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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Large or small? Rethinking China's forest bioenergy policies
Biomass and Bioenergy, Volume 59, Year 2013
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China's forest bioenergy policies are evolving against the backdrop of pressing national energy challenges similar to those faced by OECD countries, and chronic rural energy challenges more characteristic of developing countries. Modern forest bioenergy could contribute to solutions to both of these challenges. However, because of limitations in current technologies and institutions, significant policy and resource commitments would be required to make breakthroughs in either commercializing forest bioenergy or modernizing rural energy systems in China. Given the potential attention, funding, and resource trade-offs between these two goals, we provide an argument for why the focus of China's forest bioenergy policy should initially be on addressing rural energy challenges. The paper concludes with a discussion on strategies for laying the groundwork for a modern, biomass-based energy infrastructure in rural China. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
Authors & Co-Authors
Kahrl, Fredrich
China, Kunming
Kunming Institute of Botany
United States, Berkeley
Energy and Resources Group
Su, Yufang
Kenya, Nairobi
World Agroforestry Centre
China, Kunming
Kunming Institute of Botany
China, Kunming
Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences
Tennigkeit, Timm
Germany, Freiburg
Unique Forestry Consultants
Yang., Yongping
China, Beijing
Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xu, Jianchu
China, Kunming
Kunming Institute of Botany
Kenya, Nairobi
World Agroforestry Centre
Statistics
Citations: 17
Authors: 5
Affiliations: 6
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.biombioe.2012.01.042
ISSN:
09619534
Research Areas
Health System And Policy