Estimating potential harvestable biomass for bioenergy from sustainably managed private native forests in Southeast Queensland, Australia

Michael R Ngugi; Victor J Neldner; Sean Ryan; Tom Lewis; Jiaorong Li; Phillip Norman; Michelle Mogilski

doi:10.1186/s40663-018-0129-z

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Estimating potential harvestable biomass for bioenergy from sustainably managed private native forests in Southeast Queensland, Australia

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Estimating potential harvestable biomass for bioenergy from sustainably managed private native forests in Southeast Queensland, Australia

Michael R Ngugi, Victor J Neldner, Sean Ryan, Tom Lewis, Jiaorong Li, Phillip Norman and Michelle Mogilski

Forest Ecosystems, Vol.5, 6

2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40663-018-0129-z

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Abstract

renewable energy

forest biomass

woody biomass

native forests

silvicultural management

biomass

retention

biobased

Australia's energy future is at the crossroads and the role of renewable sources is in focus. Biomass from sustainably managed forests provide a significant opportunity for electricity and heat generation and production of liquid fuels. Australia has extensive native forests of which a significant proportion are on private land. However, there is limited knowledge on the potential capacity of this resource to contribute to the expansion of a biomass for bioenergy industry. In addition, there are concerns on how to reconcile biomass harvesting with environmental protection.

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Title: Estimating potential harvestable biomass for bioenergy from sustainably managed private native forests in Southeast Queensland, Australia
Authors: Michael R Ngugi (Corresponding Author) - Queensland Herbarium
Victor J Neldner (Author) - Queensland Herbarium
Sean Ryan (Author) - Private Forest Service Queensland
Tom Lewis (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
Jiaorong Li (Author) - Queensland Herbarium
Phillip Norman (Author) - Soil and Land Resources
Michelle Mogilski (Author) - University of Queensland
Publication details: Forest Ecosystems, Vol.5, 6; 15
Publisher: SpringerOpen
Date published: 2018
DOI: 10.1186/s40663-018-0129-z
ISSN: 2197-5620
Copyright note: Copyright © The Author(s). 2018 Open Access This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451370702621
Output Type: Journal article

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