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Forest biomass and bioenergy production and the role of CDM in Bangladesh

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The use of forest biomass as a renewable energy source has received much attention as a response to climate change and the increasing global demands for energy. Local availability and conversion into secondary energy carriers with a lower capital investment shows more weights on its interests. The substitution of fossil fuel by biomass fuel can have a strong effect on the mitigation of climate change through reducing greenhouse gases, which can be an important consideration for CDM projects in Bangladesh. This study uses literature review to analyse the legal framework of carbon trading under CDM, CDM additionality, CDM and bioenergy promotion, land availability and technology for biomass production, and sustainability of CDM projects in Bangladesh. The barriers to CDM projects in Bangladesh are explained as well as measures for promoting biomass production. Biomass and bioenergy-based CDM projects can be attractive and support sustainable development in Bangladesh. The study suggests capacity building and policy changes needed in order to comply with CDM modalities. The study can be useful to the climate change mitigation and development policy makers in Bangladesh.

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  3. http://apps.isiknowledge.com/.

  4. http://unfccc.int.

  5. http://www.iges.or.jp/en/.

  6. Trillion Cubic Feet.

  7. Barrel, 7.3 bbls = One tonne.

  8. Megawatt, The megawatt is equal to one million watts.

  9. Trillion British Thermal Unit, 1 BTU = 1.06 kj.

  10. Kilograms of oil equivalent, 1 kgoe = 12.82 kw.

  11. Billion Cubic Feet.

  12. Khas lands in Bangladesh are defined as the degraded fallow lands owned by the Government.

  13. CDM EB Reference.

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The authors sincerely acknowledge the support and assistance provided by the Bangladesh Forest Department, Department of Environment, Bangladesh, offices of the Power, Energy and Mineral resources, and Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, during data collection. The authors are grateful to Jim Richardson, Director of the Canadian Bioenergy Association, for improving the paper greatly. We also greatly acknowledge the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments, criticism and suggestion to improve the paper. We are thankful to Japan Society for the promotion of Science (JSPS) for supporting this study.

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  1. Institute of Forestry and Environmental Sciences, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, 4331, Bangladesh

    Md. Danesh Miah

  2. Forest Policy Laboratory, Shinshu University, 8304 Minamiminowa-Mura, Kami Ina Gun, 399-4598, Nagano-Ken, Japan

    Md. Danesh Miah, Masao Koike & Shalina Akther

  3. Department of Forest Science, Kookmin University, Seoul, The Republic of Korea

    Man Yong Shin

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Miah, M.D., Koike, M., Shin, M.Y. et al. Forest biomass and bioenergy production and the role of CDM in Bangladesh. New Forests 42, 63–84 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11056-010-9238-4

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