Browse Menu >>

Browse Subjects >>

Biomedical & Life Sciences

Business & Economics

Chemistry & Materials Science

Computer Science & Communications

Earth & Environmental Sciences

Engineering

Medicine & Healthcare

Physics & Mathematics

Social Sciences & Humanities

Why Us? >>

  • - Open Access
  • - Peer-reviewed
  • - Rapid publication
  • - Lifetime hosting
  • - Free indexing service
  • - Free promotion service
  • - More citations
  • - Search engine friendly

Free SCIRP Newsletters>>

Add your e-mail address to receive free newsletters from SCIRP.

 

Contact Us >>

WhatsApp  +86 18163351462(WhatsApp)
   
Paper Publishing WeChat
Book Publishing WeChat
(or Email:book@scirp.org)

Article citations

More>>

J. Fargione, J. Hill, D. Tilman, S. Polasky and P. Hawthorne, “Land Clearing and the Biofuel Carbon Debt,” Science, Vol. 319, No 5867, 2008, pp. 1235-1238. doi:10.1126/science.1152747

has been cited by the following article:

  • TITLE: An Investigation of the Carbon Neutrality of Wood Bioenergy

    AUTHORS: Roger A. Sedjo, Xiaohui Tian

    KEYWORDS: Carbon; Carbon Footprint; Carbon Neutrality; Bioenergy; Forest; Harvests; Anticipation; Rational Expectations

    JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol.3 No.9, September 24, 2012

    ABSTRACT: Wood biomass has been viewed as “carbon neutral”—its uses as energy have a zero carbon footprint. Some observers argue that the use of wood biofuels will result in a decrease of the forest stock and a net reduction of the carbon captured in the forest. Such assessments take a static, accounting view of forest systems and do not consider the effects of management in renewing the forest and increasing its extent or ability to sequester carbon. This paper addresses the carbon neutrality debate using a dynamic optimization forest management model to examine the effect on the existing and future forests of a changing demand for wood biomass. The results show that under market optimizing conditions, when future demand is anticipated to increase for significant periods, the response of managers will be to increase the intensity of forest production thereby offsetting much of the carbon released in bioenergy production.