As biomass burning surges in Japan and South Korea, where will Asia get its wood?

This is part two of a two part series on the Asian biomass expansion. Part one can be found here. Under the guise of “carbon neutral” energy, Japan and South Korea’s appetite for woody biomass for electricity generation has increased exponentially over the past decade and continues to grow. The two nations’ biomass subsidies are spurring an increase in the production of wood for burning in Southeast Asia and North America, putting pressure on forests in those regions. Burning woody biomass for electricity takes stored CO2 out of trees and puts it back into the atmosphere. However, United Natio…

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