Carbon emission reduction potentials through thinned wood in Japan

IForest

Volumn 4, Issue JUNE, 2011, Pages 107-112

  Etoh, H ^a   Sasaki, N ^a   Chay, S ^a   Ninomiya, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioenergy policy; Carbon sinks; Disposed thinned wood; Thinning; Woody biomass

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960854058     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19717458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3832/ifor0574-004     Document Type: Article

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