SETAC North America 27th Annual Meeting
SETAC North America 27th Annual Meeting in Montreal, QC, Canada, November 5-9, 2006
Deadline for abstract submittal June 1st
http://montreal.setac.org/program.asp
Dear colleague,
I would like to invite you to consider submitting an abstract at the life cycle assessment session:
Life cycle thinking applied to forestry, agricultural, mining, fisheries and petroleum products
The intent of this session is to learn about tools and measures to enhance sustainable extraction and use of natural resources. A life cycle perspective is taken as starting point, investigating the influence of drivers along the whole extraction-production-use-waste management chains. The resources sectors will include 1) forestry, 2) fishery, 3) agriculture, 4) minerals and metals and 5) fossil fuels. The measures aiming at enhancing sustainability will be analysed and discussed from an environmental, social and economic angle.
The focus will be on experiences obtained in different disciplines and in the use of the approaches that are applied. Sectors along full life cycles are addressed, including resource extraction, manufacturing, and recycling activities, but also including inputs from the financial sector, government departments and NGOs.
A clear objective is that the different approaches for resource management will learn from each other. One approach is the use of quantitative analytical tools like life cycle assessment, comparative risk assessment, modelling environmental impacts along the life cycle of materials and products. Another approach focuses on the certification of resource extraction, possibly supported by the use of quantitative models. Examples include certification by the Forest Stewardship Council or Marine Stewardship Council, and the use of these certificates along the life cycle. A related approach to the latter is the use of ISO1 4001 certifications for different companies along the life cycle.
For all approaches the focus will be on experiences in actual cases, describing their aim, the criteria used, their application in the contact between stakeholders along the life cycle, the way of organisation, the results obtained, their verification, and the problems encountered. And points of attention will be possible differences in the criteria used or in their underlying modelling. Together these approaches contribute to life cycle management as an encompassing strategy.
Best regards,
Alain Dubreuil, Ph.D.
dubreuil@NRCan.gc.ca, 613-995-5844, facsimile / télécopieur 613-996-9041
Natural Resources Canada, 555 Booth Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0G1
Ressources naturelles Canada, 555 rue Booth, Ottawa (Ontario) K1A 0G1
Government of Canada / Gouvernement du Canada
Posted on June 06, 2006