ToSIA - Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment
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ToSIA is a decision support tool for the forestry sector that analyses the sustainability impacts of timber value chains and other related forest value chains. It compares alternative process chains using scenarios to assess environmental, economic and social effects of deliberate interventions (policies, business) or external forces (climate change, markets) by tracking material flows and sustainability indicators.
ToSIA (Tool for Sustainability Impact Assessment) is a decision support tool for the forestry sector. With this tool, forest-based industry, national/international policy makers and researchers can analyse the sustainability effects of changes due to deliberate interventions (e.g. in policies or business activities) or external forces (e.g. climate change, global markets). ToSIA analyses environmental, economic and social impacts of changes in forestry/wood production chains, using a consistent and harmonised framework from the forest to the end-of-life of final products. It allows users to analyse different kinds of sustainability effects in a balanced way. The tool includes an Multi-Criteria Assessment (MCA) module.
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- Economic & Financial
- Social & Stakeholder
- Landowners & Practitioners
- Planners & Implementers
- Climate change mitigation
- Non-timber products
- Wood and biomass production
- Landscape
- Plot/Stand
- Regional