The sustainability of forestry biomass supply for EU bioenergy: A post-normal approach to environmental risk and uncertainty

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The sustainability of forestry biomass supply for EU bioenergy: A post-normal approach to environmental risk and uncertainty. / Upham, Paul; Riesch, Hauke; Tomei, Julia et al.
In: Environmental Science & Policy, Vol. 14, No. 5, 08.2011, p. 510-518.

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title = "The sustainability of forestry biomass supply for EU bioenergy: A post-normal approach to environmental risk and uncertainty",
abstract = "Most bioenergy supply scenarios suggest that a substantial fraction of future European energy supply could be biomass-based. Yet stakeholder opinion on the risks posed by a high level of bioenergy supply varies and the related science base is relatively undeveloped. Thinking on post-normal science advocates that issues with contested sustainability and risk implications are best resolved or negotiated via inclusive stakeholder fora, in which a variety of values and ways of thinking are respected. As the potential impacts of a large scale supply of forestry biomass for bioenergy have generally received less attention than the potential impacts of first generation biofuels, we use woody biomass risks to illustrate a novel risk perception typology that is consistent with thinking on post normal science. The typology is intended to both strengthen the case for inclusive decision-making in general and to clarify the nature of the risks posed by global solid biomass supply for European bioenergy.",
keywords = "Bioenergy, Biofuel, Post-normal science, Risk perception, Sustainability, Sustainability sciences, Communication",
author = "Paul Upham and Hauke Riesch and Julia Tomei and {Thornley Patricia}, P.",
year = "2011",
month = aug,
doi = "10.1016/j.envsci.2011.02.010",
language = "English",
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