Abstract
The utilization and management of forest resources in the short term are dependent on the available resources in a region, which may not have been managed for bioenergy production. In the long term, the existing resources are developing under the control of the interaction between the initial structures, management interventions and changing climatic conditions, which affect the production potential of biomass and optimal forest management. Management changes the carbon stocks and carbon sequestration in the forest ecosystem. In general, undisturbed forests store the largest amount of carbon, while the utilization of biomass requires the removal of biomass from forests reducing the overall carbon stocks. On the other hand, forests act only as temporal sinks of carbon. Therefore, an analysis of the whole forest production system with various management objectives is needed to ensure sustainable production and optimal climate change mitigation in the long term.
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This work was supported through the ENERWOODS project of the Nordic Energy Research and strategic funding of the University of Eastern Finland (SUBI project). The Finnish Forest Research Institute is acknowledged for making the simulations possible by providing the forest inventory data needed for the study.
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Kilpeläinen, A., Baker, M. (2013). Integration of Management Measures for Bioenergy Production from Spatial and Temporal Perspectives in a Forest Region—the Case of Finland. In: Kellomäki, S., Kilpeläinen, A., Alam, A. (eds) Forest BioEnergy Production. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8391-5_7
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