| Titre : | Is the Water Footprint an Appropriate Tool for Forestry and Forest Products: The Fennoscandian Case |
| Auteurs : | Samuli Launiainen, Auteur ; Martyn N. Futter, Auteur ; David Ellison, Auteur ; Nicholas Clarke, Auteur ; Leena Finér, Auteur ; Lars Hogbom, Auteur ; Ari Lauren, Auteur ; Eva Ring, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | AMBIO (43(2) MAR 2014) |
| Article en page(s) : | 244-256 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Résumé : | The water footprint by the Water Footprint Network (WF) is an ambitious tool for measuring human appropriation and promoting sustainable use of fresh water. Using recent case studies and examples from water-abundant Fennoscandia, we consider whether it is an appropriate tool for evaluating the water use of forestry and forest-based products. We show that aggregating catchment level water consumption over a product life cycle does not consider fresh water as a renewable resource and is inconsistent with the principles of the hydrologic cycle. Currently, the |



