Effects of wood harvesting and utilisation policies on the carbon balance of forestry under changing climate: A Finnish case study

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 62, Issue , 2016, Pages 168-176

  Zubizarreta Gerendiain, Ane ^a,b   Pukkala, Timo ^a   Peltola, Heli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Carbon sequestration; Energy biomass; Forest management; Net present value

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; CLIMATE CHANGE; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; HARVESTING; TIMBER;

CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CLIMATE SCENARIOS; ECONOMIC PROFITABILITY; NET PRESENT VALUE; SUBSTITUTION EFFECT; THINNING FROM ABOVES; THINNING FROM BELOW; WOOD-BASED PRODUCTS;

CARBON;

EID: 84947866399     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2015.08.007     Document Type: Article

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