Forest owner motivations and attitudes towards supplying biomass for energy in Europe

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 223-230

  Blennow, Kristina ^a   Persson, Erik ^a   Lindner, Marcus ^b   Faias, Sónia Pacheco ^c   Hanewinkel, Marc ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b EUROPEAN FOREST INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass; Forest management; Land use change; Private forest owner; Stemwood

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FORESTRY; INTERNATIONAL LAW; LAND USE; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYS;

BIO-ENERGY; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; LAND-USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE INFORMATION; PRIVATE FOREST OWNERS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE SOURCES; STEMWOODS;

BIOMASS;

BIOENERGY; BIOMASS; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; PRICE DYNAMICS; PRIVATE LAND; REMOTE SENSING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

BIOMASS; COMMERCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; LAND USE; SURVEYS;

EUROPE;

EID: 84901451812     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.05.002     Document Type: Article

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