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  • Glossary item | Last updated: 04 Jan 2021
Carbon sequestration parity
Bioeconomy

The moment in time when the bioenergy system has displaced the same amount of fossil C as would be absorbed in the forest if this was not harvested for bioenergy.

JRC, 2014, European Commission, Joint Research Centre – IET, Carbon accounting of forest bioenergy : Conclusions and recommendations from a critical literature review, Agostini, A., Giuntoli, J., Boulamanti, A., Marelli, L., 2014, EUR 25354 EN, Luxembourg. Publications Office of the European Union, 2014.

Source category: EC Technical Documents