Wood fuel or carbon sink? Aspects of forestry in the climate question

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 447-465

  Bjørnstad, Even ^a   Skonhoft, Anders ^b  

^a North Trondelag Research Institute   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Climate; Forestry; Joint production

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FOSSIL FUELS; WOOD FUELS;

EMPIRICAL EFFECTS;

FORESTRY;

BIOMASS POWER; CARBON SINK; FORESTRY; FUELWOOD;

SCANDINAVIA;

PICEA;

EID: 0347926158     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021379306349     Document Type: Article

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