were sent to the Congress by eminent scientists examining the merits—or demerits—of biomass for climate change mitigation …Biomass, a renewable energy source, has been viewed as “carbon neutral”—that is, its use as energy is presumed not to …), questioned the treatment of all biomass energy as carbon neutral, arguing that it could undermine legislative emissions reduction …

of agricultural and forested areas was used to assess biomass potentials for Germany and Austria. The model is driven by … mean above ground biomass increases derived from the national statistics of Germany and Austria are used. After estimating … above-ground biomass using plant-specific above- to below-ground ratios, conversion factors (corn-to-straw and leaf …

Forest fuel defined as branches and tops (GROT) of harvested trees represents a large share of forest biomass and is … emissions from burning biomass. We apply the network DEA model to measure the revenue efficiency of forest production of Swedish … increasingly viewed as a potential energy source. This study assesses the economic potentials of forest bioenergy production in …

Quantifying factors giving rise to temporal variation in forest fires is important for advancing scientific … understanding and improving fire prevention. We demonstrate that eighty percent of the large year-to-year variation in forest area … first unified treatment of climatic factors and human activities that affect forest area burned. …

climate change obligations in the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (2008–2012). However, without active policy …, the forestry industry and forest profitability; discussion of land-use decision making, including the central question of … what influences conversion of farmland to forestry; and forest carbon ecology. Part II moves on to normative analysis of …

climate change obligations in the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (2008-2012). However, without active policy …, the forestry industry and forest profitability; discussion of land-use decision making, including the central question of … what influences conversion of farmland to forestry; and forest carbon ecology. Part II moves on to normative analysis of …