Issue No 5
December 1999
has been compiled by
Tina Etherington
and
Miguel A. Trossero
, Wood and Non-Wood Products Utilization Branch (FOPW) of the FAO Forest Products Division.
Contents
EDITORIAL
SPECIAL FEATURES
Professor David Hall
Unified Wood Energy Terminology (UWET)
Bioenergy - encouraging perspectives
FORESTS BRANCH OFF ... into carbon sequestration and substitution
FAO Task Force on the Role of Forestry in Carbon Sequestration
Advisory Committee on Paper and Wood Products (ACPWP)
Boreal forests and forestry in the global carbon budget
Canada's pulp and paper industry and its role in reducing CO
2
emissions
International protocol for measuring and reporting business greenhouse gases
La contribuci�n forestal para la mitigaci�n del cambio clim�tico
Role of wood-based products in absorbing atmospheric carbon
Special Report on Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry
UNFCCC launches new Web site
Wood energy, climate and health
NEWS AND NOTES
Carbonizing by partial combustion
El fog�n a le�a modelo �Do�a Justa�
Enecon - wood utilization for carbon products, eucalyptus oil and energy
European Association for Solar Energy (EUROSOLAR)
Institutional and legal aspects regulating wood energy activities in european countries
MESAP planning system
Solar photovoltaics - a complementary renewable energy
Waste to fuel process wins award
Wood energy and gender
AND HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT ... Biomass and Bioenergy ?
FOCUS ON ... Austria
Wood energy utilization - a case study
Domestic heating
Decentralized biomass combined heat and power plant technologies
Solar energy and biomass - a good combination
COUNTRY COMPASS
Brazil
China
Honduras
India
Kenya
Mali
Nicaragua
Russian federation
Sri lanka
United states
Yugoslavia
EVENTS OF INTEREST
The FAO/netherlands conference on the multifunctional character of agriculture and land
Energy sector monitoring and verification of greenhouse gas emissions
Renewable Energy Finance Forum
Reuni�n regional sobre la contribuci�n del sector forestal a la mitigaci�n del cambio clim�tico
Expert consultation on `wood energy, climate and health'
Taller internacional sobre energ�a y ca�a de az�car
Workshop on wood energy in industrialized countries
Forum international sur la biomasse-energie pour le developpement et l'environnement: quelles perspectives pour l'Afrique?
Harmonization of international energy statistics
Millennium international conference on renewable energy technologies
The role of boreal forests and forestry in the global carbon budget
First world conference and exhibition on biomass for energy and industry
International symposium on alcoholic fuels
PUBLICATIONS
WEB SITES
Networks
POINTS OF VIEW
READERS' FORUM
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