A social assessment of forest resource based on stakeholders’ perception: an application in three Balkans rural areas

Crivellaro, Marta; Maurizio, Camin; Giacomo, Colle; Bezzi, Marco; Paletto, Alessandro

doi:10.1080/13416979.2020.1782554

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“…The growing awareness of sustainability in the forest-to-lumber supply chain has forced decision-makers to consider economic aspects and the impact of their decisions on the environment and society [11,12]. However, these complex decisions require decisionmakers to use quantitative techniques, such as operational research [13].…”

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Quantitative Techniques for Sustainable Decision Making in Forest-to-Lumber Supply Chain: A Systematic Review

Mena-Reyes,

Vergara,

Linfati

et al. 2024

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Sustainability has become a key issue in the forest industry; this research aims to analyze the quantitative techniques and metrics applied to the forest-to-lumber supply chain to achieve sustainable decision-making during the last six years. The methodology used was the PRISMA systematic literature review guide, which provides a complete and updated view of the situation. A total of 724 publications were collected from the Web of Science database. Consequently, 85 papers were selected for analysis and synthesis after applying inclusion criteria. The results show a growing interest in sustainability in the forest-to-lumber supply chain, with a peak of publications in 2019. Mathematical Programming and Simulation models are on top of the quantitative techniques applied. These techniques are applied to the supply chain components, classified according to the raw material’s degree of processing or transformation level in forest entities, sawmills, transportation, and other entities. The concluding remarks highlighted that 19 published works research the social dimension, 43 explore the environmental dimension, and 55 examine the economic dimension. Moreover, in the environmental dimension, there is a concentration on the use of metrics associated with greenhouse gases, and to a lesser extent, they have been concerned with soil and water. Additionally, in the social dimension, they have concentrated mainly on the workers, leaving the local communities around the supply chain in the second place. Our systematic review reports the techniques or quantitative methodologies applied in the forest-to-lumber supply chain and the metrics used to handle the dimensions of sustainability.

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