Title:
Aspects of the Forest-Wood Sector and Bioenergy Production
Author(s):
Baumgarten, W., Kerckow, B.
Document(s):
Paper
Slide presentation
Abstract:
There is an increasing demand for lignocellulosic biomass from the energy and materials sectors, which, on a first glance, is positive for forest owners and the whole forest value chain. At the same time, there are many challenges for the forest sector: Forests have a multitude of roles in our ecosystem and our society beyond economic aspects, i.e. starting from functioning as carbon sinks, contributing to biodiversity up to providing space to relax or perform leisure activities. Forests have to adapt to climate change, and competition between different uses has to be addressed. At the same time most decisions in the forest sector require more time to have an impact than in agriculture, and increasing afforestation is difficult. The Charta for Wood 2.0 launched in Germany in April 2017 translates this into a national strategy. The H2020 funded project SEEMLA is aiming at the sustainable exploitation of MagL for biomass production for bioenergy. Woody biomass, e.g. willow, poplar, black locust, pine etc. is grown in pilot case sites of the partner countries Ukraine, Greece and Germany in a short rotation coppice system in MagL and can be considered as highly efficient bioenergy source for an increasing demand in primary energy until 2030 and beyond. In addition, in this project life cycle assessments are performed and a legal framework corresponding to a sustainable biomass production on MagL is developed, in order to attract and support especially local stakeholders, e.g. farmers and foresters in the case study regions. The presentation will provide a number of examples from Germany how to address some of the issues above, and provide European perspectives how marginal lands can reduce the pressure on the current forests.
Keywords:
bioenergy, biofuel, forestry, sustainability, renewable energies
Topic:
Biomass Policies, Markets and Sustainability
Subtopic:
Environmental impacts of bioenergy
Event:
25th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
4CO.2.5
Pages:
1484 - 1486
ISBN:
978-88-89407-17-2
Paper DOI:
10.5071/25thEUBCE2017-4CO.2.5
Price:
FREE
