Forest BioEnergy Production Management, Carbon sequestration and Adaptation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kellomäki, Seppo (Editor), Kilpeläinen, Antti (Editor), Alam, Ashraful (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Forestry management.; Plant breeding.; Life Sciences.; Plant Breeding/Biotechnology.; Forestry Management.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.

For thousands of years, forest biomass or wood has been among the main energy sources of humans around the world. Since the industrial revolution, fossil fuels have replaced wood and become the dominant source of energy. The use of fossil fuels has the disadvantage of increasing atmospheric concentr...