Economic approach to assess the forest carbon implications of biomass energy

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5664-5671

  Daigneault, Adam ^a   Sohngen, Brent ^b   Sedjo, Roger ^c  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RESOURCES FOR THE FUTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-MASS ENERGY; CARBON EMISSIONS; CARBON STOCKS; ECONOMIC APPROACH; FOREST BIOMASS; FOREST LAND; GLOBAL CARBON EMISSION; HARVEST RESIDUES; LAND-USE MANAGEMENT; MARKET FACTORS; ROUNDWOODS; SUPPLY SOURCES; TIMBER PRICES; TIMBER PRODUCTION; WOOD PRICES;

CARBON; CARBON CAPTURE; ECONOMICS; ENERGY POLICY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FORESTRY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; TIMBER;

BIOMASS;

CARBON;

CARBON EMISSION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENERGY POLICY; GLOBAL CHANGE; LAND USE CHANGE; TIMBER;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOMASS ENERGY; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; FOREST; GEOGRAPHY; HARVEST; LAND USE; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

BIOFUELS; BIOMASS; CARBON; CARBON CYCLE; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; INTERNATIONALITY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TREES; UNITED STATES; WOOD;

BIOMASS; CARBON; ECONOMICS; FOREIGN TRADE; FORESTRY; FORESTS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861890246     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es2030142     Document Type: Article

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