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Assessing the eco-efficiency of bioeconomy policies at both regional and national scale: application to the French energy wood sector

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  • Thomas Beaussier

    (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement, ISIGE - Institut Supérieur d'Ingénierie et de Gestion de l'Environnement - Mines Paris - PSL (École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris) - PSL - Université Paris Sciences et Lettres)

  • Sylvain Caurla

    (LEF - Laboratoire d'Economie Forestière - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - AgroParisTech)

  • Eléonore Loiseau

    (UMR ITAP - Technologies et Méthodes pour les Agricultures de demain - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Montpellier - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement)

Abstract

We investigate the economic and environmental performance of national and regional bioeconomy policies oriented towards energy wood development in the French forest sector. Eco-efficiency indicators are calculated for scenarios built on different combinations of national and regional measures, including fuelwood demand incentives, local wood supply, and forest conservation. We compute eco-efficiency using a simulation model based on a coupling between a partial equilibrium model of the French forest sector and a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) framework. This approach allows taking account of indirect effects at multiple scales, i.e local forest resource, wood flows through interregional trade or substitution between fuelwood and fossil fuels on global markets. We show that the scenario based on a combination of fuelwood demand incentives and local supply constraints is the most ecoefficient one both at national and regional scale. It increases the eco-efficiency compared to the baseline for all environmental impact categories: 16% and 18% on ecosystems, 21 and 25% on human health, 42 and 59% on resources, respectively for an implementation at national level and an implementation in the region Grand Est.

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  • Thomas Beaussier & Sylvain Caurla & Eléonore Loiseau, 2022. "Assessing the eco-efficiency of bioeconomy policies at both regional and national scale: application to the French energy wood sector," Post-Print hal-03938262, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03938262
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