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Table 2 Jurisdictions (countries, states or provinces) or regions within a country with forest biomass harvesting guidelines

From: Sustainable forest biomass: a review of current residue harvesting guidelines

Codea

Jurisdiction

Guidelineb

Code

Jurisdiction

State

Regionc

USA

   

Canada

 

AL

Alabama

State

SE-USA

NB

New Brunswick

AR

Arkansas

 

SE-USA

PE

Prince Edward Island

DE

Delaware (also in SE)

 

NE-USA

  

DE

Delaware (also in NE)

 

SE-USA

Europe

 

FL

Florida

 

SE-USA

ATb

Austria

GA

Georgia

 

SE-USA

DK

Denmark

IN

Indiana

State

 

FI

Finland

KY

Kentucky

State

SE-USA

FR

France

LA

Louisiana

 

SE-USA

  

MA

Massachusetts

State

NE-USA

ITb

Italy

MD

Maryland (also in SE)

State

NE-USA

LTb

Lithuania

MD

Maryland (also in NE)

State

SE-USA

NL

Netherlands

ME

Maine

State

NE-USA

NOb

Norway

MI

Michigan

State

 

SE

Sweden

MN

Minnesota

State

 

UKd

United Kingdom

MO

Missouri

State

   

MS

Mississippi

State

SE-USA

SE Asia

 

NC

North Carolina

State

SE-USA

JPb

Japan

NH

New Hampshire

 

NE-USA

  

NJ

New Jersey (also in SE)

 

NE-USA

  

NJ

New Jersey (also in NE)

 

SE-USA

  

NY

New York

 

NE-USA

  

OH

Ohio

 

SE-USA

  

OR

Oregon

 

PNW-USA

  

PA

Pennsylvania

State

NE-USA

  

SC

South Carolina

State

SE-USA

  

TN

Tennessee

 

SE-USA

  

TX

Texas (eastern TX only)

 

SE-USA

  

VA

Virginia

State

SE-USA

  

VT

Vermont

State

NE-USA

  

WA

Washington

 

PNW-USA

  

WI

Wisconsin

State

   

WV

West Virginia

 

SE-USA

  
  1. aJurisdictions are sorted within major global regions by two-letter country codes (ISO 3166, except for UK), state codes for the USA (ANSI), and Canadian provincial codes (Canada Post)
  2. bGuidelines for Austria, Italy Lithuania, Norway and Japan are from forest management guidelines or certification standards, and are included to expand the breadth of OECD countries covered
  3. cCodes are for the Northeast of the USA (NE-USA), the Southeast of the USA (SE-USA) and the Pacific Northwest of the USA (PNW-USA)
  4. dThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is represented by “UK” because “GB” (as used in ISO) is commonly used for Great Britain alone, and the UK Forestry Standard applies to the entire UK