Modeling the role of forests in a regional carbon mitigation plan

Renewable Energy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 175-182

  Fiorese, Giulia ^a   Guariso, Giorgio ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Carbon sequestration; Climate change mitigation; Forest management

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; CARBON ACCOUNTING MODEL; CARBON BUDGETS; CARBON MITIGATION; CARBON SAVING; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION; EMISSION REDUCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SECTORS; ITALIAN REGIONS; LANDSCAPE LEVEL; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SOIL CHARACTERISTICS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

BIOMASS; CARBON; EMISSION CONTROL;

FORESTRY;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; CARBON BUDGET; CARBON EMISSION; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION CONTROL; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; POLLUTION POLICY; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOIL PROFILE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CHELATION; CLIMATES; EMISSION; ENERGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; ITALY; OPTIMIZATION;

EMILIA-ROMAGNA; ITALY;

EMILIA;

EID: 84869886156     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2012.09.060     Document Type: Article

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