Sustainable Biofuels from Forests: Meeting the Challenge

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This report examines how forest products could be used as biofuel and the availability of these products. To study the sustainability of this bioenergy source, this report reviews some of the forest practices and certification programs which have proven successful in other regions of the world.

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Primary or BEN resource type	Report
Secondary resource type	Assignment/activity (non-laboratory)
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Format	pdf
Is Part Of	This report is one of a four-part series based upon scientific manuscripts initially presented at a conference hosted by the Ecological Society of America (ESA) and sponsored by a consortium of other scientific organizations, nongovernmental organizations, federal agencies, and the private sector in Washington, DC, on March 10, 2008. All four reports can be found at the following web address: http://www.esa.org/biofuelsreports/
Collection Link	http://esa.org/ecoed/folders/0096/biofuels
Ecological Core Concept	Human impacts Landscapes and larger scales
Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection	Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection	Off
Big Data Collection	Off
Editor's Choice	No
Audience	Undergraduate lower division 13-14 Undergraduate upper division 15-16
Pedagogical Use Description	This report can be used to introduce the scope of forestry as from both a conservation and an economic perspective. Students can read this to begin their critical thinking regarding the economic and environmental undertakings of wood products as an alternative energy source. This report could also complement a lecture/lesson concerning a global review of energy consumption.
Keywords	forest, tree, biofuels, bioenergy
Life science discipline (subject)	Ecology Botany & Plant Science Environmental Sciences
Primary Author Controlled Name	Daniel Neary Marilyn Buford
Primary Author Affiliation	US Forest Service; US Forest Service
Primary Author email	N/A
Submitter Email	educationintern@esa.org
Rights	Ecological Society of America
Review Status	Accepted
Resource Editor	Unknown
Reviewer A	Unknown
Reviewer B	Unknown
Date Of Record Submission	2012-07-06

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