Organic waste is an important biomass resource. In this study the definition of coefficients for the calculation of all the secondary 10 forestry residue categories was improved and established according to literature reviewing of previous reports between 1982 and 2017. The rationality of value-taking for each coefficient in previous literature was examined by tracing to its citation sources. The irrational, or unstudied coefficients were assessed using the data in previous reports or questionnaire surveys. Lastly, values of the coefficient for the calculation of woody nursery residue, forest woody pruning residue, wood logging residue, firewood, wood bucking residue, wood handling residue, waste wood, banana and pineapple plant residue, bamboo processing residue and waste bamboo were reasonably assessed in this study.

In this study, models for assessing resources of forestry residues were improved based on analysis of previous studies and current forest production in China. And novelties are highlighted: this study covered the models for the calculation of 10 secondary forestry residues from woody nursery, forest woody pruning, wood logging, firewood, wood bucking, wood handling, waste wood, banana and pineapple plants, bamboo processing and waste bamboo; the residues produced from fast-growing forest for logging and processing of imported wood were taken into consideration to calculate woody residue potential; the calculation of pruning residue included woody fruit trees, and herbaceous fruit plants from the management of orchard and other economic forest; the consistency of parameter terminology and definition which referred from their literature resources have been ensured; more studies focused on the coefficient values, industrial standard, forestry residue amount and spatial distribution are recommended for future researches.