A GIS-based analysis on the relationship between the annual available amount and the procurement cost of forest biomass in a mountainous region in Japan

►Feasibility of the energy utilization of forest biomass in a mountainous region in Japan was discussed with the aid of a geographic information system (GIS). ► In this study, logging residues, thinned trees, and selectively cut trees from broad-leaved forests were defined as the forest biomass. ► This analysis was considered to help draw an operational planning, i.e., selecting sub-compartments to be harvested.