Sustainable Use of Forest Biomass for Energy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction To Sustainable Utilisation Of Forest Energy

   • Anders Lunnan, Inge Stupak, Antti Asikainen, Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen

   Pages 1-8

3. Forest Energy Resources And Potentials

   • Dominik Röser, Antti Asikainen, Inge Stupak, Karri Pasanen

   Pages 9-28

4. Effects Of Very Intensive Forest Biomass Harvesting On Short And Long Term Site Productivity

   • Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen, Inge Stupak, Nicholas Clarke, Ingeborg Callesen, Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari, Erik Karltun et al.

   Pages 29-78

5. Wood Ash Recycling – Possibilities And Risks

   • Erik Karltun, Anna Saarsalmi, Morten Ingerslev, Malle Mandre, Stefan Andersson, Talis Gaitnieks et al.

   Pages 79-108

6. Insect Pests And Forest Biomass For Energy

   • Leif Martin Schroeder

   Pages 109-128

7. The Effects Of Forest Biomass Harvesting On Biodiversity

   • Mats Jonsell

   Pages 129-154

8. Review Of Recommendations For Forest Energy Harvesting And Wood Ash Recycling

   • Inge Stupak, Antti Asikainen, Dominik Röser, Karri Pasanen

   Pages 155-196

9. Policy And Economic Aspects Of Forest Energy Utilisation

   • Anders Lunnan, Lelde Vilkriste, Gunnar Wilhelmsen, Diana Mizaraite, Antti Asikainen, Dominik Röser

   Pages 197-234

10. Enertree – Decision Support Tool To Analyse Forest Biomass Extraction Scenarios

    • Karri Pasanen, Inge Stupak, Dominik Röser, Antti Asikainen, Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen

    Pages 235-255

11. Back Matter

    Pages 257-259

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From time immemorial, firewood has been a very important source of energy for mankind. Later in history, wood for energy decreased its importance because of other more convenient and cheaper sources, mainly fossil fuels. Today, focus is again on use of forests as a producer of energy with main drivers being climate change, shortage and increasing prices of fossil fuel sources, and safety in energy supplies. However, intensive use of forest biomass is qu- tioned since fundamental ecological processes may be influenced negatively thus making up a trade-off with the benefits of using an otherwise sustainable source of energy. In this book, selected aspects of intensive use of forest b- mass for energy is treated with main focus on ecological aspects like maintenance of soil fertility, recycling of the combustion ash, inf- ence on biodiversity and pests, and economical aspects both at forest owners level and for society. Another focus point is the implemen- tion of this knowledge into decision support, recommendations and guidelines. The geographical scope is mainly the Nordic and Baltic region. The EU-financed project “Wood for Energy, - a contribution to the development of sustainable forest Management” (WOOD-EN- 1 MAN) , make up the frame for the book. Seven partners participated in the project: Forest & Landscape Denmark, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Finnish Forest Research Institute, Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, Lithuanian Forest Research Institute, Latvian State Forestry Research Institute, and Estonian University of Life Sciences with Forest & Landscape Denmark as coordinator.

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• Forest and energy policy
• Forest bioenergy
• Forest ecology
• Sustainable forest management
• Vegetation
• Wood ash recycling
• biodiversity
• ecology
• ecosystem
• environment
• forest
• forest policy
• logging
• physiology

• Finnish Forest Research Institute, Finland

  Dominik Röser, Antti Asikainen

• University of Copenhagen, Denmark

  Karsten Raulund-Rasmussen, Inge Stupak

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