Title Forest bioenergy production : management, carbon sequestration and adaptation / Seppo Kellomäki, Antti Kilpeläinen, Ashraful Alam, editors

Published New York : Springer, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 268 pages) : illustrations Series 2012-2013 Springer E-Books - Biomedical & Life Sciences Contents Part I: Forest Management for Bioenergy Production. Introduction / Seppo Kellomäki, Antti Kilpeläinen, Ashraful Alam -- Tree Species, Genetics and Regeneration for Bioenergy Feedstock in Northern Europe / Lars Rytter, Karin Johansson, Bo Karlsson, Lars-Göran Stener -- Short-rotation Forestry for Supplying Biomass for Energy Production / Hardi Tullus, Arvo Tullus, Lars Rytter -- Integrated Production of Timber and Energy Biomass in Forestry / Johanna Routa, Piritta Pyörälä, Ashraful Alam, Antti Kilpeläinen, Heli Peltola -- Nutrient Management for Sustainable Production of Energy Biomass in Boreal Forests / Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari, Lilli Kaarakka -- Fertilization in Boreal and Temperate Forests and the Potential for Biomass Production / Johan Bergh, Per-Ola Hedwall -- Integration of Management Measures for Bioenergy Production from Spatial and Temporal Perspectives in a Forest Region--the Case of Finland / Antti Kilpeläinen, Mitch Baker -- Part II: Mitigation and Carbon Sequestration. Effects of Bioenergy Production on Carbon Sequestration in Forest Ecosystems / Seppo Kellomäki, Ashraful Alam, Antti Kilpeläinen -- Stump Harvesting, Bioenergy Feedstock and Sequestration of Carbon in Soil / Ashraful Alam, Seppo Kellomäki, Antti Kilpeläinen -- Life Cycle Carbon Assessment of Bioenergy Production / Antti Kilpeläinen -- Time Dynamics and Radiative Forcing of Forest Bioenergy Systems / Roger Sathre, Leif Gustavsson, Sylvia Haus -- Part III: Adaptation. Climate Change and Forest Management: Implications for Energy Biomass Production in Boreal Forest Ecosystems / Ashraful Alam -- Risk and Uncertainty in Adaptive Forest Management Under Climate Change / Rasoul Yousefpour, Bo Jellesmark Thorsen -- Economic Competitiveness of Forest Biomass Energy / Sepul K. Barua, Renato Bonilha -- Part IV: Future Direction/Conclusions. Conclusions / Seppo Kellomäki, Antti Kilpeläinen, Ashraful Alam Summary 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 concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHGs), especially carbon dioxide (CO2), with the consequent warming of global climate and changes in precipitation. In this context, the substitution of fossil fuels with renewable energy sources like forest biomass is among the ways to mitigate climate change. This book summarizes recent experiences on how to manage forest land to produce woody biomass for energy use and what are the potentials to mitigate climate change by substituting fossil fuels in energy production. In this context, the book addresses how management can affect the supply of energy biomass using short-rotation forestry and the conventional forestry applying long rotations. Furthermore, the book outlines the close interaction between the ecological systems and industrial systems, which controls the carbon cycle between the atmosphere and biosphere. In this context, sustainable forest management is a key to understand and control indirect carbon emissions due to the utilization of forest biomass (e.g. from management, harvesting and logistics, and ecosystem processes), which are often omitted in assessing the carbon neutrality of energy systems based on forest biomass. The focus in this book is on forests and forestry in the boreal and temperate zones, particularly in Northern Europe, where the woody biomass is widely used in the energy industry for producing energy Notes Includes index Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 16, 2013) Subject Forest management. Forest biomass. Biomass energy. Forests and forestry -- Economic aspects. Trees. Biogas. Forestry -- organization & administration Biofuels Forestry -- economics Trees trees (woody plants) GARDENING -- Fruit. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Agriculture -- General. Trees Biomass energy Forest biomass Forest management Forests and forestry -- Economic aspects Form Electronic book Author Kellomäki, Seppo, editor Kilpeläinen, Antti, editor Alam, Ashraful, editor ISBN 9781461483915 1461483913 1461483905 9781461483908

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