Zorgen bossen voor een koeler klimaat? KU Leuven
Forests, of which globally 70% are managed, play an important role in the global carbon cycle. Forest management became a top priority on the agenda of the political negotiations to mitigate climate change because forests may remove atmospheric CO2 and if used for energy production, the wood is a substitute for fossil fuel. However, this political imperative is at present running well ahead of the science required to deliver it. Despite the key ...