Publications Sustainable Production of woody biomass for energy

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Download Position Paper

This publication (reference ExCo 2002:03), A Position Paper Prepared by IEA Bioenergy, is a short (12) page summary covering forests and woody crops as a source of energy. The paragraph headings are as follows:

• Introduction
• Biomass Production systems
  • Conventional forestry
  • Woody crops
• Sustainability Issues
  • Economic sustainability of biomass production
  • Environmental sustainability of biomass production
  • Social sustainability of biomass production
• Conclusions
• Recommended Reading

The conclusions relate to:

• the recognition of the local and global advantages of bioenergy (stressing the fact that it is the most widely used renewable energy source with gloabal consumption levels comparable to those of natural gas and coal).
• the trend towards smaller decentralized energy production facities
• issues of sustaining forest cover and inensive forest management
• improving soil management
• carbon dioxide neutrality and fossil fuel replacement
• short rotation forests
• set aside agricultural lands
• provision of employment and social stability.

A major conclusion is that

There are no technical reasons to prevent a major increase in utilisation of bioenergy from forests or agricultural land and there are clear environmental benefits if this were to occur.

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• John TUSTIN / IEA Bioenergy NEW ZEALAND