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The role of the Lumber Industry on Environmental Sustainability
Sources
Statistical Information
Wildlife and Their Habitat
SFI 2015-2019 Standards. (2020, September 29). Retrieved October 26, 2020, from
https://www.forests.org/standardguide2015-2019/
Not specific statistics from different mills but rather the environmental standards that mills with this certification adhere to.
Secondary Impacts
*Further research needed to determine what secondary topics I will address
Carbon Emissions
SFI 2015-2019 Standards. (2020, September 29). Retrieved October 26, 2020, from
https://www.forests.org/standardguide2015-2019/
Not specific statistics of carbon emissions from different mills but rather the carbon emission standards that mills with this certification adhere to.
FAO. 2020. Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020: Main report. Rome. Retrieved October 26, 2020, from
https://doi.org/10.4060/ca9825en
Carbon Storage in Forests (Rep.). (2018). Retrieved October 26, 2020, from United States Environmental Protection Agency website:
https://cfpub.epa.gov/roe/indicator_pdf.cfm?i=86
Howard, J., & Liang, S. (1970, January 01). U.S. timber production, trade, consumption, and price statistics, 1965-2017. Retrieved October 26, 2020, from
https://www.fs.usda.gov/treesearch/pubs/58506
Conceptual Information
Wildlife and Their Habitat
Cossalter, C., & Pye-Smith, C. (2003). Fast-wood forestry: Myths and realities. Jakarta, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
SFI 2015-2019 Standards. (2020, September 29). Retrieved October 26, 2020, from
https://www.forests.org/standardguide2015-2019/
Secondary Impacts
*Further research needed to determine what secondary topics I will address
Carbon Emissions
Cossalter, C., & Pye-Smith, C. (2003). Fast-wood forestry: Myths and realities. Jakarta, Indonesia: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Group, S. (2020, February 10). Timber Unity rallies against cap and trade. Retrieved December 13, 2020, from
https://www.bluemountaineagle.com/news/timber-unity-rallies-against-cap-and-trade/article_cf81e666-4c42-11ea-8773-e3cd8ef0f7d8.html
Political discourse surrounding the lumber industry largely about the Carbon emissions which result from the transportation of timber.
SFI 2015-2019 Standards. (2020, September 29). Retrieved October 26, 2020, from
https://www.forests.org/standardguide2015-2019/
Carbon Storage in Forests (Rep.). (2018). Retrieved October 26, 2020, from United States Environmental Protection Agency website:
https://cfpub.epa.gov/roe/indicator_pdf.cfm?i=86
Popkin, G. (2019). How much can forests fight climate change? Nature, 565(7739), 280-282. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00122-z
Research
Data
Santiam Weyerhaeuser
Contacts
Past Co-workers
Can provide me further insight on different practices/approaches the mill is taking
My Uncle
He is the mill manager and can gather inside information and reports for me
The environmental biologist
I can contact the regional environmental biologist for Weyerhaeuser to gather further information on the environmental sustainable practices and statistical information
Governing Bodies
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Contain statistical information like amount of trees harvested and lumber processed
I can find these reports for any public lumber mill that I wish to gather information on
Environmentalist Bodies
Sustainable Forestry Initiative
SFI 2015-2019 Standards
These standards have been extended to December, 2021
Reports from specific mills
Concepts
Practices that lumber mills should stop
Practices that should be reproduced in all lumber mills
Practices that should be researched further before making decisions
Why is lumber transportation not converted largely to railroad systems?
This article raises a lot of good questions about how we should consider strategically sustain forests since they are not all as beneficial as they may seem: Popkin, G. (2019). How much can forests fight climate change? Nature, 565(7739), 280-282. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-00122-z
Politics and legislation that impact the lumber industry
TimberUnity
Thesis
Carbon Emissions
The operation of the lumber mill
Transportation of timber and lumber products
Harvesting Forests
Replanting Forests
Carbon emission laws and standards that regulate practices taken by different lumber mills
Wildlife and Their Habitat
The wildlife present in forests being harvested
The design and mechanics of ecosystems present in forests being harvested
Preservation and protection efforts being made by different lumber mills
Juxtaposition of the ecosystems in protected (not being harvested) forests and forests being regularly harvested
Secondary Impacts
*Further research needed to determine what secondary topics I will address