Carbon balance for wood production from sustainably managed forests

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-5

  Hektor, Bo ^a   Backéus, Sofia ^b   Andersson, Kjell ^b  

^a First Bioenergy AB   (Sweden)

^b Svebio   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Biomass; Carbon neutrality; Climate neutrality; Default values; Forestry

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COAL COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION; FORESTRY; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS; GAS EMISSIONS; PAPER;

BIO-ENERGY; CARBON NEUTRALITIES; CLIMATE NEUTRALITY; COMMUNICATION PAPERS; DEFAULT VALUES; MANAGEMENT REGIME; STRUCTURED MODEL; WOOD PRODUCTION;

BIOMASS;

BIOENERGY; CARBON BALANCE; CARBON EMISSION; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOSSIL FUEL; HARVESTING; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; WOOD;

BIOMASS; CARBON DIOXIDE; FORESTS; FOSSIL FUELS; HARVESTING;

EID: 84976351252     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: 18732909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biombioe.2016.05.025     Document Type: Article

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