Demand for biofuels and bioproducts in the world is growing due to shortage of fossil fuels, gas prices, and carbon footprint. Currently, forest biomass, the most abundant naturally occurring resources is a potentially important feedstock for the production of various forms of biofuels and bioproducts. The benefits of using biomass as feedstock include reduction of the use of nonrenewable fuels, less dependency on fossil fuels, stabilization of income in rural areas, and reduced carbon emissions to the atmosphere. However, there are still some issues for management and harvesting of forest biomass and commercialization of biofuels and bioproducts from it. Knowledge and understanding of these issues have led to the development of technology and policies.

We invite investigators or authors to contribute original research articles as well as review articles that will stimulate the continuing efforts to understand the forest biomass management, site and environmental impacts, processing, handling, and logistics, preprocessing and conversion technologies of biofuels and bioproducts from forest biomass as well as applications of biofuels and bioproducts. Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Recent developments in sustainable forest management for optimizing production of forest biomass and ecosystem services (with distinctive reference to biodiversity and soil conservation)
• Recent developments in forest carbon management and biomass utilization for biofuels and bioproducts
• Recent developments in forest biomass processing, handling, and logistics
• Latest feedstock preprocessing and conversion technologies of biofuels and bioproducts
• Policy and economics analysis of forest biomass utilization for biofuels, and bioproducts, including its impact on ecosystem services

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