Assessing the integrated climatic impacts of forestry and wood products

Silva Fennica

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-175

  Pingoud, Kim ^a   Pohjola, Johanna ^b   Valsta, Lauri ^b  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carbon stocks; Displacement of fossil carbon emissions; Energy and material substitution; Harvested wood products; Managed forests; Silvicultural guidelines

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FOSSIL FUELS; HARVESTING; LIFE CYCLE; TIMBER; WOOD PRODUCTS;

CARBON STOCKS; FOSSIL CARBON; HARVESTED WOOD PRODUCTS; MANAGED FOREST; MATERIAL SUBSTITUTIONS; SILVICULTURAL GUIDELINES;

FORESTRY;

BIOENERGY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; EMISSION CONTROL; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST PRODUCT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; ENERGY PRODUCTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; FOSSIL FUELS; RENEWABLE RESOURCES; SAW LOGS; SILVICULTURE; WOOD PRODUCTS;

FINLAND;

EID: 77953047244     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.166     Document Type: Article

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