessment · Land use · Land use, land-use change and forestry · Life-cycle assessment · Natural resource economics · Environmental Impact and Sustainability · Environmental Science · Forest Management and Policy · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Ecology · Forestry
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| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.38 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2025 (8) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |