Societal values and economic return added for forest owners by linking forests to bioenergy production

Journal of Forestry

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-27

  Vogt, Kristiina A ^a   Andreu, Michael G ^a   Vogt, Daniel J ^b   Sigurdardottir, Ragnhildur ^c   Edmonds, Robert L ^b   Schiess, Peter ^b   Hodgson, Kevin ^b  

^a Program in Forest Systems/Bioenergy   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Umhverfisrannsoknir ehf ^*  (Iceland)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Economic return; Hydrogen fuel cells; Methanol; Renewable energy; Sustainable rural development; Thinned forest materials

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS PLANTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WOOD;

BIOENERGY; BIOENERGY SYSTEMS; BIOFUELS; FOREST OWNERS; FORESTLANDS; RURAL COMMUNITIES;

FORESTRY;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOFUEL; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT;

ELECTRICITY; FORESTRY; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; WOOD;

EID: 14644394335     PISSN: 00221201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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