The greenhouse gas and carbon profile of the global forest products industry

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 80-90

  Miner, Reid ^a,c   Perez Garcia, John ^b  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS FUELS; GLOBAL CARBON; SUBSTITUTION EFFECTS;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ELECTRICITY; FORESTRY; GAS EMISSIONS; LAND FILL;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

CARBON; CHELATION; FOREST PRODUCTS; GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 36348954037     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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