Carbon budget of the Canadian forest product sector

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 25-41

  Apps, M J ^a   Kurz, W A ^b   Beukema, S J ^b   Bhatti, J S ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^b ESSA Technologies Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Canada; Carbon balance; Emissions; Forestry; Landfill; Model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003166514     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1462-9011(99)00006-4     Document Type: Article

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