Economic and environmental sustainability of forestry measures in Apulia Region Rural Development Plan: An application of life cycle approach

Moretti, Michele; De Boni, A.; Roma, R.

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2014.06.007

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Economic and environmental sustainability of forestry measures in Apulia Region Rural Development Plan: An application of life cycle approach

Moretti, Michele; De Boni, A.; Roma, R.

2014 • In Land Use Policy, 41, p. 284-289

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biomass; environmental impact; forestry production; governance approach; life cycle analysis; rural development; rural planning; strategic approach; sustainability; forestry; profitability; rural economy; Italy; Puglia Moretti; M.; Department of Agro-environmental and Territorial Sciences; University of Bari Aldo Moro; Via Amendola 165/A; 70126 Bari; Italy; email: michele.moretti@uniba.it

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[en] This article investigates the applicability of combined Life Cycle Assessment and market analysis, to support efficiency evaluation of rural development strategies developed by the Apulian Rural Development Plan 2007-2013 (BURP n 93 26/05/2010). Measure 122 "Improving the economic value of forest" had the aim to improve of forestry farms technological resources addressing them toward the biomass production. As an example pellet production from sawmill residues (PSR) and firewood productions have been compared both under environmental and economic performances. The functional unit (FU) is 1kWh of residential thermal energy. Environmental impacts of both fuels have been evaluated through the Life Cycle Assessment methodology, considering the most relevant impact categories: the damages on human health, the ecosystems qualities, the kg of CO2eq. produced (GWP100) and the balance between energy requests and consumed (Cumulative Energy Demand - CED). About the economic analysis, data on pellet and firewood local market prices have been collected and consumer's expenditure for FU calculated. Results supplied relevant suggestions to improve efficiency and farmer's subscription to Apulia Regional Development Plan forestry measures. © 2014 Elsevier Ltd.

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Business & economic sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Agriculture & agronomy

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Moretti, Michele ; University of Bari > Agri-Environmental and Territorial Sciences

De Boni, A.

Roma, R.

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English

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Economic and environmental sustainability of forestry measures in Apulia Region Rural Development Plan: An application of life cycle approach

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2014

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Land Use Policy

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0264-8377

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1873-5754

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Elsevier Ltd

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284-289

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