Practices and perceptions on the development of forest bioenergy in China from participants in national forestry training courses

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 53-62

  Qu, Mei ^a   Ahponen, Pirkkoliisa ^b   Tahvanainen, Liisa ^b   Gritten, David ^c,e   Mola Yudego, Blas ^b,d   Pelkonen, Paavo ^b  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^e RECOFTC The Center for People and Forests   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bioenergy development; China; Energy policy; Professional opinion; Professional perceptions

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; CHINA; COUNTY LEVEL; DECISION MAKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL BEHAVIOR; FORESTRY PROFESSIONAL; GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS; HANGZHOU; LOW CARBON; PROFESSIONAL OPINION; PROFESSIONAL PERCEPTION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; TRAINING COURSE;

CURRICULA; ENERGY POLICY; TEACHING; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

BIOENERGY; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; TRAINING;

ARCHIVAL PAPERS; CHINA; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ENERGY; FORESTRY; PROFESSIONAL SERVICES;

CHINA; FUJIAN; HANGZHOU; XIAMEN; ZHEJIANG;

EID: 84859156264     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.01.050     Document Type: Article

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