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Using forests as carbon sinks combined with forest-based bioenergy
development–either directly by establishing energy plantations or through
the use of forest and industrial residues–has substantial additional carbon
mitigation potential. However, past experience provides strong reasons to
believe that significant bioenergy development will come at the expense of
natural forests–either through direct conversion or indirect competition
among various land uses–to the extent that bioenergy development will
increase land demand and indirectly replace tropical forests. In this case,
the net carbon balance would be highly negative.
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