Coping with complexity: Designing low-impact forest bioenergy systems using an adaptive forest management framework and other sustainable forest management tools

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 20-27

  Lattimore, Brenna ^b   Smith, Tat ^a   Richardson, Jim ^c  

^a Scientific Foundation for Sustainable Forest Biomass Harvesting Guidelines and Policies   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c IEA Bioenergy Task 31 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive forest management; Bioenergy; Certification; Standards; Sustainable forest management frameworks; Technology transfer

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; ENERGY SECURITY; FOSSIL FUELS; STANDARDS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

BIO-ENERGY; BIOENERGY PRODUCTIONS; CARBON EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS; CERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY; MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORKS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

FORESTRY;

BIOENERGY; CARBON EMISSION; CERTIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOSSIL FUEL; STANDARDIZATION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

CANADA; CERTIFICATION; ECOSYSTEMS; EMISSION; ENERGY; FORECASTS; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FOSSIL FUELS; MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY; TRANSFER;

CANADA;

EID: 77949365210     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc86020-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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