Biomass Assessment Handbook

Frank Rosillo-Calle is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow in Biomass Energy at the Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, UK, with over 30 years’ experience in biomass energy.  Peter de Groot has worked in the field of renewable energy over 30 years and has been involved in many research projects including training courses for rural entrepreneurs.  Sarah L. Hemstock is Project Team Leader for the University of the South Pacific-European Union Global Climate Change Alliance Project, based in Fiji. Jeremy Woods is a Lecturer in Bioenergy at Imperial College London's Centre for Environmental Policy.

• Foreword José Goldemberg Introduction 1. Overview of Biomass Energy Frank Rosillo-Calle and Jeremy Woods 2. General Introduction to the Basis of Biomass Assessment Methodology Frank Rosillo-Calle, Peter de Groot, Vineet V. Chandra and Sarah L. Hemstock 3. Assessment Methods for Woody Biomass Supply Frank Rosillo-Calle, Peter de Groot, Sarah L. Hemstock and Jeremy Woods 4. Non Woody Biomass and Secondary Fuels Frank Rosillo-Calle, with contributions from Peter de Groot and Sarah L. Hemstock 5. The Assessment of Biomass Consumption Sarah L. Hemstock and Ranjila Singh 6. Assessing Sustainability for Biomass Energy Production and Use Rocio Diaz-Chavez 7. Land Use Assessment for Sustainable Biomass Alexandre B. Strapasson, Lei Wang and Nicole Kalas 8. Remote Sensing for Mapping and Monitoring Vegetation Dynamics and Providing Biomass Production Estimates Jansle Vieira Rocha and Rubens A.C. Lamparelli 9. Case Studies With contributions from Frank Rosillo-Calle, Sarah L. Hemstock, Vineet V. Chandra and Teuleala Manuella-Morris 10. General Technical Appendices