Environmental Aspects

Timber as a sustainable building material

Overview

Timber in environmentally sustainable development.

The Greenhouse Effect.

Building produces significant Greenhouse gas emissions.

Timber and trees reducing the Greenhouse Effect

Forests and the Kyoto Protocol Targets

Timber as a building material.

Environmental Rating Methods

Measuring the environmental impact of Buildings and Building Materials.

National Australian Building Environmental Rating System (NABERS)

Life cycle assessment of timber

Assessing the Environmental Impact of Building Materials

Stage 1: Environmental Impact from Harvesting Timber

Stage 2: Environmental Impact from Timber in Manufacture

Stage 3: Environmental Impact from Timber in Construction

Stage 4: Environmental Impact from Living in the Timber Building

Stage 5: Environmental Impact from Timber in recycling, reuse and disposal

Embodied energy

The energy consumed to manufacture building products

Embodied Energy of Timber

Construction for environmental performance

Design Guide - Environmentally Friendly Housing Using Timber – Principles

Environmental Certification

Overview

Environmental Certification of Timber

The Development of Forest Certification

The Process of Timber Certification

Benefits of Forest Certification

Differences between Certification Schemes

Certification Internationally

Major International Forest Certification Schemes

Mutual Recognition and International Trade

Certification in Australia

The Australian Forestry Standard

An overview of AS 4708 the Australian Forestry Standard

Australia's Forest Management

Overview

Sustainable forest management to meet future needs.

National Forest Policy

Australia’s forest management rates well internationally.

National Strategy on Ecologically Sustainable Development

A Framework for Ecologically Sustainable Forest Management

Regional Forest Agreements

Regional Planning for Forests in Australia.

Comprehensive, Adequate and Representative Forest Reserve System

Plantation Forests

Expanding the Forest Resource Base

National Plantation Principles

Communities

Forests and Communities

Sustainable Forestry

Overview

What is Sustainable Forest Management

Montreal Process

The Montreal Process for sustainable forest management

The Montreal Process Criteria and Indicator Framework