Title:
Mapping of Areas Suitable for Poplar in SRC
Author(s):
Berthelot, A., Ginet, C., Nguyen Thé, N.
Document(s):
Paper
Abstract:
In order to identify the suitable areas for poplar crops in France, a methodology was established in the framework of the Valerbio project. The alluvial deposit layers of the geological maps at scale 1/50 000 provided by Office of Geological and Mining Research (BRGM) were crossed with the digital map of the existing poplar areas at scale 1/25 000 provided by National Forest Inventory (IFN). The results show that 55 % of poplar crops are located on recent fluvial terraces (Fz) and additionally but in a lesser extent (10 %) on ancient alluvial terraces (Fy). The methodology developed makes it possible to map the potential areas suitable for poplar and locate the regions with the highest stakes. However, the development of poplar crops, especially for biomass, will depend on local context, in particular competition with other agricultural uses. We used data from Corinne Land Cover (2000) to clarify the current land use in these areas potentially favourable.
Keywords:
biomass, land use, poplar, short rotation forestry (SRF), mapping
Topic:
Biomass Resources
Subtopic:
Energy crops (session 5)
Event:
19th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition
Session:
VP1.3.72
Pages:
753 - 756
ISBN-13:
978-88-89407-55-4
ISBN-10:
88-89407-55-7
Paper DOI:
10.5071/19thEUBCE2011-VP1.3.72
Price:
FREE
