environment

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• Contribution of CAR reserves to mature-forest biodiversity in production forest landscapes

  Australia’s National Forest Policy is based on a forest biodiversity conservation strategy that relies on a network of CAR (comprehensive, adequate and representative) reserves and complementa... Read More

• Green Adhesives: Options for the Australian industry – summary of recent research into green adhesives from renewable materials and identification of those that are closest to commercial uptake

  Green adhesives are those that contain a significant amount of a renewable or a natural resource. Over the past decade researchers have been looking for alternatives to the formaldehyde-based ... Read More

• LCA Study Investigating the Impact of Construction on Sloping Sites

  The building sector is increasingly aware of the environmental impact of buildings. In Australia buildings produce approximately 23% of this country’s total Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. Li... Read More

• LCI Forestry and Wood Products Project Report 4 for Forest and Wood Products Australia

  Growing, mining, manufacturing, distributing, using and finally disposing of products uses resources and energy, and creates pollution emissions that have a detrimental affect on the environme... Read More

• Predicting and managing the impacts of commercial plantations on catchment water balances

  This report describes a project to develop a reliable and accepted planning tool to predict the transpiration and hydrological impacts of existing or proposed plantations in relation to their ... Read More

• Technical Evaluation of Environmental Assessment Rating Tools

  This study investigated the environmental impact assessment of building products, especially in relation to wood products, as incorporated in existing tools; identified a comprehensive set of ... Read More