RATING-SRC
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RATING-SRC Reducing Environmental Impacts of Short- Rotation Coppice (SRC) Through Evidence-Based Integrated Decision Support Tools Dimitriou I. a* , Bolte A. b , Aronsson P. a , Baum C. c , Baum S. b , Berndes G. d , Busch G. b , Köhn J. e , Lamersdorf N. b , Leinweber P. c , Weih M. a , Wirsenius S. d * Corresponding author, e-mail: [email protected] • Rating-SRC is an ERA-NET Bioenergy project dealing with the impact of Short-Rotation Coppice (SRC) of willow and poplar on the environment • Partners from Sweden and Germany • Duration: Oct. 2008 – Sep. 2011 The project Project partners Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) (Project coordinator) ( a ) Contact: Dr. Ioannis Dimitriou Email: [email protected] Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries (vTI) In co-op. with: Göttingen Soil Initiative (GBI e.V.); University of Göttingen, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, Dep. of Soil Science of Temperate and Boreal Ecosystems (PGZ); Bureau for Applied Landscape Ecology and Scenario Analysis, Göttingen (BALSA) ( b ) Contact: Prof. Dr. Andreas Bolte Email: [email protected] University of Rostock ( c ) Contact: Prof. Dr. Peter Leinweber Email: [email protected] Chalmers University of Technology ( d ) Contact: Dr. Göran Berndes Email: [email protected] Beckmann Institute for Bio-production technology lines e.V. (BIOP Institut) ( e ) Contact: Dr. Jörg Köhn Email: [email protected] The German Ministry of Agriculture (BMELV) through its Agency for Renewable Resources (Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. – FNR) is funding Rating- SRC partners from Germany, and the Swedish Energy Agency (Energimyndigheten) is financing the Swedish partners of the project. The idea behind • As a perennial wood crop SRC differs from most arable crops in physical traits and management practices • Positive environmental benefits due to SRC have been reported but the effects on the environment depend on existing or previous land-use, scale of planting and management practices applied • Nevertheless, SRC is in some cases faced with reservation concerning its environmental impact since it is a new crop and gaps in knowledge exist • SRC of willow and poplar is an agricultural crop for production of biomass for heat and/or electricity • A rapid increase of agricultural land cultivated with SRC has been projected • This shift from “conventional” arable crops to SRC will have implications on a range of environmental issues The objectives • a full-scale evaluation of SRC impact in the micro- and macro- scale on soil, water, biodiversity and landscape • to propose ways to mitigate negative and increase positive impacts • to accommodate decision-makers of different levels with support tools to assess the sustainability of SRC as For more information visit the Rating-SRC website: http:// ratingsrc.slu.se Rating-SRC will: • consider factors strengthening SRC as a sustainable energy generation system, as the recycling of byproducts in SRC fields • develop recommendations to increase the positive and mitigate the negative impacts of SRC on the environment • develop SRC “suitability” maps for certain areas based on the project findings SRC as agricultural crop
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RATING-SRC Reducing Environmental Impacts of Short-Rotation Coppice (SRC) Through Evidence-Based Integrated Decision Support Tools. Dimitriou I. a* , Bolte A. b , Aronsson P. a , Baum C. c , Baum S. b , Berndes G. d , Busch G. b , Köhn J. e , - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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RATING-SRCReducing Environmental Impacts of Short-
Rotation Coppice (SRC) Through Evidence-Based Integrated Decision Support Tools
Dimitriou I.a*, Bolte A.b, Aronsson P.a, Baum C.c, Baum S.b, Berndes G.d, Busch G.b, Köhn J.e,
Lamersdorf N.b, Leinweber P.c, Weih M.a, Wirsenius S.d
* Corresponding author, e-mail: [email protected]
• Rating-SRC is an ERA-NET Bioenergy project dealing with the impact of Short-Rotation Coppice (SRC) of willow and poplar on the environment
• Partners from Sweden and Germany
• Duration: Oct. 2008 – Sep. 2011
The project
Project partnersSwedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) (Project coordinator) (a)Contact: Dr. Ioannis DimitriouEmail: [email protected]
Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries (vTI)In co-op. with: Göttingen Soil Initiative (GBI e.V.); University of Göttingen, Faculty of Forest Sciences and Forest Ecology, Dep. of Soil Science of Temperate and Boreal Ecosystems (PGZ); Bureau for Applied Landscape Ecology and Scenario Analysis, Göttingen (BALSA) (b) Contact: Prof. Dr. Andreas BolteEmail: [email protected]
University of Rostock (c)Contact: Prof. Dr. Peter LeinweberEmail: [email protected]
Chalmers University of Technology (d)Contact: Dr. Göran BerndesEmail: [email protected]
Beckmann Institute for Bio-production technology lines e.V. (BIOP Institut) (e)Contact: Dr. Jörg KöhnEmail: [email protected]
The German Ministry of Agriculture (BMELV) through its Agency for Renewable Resources (Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e.V. – FNR) is funding Rating-SRC partners from Germany, and the Swedish Energy Agency (Energimyndigheten) is financing the Swedish partners of the project.
The idea behind
• As a perennial wood crop SRC differs from most arable crops in physical traits and management practices
• Positive environmental benefits due to SRC have been reported but the effects on the environment depend on existing or previous land-use, scale of planting and management practices applied • Nevertheless, SRC is in some cases faced with reservation concerning its environmental impact since it is a new crop and gaps in knowledge exist
• SRC of willow and poplar is an agricultural crop for production of biomass for heat and/or electricity
• A rapid increase of agricultural land cultivated with SRC has been projected
• This shift from “conventional” arable crops to SRC will have implications on a range of environmental issues
The objectives• a full-scale evaluation of SRC impact in the micro- and macro-scale on soil, water, biodiversity and landscape
• to propose ways to mitigate negative and increase positive impacts
• to accommodate decision-makers of different levels with support tools to assess the sustainability of SRC as agricultural crop
For more information visit the
Rating-SRC website:
http://ratingsrc.slu.se
Rating-SRC will:• consider factors strengthening SRC as a sustainable energy generation system, as the recycling of byproducts in SRC fields
• develop recommendations to increase the positive and mitigate the negative impacts of SRC on the environment
• develop SRC “suitability” maps for certain areas based on the project findings
SRC as agricultural crop
