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ERIA Research Project Report 2008 No. 8-2 Guidelines to Assess Sustainability of Biomass Utilisation in East Asia

Edited by Masayuki Sagisaka


FRONT COVER
TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. INTRODUCTION
    1.1 Background
    1.2 Discussion
    1.3 Biomass in East Asian Countries in 2008
    1.4 Worlwide Discussion on Sustainable Bioenergy
  2. GLOBAL DISCUSSIONS ON SUSTAINABILITY OF BIOMASS DERIVED FUEL
    2.1 Introduction
    2.2 Salient features of guidelines and directives
  3. SUSTAINABILITY ASSESMENT METHODEOLOGY
    3.1 ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT – Life Cycle Approach to Develop Greenhouse Gas Inventory
    1. 3.1.1 Introduction
      3.1.2 Conducting an LCI Analysis of Bioenergy
      3.1.3 Recommendaton
    3.2 ECONOMIC  IMPACT – Methodologies Used in the Calculation of Indices for Economic Assesment
    1. 3.2.1 Introduction
    2. 3.2.2 Economic Assesment of Biomass Utilisation
      REFERENCES
    3.3 SOCIAL IMPACT
    1. 3.3.1 Introduction
    2. 3.3.2 HDI and Social Development
    3. 3.3.3 Estimation of SDIS
    4. 3.3.4 Data and Assumptions
    5. 3.3.5 Methodology for Estimation
    6. 3.3.6 Summary of Results
    7. 3.3.7 Conclusions
      REFERENCES
      Appendix 1: Calculations of HDI
  4. INTEGRATION OF SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS
    4.1 Approaches for integration
    4.2 Integrated of Indicators for assessing biomass utilisation
      REFERENCES
  5. POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
  6. CONCLUSION
    APPENDIX 1 PILOT STUDY – ENVIRONMENT
    APPENDIX 2-1  PILOT STUDY – ECONOMICS
    APPENDIX 2-2  PILOT STUDY – COCONUT
    APPENDIX 3 PILOT STUDY – SOCIAL