Seeing the forest for the trees: How much woody biomass can the Midwest United States sustainably produce?

Springer, Nathaniel P.; Kaliyan, Nalladurai; Bobick, Bridget; Hill, Jason

doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2017.05.011

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“…Mitchell et al ( 2016 ), Brandes et al ( 2018 ), and French (2019) investigated profitability and crop suitability issues in bioenergy production. Ronzon and Piotrowski ( 2017 ) and Springer et al ( 2017 ) estimated biomass availability for bio-based material and bioenergy sectors, with a focus, respectively, on the European Union and the United States Midwest. Such estimates entail implications in regional planning in terms of ecosystem services-related sustainability issues.…”

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Reviewing the interface of bioeconomy and ecosystem service research

D'amato

Bartkowski

Droste

2020

Ambio

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The bioeconomy is currently being globally promoted as a sustainability avenue involving several societal actors. While the bioeconomy is broadly about the substitution of fossil resources with bio-based ones, three main (competing or complementary) bioeconomy visions are emerging in scientific literature: resource, biotechnology, and agroecology. The implementation of one or more of these visions into strategies implies changes to land use and thus ecosystem services delivery, with notable trade-offs. This review aims to explore the interdisciplinary space at the interface of these two concepts. We reviewed scientific publications explicitly referring to bioeconomy and ecosystem services in their title, abstract, or keywords, with 45 documents identified as relevant. The literature appeared to be emerging and fragmented but eight themes were discernible (in order of decreasing occurrence frequency in the literature): a. technical and economic feasibility of biomass extraction and use; b. potential and challenges of the bioeconomy; c. frameworks and tools; d. sustainability of bio-based processes, products, and services; e. environmental sustainability of the bioeconomy; f. governance of the bioeconomy; g. biosecurity; h. bioremediation. Approximately half of the documents aligned to a resource vision of the bioeconomy, with emphasis on biomass production. Agroecology and biotechnology visions were less frequently found, but multiple visions generally tended to occur in each document. The discussion highlights gaps in the current research on the topic and argues for communication between the ecosystem services and bioeconomy communities to forward both research areas in the context of sustainability science.

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“…and Springer et al (2017) estimated biomass availability for bio-based material and bioenergy sectors, with a focus, respectively, on the European Union and the United States Midwest. Such estimates entail implications in regional planning in terms of ecosystem services-related sustainability issues Häyrinen et al (2017).…”

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Reviewing the interface of bioeconomy and ecosystem service research

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Bartkowski

Droste

2020

Ambio

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“…Hence, it is worth to remember that the aforementioned tools do not exclude each other, and they can be combined in the modern forester's toolkit. Sustainable forest management in the modern world requires the combined use of traditional and new tools, using each of them for specific situations and to solve particular questions, and making them transparent and available for review and harmonization [4]. In fact, empirical and process-based models have already been combined to estimate social, economic, and ecological sustainability of district heating systems fueled with forest biomass [25,29].…”

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“…In fact, forest biomass is still one of the main sources of energy for heating and cooking in many regions around the world, particularly in developing nations [1]. Indeed, even in many industrialized countries around the world, forest biomass has the potential to substitute an important share of fossil fuels [2][3][4][5]. However, biomass is just the result of ecological processes taking place in forests all around the world, in which the energy from the sun is combined with carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and water and nutrients from the soil to generate chemical energy bounded in the organic molecule product of the photosynthesis.…”

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Determinants and Tools to Evaluate the Ecological Sustainability of Using Forest Biomass as an Alternative Energy Source

Blanco¹,

Candel-Pérez²,

Lo³

2018

Forest Biomass and Carbon

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Forest biomass, the most ancient of fuels, is again in the center of renewable energy production. This chapter provides an introductory view of the main factors that condition the ecological sustainability of this energy source. The basic concepts of ecological sustainability, ecological rotation, and ecological thresholds (among others) are presented. The state of the art on approaches to assess the sustainability of forest biomass production for heat and electricity is discussed, and tools available for decision-makers to evaluate the sustainability of forest biomass production and management are described. This chapter then describes the main advantages and drawbacks of forest certification, growth and yield tables, and ecological models in relationship to their use in sustainable forest management for biomass and energy production.

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“…Historical European experience shows that with the decline in wildwoods over the ages, coppice management gained more importance, especially in the densely populated areas of North-Western Europe [2]. This interest in increased utilization of forest biomass resources has given rise to questions on the potentials and limitations of forest ecosystems to produce biomass in a sustainable way [17].…”

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Coppice Forests: Can Traditional Coppice Forest Management Help the Western Balkan Region?

Zeneli¹,

Kola²

2017

Forest Res

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Coppice forests are widespread throughout Europe, but in Western Balkan countries these coppice forests play an especially vital role in the everyday lives of their inhabitants. In the Western Balkan region firewood still plays a major role in cooking and interior heating, with about two-thirds of the population using firewood to stay warm rather than using electrical heating. This paper will be an analysis of the current situation of coppice forests in the Western Balkan region and the opportunities that may be available to the region. The paper will look at the policies implemented in the region and the effects they have had on the activities related to coppice forests in the countries of Albania, Kosovo, and Macedonia. The main focus of this paper will be on how Oak coppice forests can help improve the Western Balkan region economies. The limited size and ownership of private forests allow for coppice forests to become an economic asset for rural areas. The integration of traditional practices and new scientific management practices lead to an increase in coppice forests in the region.

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Seeing the forest for the trees: How much woody biomass can the Midwest United States sustainably produce?

Cited by 17 publications

References 27 publications

Reviewing the interface of bioeconomy and ecosystem service research

Reviewing the interface of bioeconomy and ecosystem service research

Determinants and Tools to Evaluate the Ecological Sustainability of Using Forest Biomass as an Alternative Energy Source

Coppice Forests: Can Traditional Coppice Forest Management Help the Western Balkan Region?

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