23/06/20151 Northern ToSIA Assessing sustainability of forest based activities in rural areas of the Northern Periphery Elspeth Macdonald, Forest Research.

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Northern ToSIA

Assessing sustainability of forest based activities in rural areas of the Northern Periphery

Elspeth Macdonald, Forest Research16 March 2009

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 ToSIA within the forestry sector to enhance regional and business development, and to allow analysis of sustainability impacts of existing and future Forest-Wood Chains.

ToSIA approach to Sustainability Impact Assessment of Forest-Wood Chains

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

ToSIA measures volume flows and sustainability indicators

ToSIA approach to Sustainability Impact Assessment of Forest-Wood Chains

Sustainability indicators are linked to all production processes

ToSIA approach to Sustainability Impact Assessment of Forest-Wood Chains

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ToSIA aggregates indicator results along the Forest Wood Chain

Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA)

Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA)

Sustainability Impact Evaluation

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

A multi-stakeholder dialogue will be encouraged throughout the project

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.

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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

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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

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

difference!

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Thank you for your attention