Choice of forest map has implications for policy analysis: A case study on the EU biofuel target

Environmental Science and Policy

Volumn 22, Issue , 2012, Pages 13-24

  Seebach, Lucia ^a   McCallum, Ian ^b   Fritz, Steffen ^b   Kindermann, Georg ^b   Leduc, Sylvain ^b   Böttcher, Hannes ^b   Fuss, Sabine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

EU biofuel targets; European forest maps; G4M; Sensitivity analysis; Simulation models; Wood based biofuels

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; DECISION MAKING; FOREST; FOREST MAP; INFORMATION; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863816944     PISSN: 14629011     EISSN: 18736416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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