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Dr. James L. Bowyer

Professor Emeritus
Ph.D. 1973, University of Minnesota
Applied wood science, life cycle analysis, environmental and forest policy
Phone: (612) 624-4292
E-mail: jbowyer@umn.edu

Areas of Interest

Research interests generally fall within four closely related topic areas:

* environmental life cycle analysis of alternative building materials,
* global trends in wood and other raw materials availability,
* environmental impacts of domestic forest policy,
* forest products marketing and environmental attributes marketing in particular.

Selected Publications

Bowyer, J., Shmulsky, R., and Haygreen, J. 2007. Forest Products and Wood Science - an Introduction, 5th edition. Ames: Blackwell Publishing, 558 pp.

Lippke, B. and J. L. Bowyer. 2007. Environmental life cycle analysis of alternative building materials. In: Handbook of Environmentally Conscious Materials and Chemical Processing. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., pp. 179-206.

Bowyer, J. 2007. Green Building Programs - are They Really Green? Forest Products Journal 57(9): 6-17.

Bowyer, J., and Ramaswamy, S. 2007. An Assessment of the Potential for Bioenergy and Biochemicals Production from Forest-Derived Biomass in Minnesota. Dovetail Partners, Inc., August 29.

Bowyer, J. Resch, H, and Hirsch, F. 2007. Policy issues related to forest products markets in 2006 and 2007. In: Forest Products Annual Market Review, Geneva Timber and Forest Study Paper 22, pp. 15-30. Geneva, Switzerland: United Nations Economic Commission for Europe/Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.

Bowyer, J. 2007. Consumption and wood products substitution. In: Cubbage, F. (ed.) Forests and Forestry in the Americas: an Encyclopedia. Society of American Foresters/ International Society of Tropical Foresters.

Bowyer, J. 2006. Current energy trends and the emergence of bioenergy alternatives. In: Biomass Energy and Biofuels from Oregon’s Forests. Oregon Forest Resources Institute, June 30, pp. 1-7 – 1-47.

Bowyer, J. 2006. Forest Plantations - Threatening or Saving Natural Forests. Arborvitae – the IUCN/WWF Forest Conservation Newsletter, Issue 31 (September), pp. 8-9.