摘要：AT THE request of
the International
Tropical Timber
Council’s Committee on
Economic Information
and Market Intelligence, I
recently carried out a review
of the application of lifecycle
assessment (LCA) to
tropical and other timbers.
The aim was to “examine
the role of LCA as a potential
tool for assisting the
competitiveness of tropical
timber in the marketplace”.
So what is LCA, and what do
we know about its possible
value for determining the
environmental impact of
tropical timbers?
