Damned if you do, damned if you do not-Reduced Climate Impact vs. Sustainable Forests in Sweden

Resource and Energy Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-106

  Geijer, Erik ^a   Bostedt, Göran ^a   Brännlund, Runar ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Forest conservation; Forest sector model; Goal conflict; Roundwood markets; Wood fuels

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE IMPACTS; DATA SETS; ENVIRONMENTAL OBJECTIVES; ESTIMATED MODEL; FOREST CONSERVATION; FOREST FUEL; FOREST SECTOR MODEL; FORESTRY PRODUCTS; GOAL CONFLICT; PRICE CHANGES; PRICE ELASTICITY; ROUNDWOOD MARKETS; ROUNDWOODS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; WOOD;

WOOD FUELS;

CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUELWOOD; NATURE CONSERVATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; FUELS; GREENHOUSE GASES; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT; SWEDEN; WOOD;

SWEDEN;

EID: 78649927365     PISSN: 09287655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.reseneeco.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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