Abstract
When considering the economic and environmental aspects of forestry, especially the issues related to timber harvesting, emphasis should be placed on the importance of the availability of raw material resources for the sustainable flow of goods. It would also be difficult to disregard certain issues related to transport, which play a key role in the efficient flow of wooden raw materials. It has to be noticed that timber transport options are limited by a number of factors, including the considerable fragmentation of wood resources and the lack of adequately developed railway transport facilities. This paper focuses on issues related to the road transport of timber carried out by transport companies. Observations to date of large-sized roundwood (thicker than 14 cm and longer than 3 m) transport in Poland indicate a relatively frequent occurrence of overloaded vehicles, exceeding the permissible total weight limit. Empirical evidence also suggests that in many cases, it is an effect of improperly endorsed standards with regard to the density of the transported material. Moreover, there is a clear correlation between the loading volume and economic as well as environmental factors. Therefore, the aim of this article was to show both the current situation in the transport of bulky timber and to present the possibilities for its optimization, from the point of view of locational, economic and environmental factors.
Highlights
Forest management is one of the areas that largely contribute to natural resource management
Criteria for sustainable forest management, Item 4.3.8), “An adequate transport infrastructure, i.e., roads, transport routes and bridges, need to be planned, built and maintained in order to ensure an efficient system for the delivery of products and services while reducing the adverse environmental impacts” [6]
Transport issues related to forest management are extremely important from the perspective of smooth deliveries of wood raw materials and in view of their environmental impact
Summary
Forest management is one of the areas that largely contribute to natural resource management. Sustainable forest management means taking action to use and structure forests in such a manner as to preserve their biological wealth, while ensuring that they remain highly productive in the future and make efforts to maintain the “protective, economic and social functions of forests at local, national and global level without detriment to other ecosystems” [5]. European Union institutions have made statements in that respect It is clear from the position adopted by the EU that the international community should make efforts towards the decarbonization of transport [7]. Transport issues related to forest management are extremely important from the perspective of smooth deliveries of wood raw materials and in view of their environmental impact
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