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1. Forests for a Better Future Sustainability, Innovation and Interdisciplinarity.

Author

Lo Monaco, Angela, Lo Monaco, Angela, Macinnis-Ng, Cate, and Rajora, Om

Subjects
Biology, life sciences, Forestry & related industries, Research & information: general, Botryosphaeriaceae, Cameroon, Capreolus capreolus, GWP, InVEST, Lomatia hirsuta, NDVI, Patagonia, Pinus sylvestris, Poland, QGIS, S2 NDWI, SRC, Scots pine, Siberia, Trichoderma citrinoviride, UAV, VOC, VOCs, air pollution, alpha pinene, anti shrinkage efficiency, bark structure, bark types, biocontrol, biomass, classification, climate change, climate change mitigation, colour, daily activity, deep learning, disturbances, drone sensor, energy chain, fire hazard, fire ignition, forest biomass, forest biomass estimation, forest restoration, forest therapy, forward selection, growth equations, growth rates, growth reduction, harvesting cost, hierarchical multiple regression, human disturbances, isochronous rings, kriging regression, landscape metrics, life cycle assessment, log properties, lytic enzymes, mean lifetime, mechanical properties, mental health, moon phases, multi-tree felling head, n/a, natural and technogenic ecosystems, natural forest, numerical simulation, permafrost, physical activity, physical properties, pine bark extracts, pioneer tree species, poplar, poplar productivity, quality wood, recreational development, remote sensing, residual biomass, risk, rotation length, round wood transport, roundwood measurement, sawlogs deliveries, sawlogs sourcing, semiconductor metal oxide gas sensors, sensory gardens, small-diameter tree, social inclusion, soil, solid wood content, stability of stands, stack volume, standing and lying dead wood, stump shoots, survival analysis, therapeutic space, thermal anomaly, thermal energy, time study, transport cost, transport work optimization, travel time, tree age distribution, tree plantations, tree species, tree-ring, trunk analysis, ungulate, universal design, urban environment, urban forests, urban green areas, variogram model, wellbeing, wildfires, wood energy supply chain, wood modification, wood supply chain
Abstract

Summary: This book highlights the role of research in innovation and sustainability in the forest sector. The contributions included fall within the broad thematic areas of forest science and cover crucial topics such as biocontrol, forest fire risk, harvesting and logging practices, quantitative and qualitative assessments of forest products, urban forests, and wood treatments-topics that have also been addressed from an interdisciplinary perspective. The contributions also have practical applications, as they deal with the ecological and economic importance of forests and new technologies for the conservation, monitoring, and improvement of services and forest value.

2. Environmental Sustainability of Heat Produced by Poplar Short-Rotation Coppice (SRC) Woody Biomass

Author

Giulio Sperandio, Alessandro Suardi, Vincenzo Civitarese, and A. Acampora

Subjects
Power station, 020209 energy, Biomass, 02 engineering and technology, 010501 environmental sciences, 01 natural sciences, Coppicing, life cycle assessment, GWP, 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering, QK900-989, Plant ecology, Life-cycle assessment, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences, biomass, business.industry, Fossil fuel, Environmental engineering, Forestry, thermal energy, poplar, Greenhouse gas, wood energy supply chain, Environmental science, Short rotation coppice, business, Thermal energy, SRC
Abstract

As demonstrated for some time, the reduction of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere can also take place using agroforestry biomass. Short-rotation coppice (SRC) is one of the sources of woody biomass production. In our work, the supply of woody biomass was considered by examining four different cutting shifts (2, 3, 4 and 5 years) and, for each, the Global Warming Potential (GWP) was evaluated according to the IPCC 2007 method. Regarding the rotation cycle, four biomass collection systems characterized by different levels of mechanization were analyzed and compared. In this study, it was assumed that the biomass produced by the SRC plantations was burned in a 350 kWt biomass power plant to heat a public building. The environmental impact generated by the production of 1 GJ of thermal energy was assessed for each of the forest plants examined, considering the entire life cycle, from the field phase to the energy production. The results were compared with those obtained to produce the same amount of thermal energy from a diesel boiler. Comparing the two systems analyzed, it was shown that the production and use of wood biomass to obtain thermal energy can lead to a reduction in the Global Warming Potential of over 70% compared to the use of fossil fuel.

Published
2021

3. Environmental Sustainability of Heat Produced by Poplar Short-Rotation Coppice (SRC) Woody Biomass.

Author

Sperandio, Giulio, Suardi, Alessandro, Acampora, Andrea, and Civitarese, Vincenzo

Subjects
SUSTAINABILITY, COPPICE forests, BIOMASS, FOSSIL fuels, PLANT biomass, AGROFORESTRY, BIOMASS production
Abstract

As demonstrated for some time, the reduction of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere can also take place using agroforestry biomass. Short-rotation coppice (SRC) is one of the sources of woody biomass production. In our work, the supply of woody biomass was considered by examining four different cutting shifts (2, 3, 4 and 5 years) and, for each, the Global Warming Potential (GWP) was evaluated according to the IPCC 2007 method. Regarding the rotation cycle, four biomass collection systems characterized by different levels of mechanization were analyzed and compared. In this study, it was assumed that the biomass produced by the SRC plantations was burned in a 350 kWt biomass power plant to heat a public building. The environmental impact generated by the production of 1 GJ of thermal energy was assessed for each of the forest plants examined, considering the entire life cycle, from the field phase to the energy production. The results were compared with those obtained to produce the same amount of thermal energy from a diesel boiler. Comparing the two systems analyzed, it was shown that the production and use of wood biomass to obtain thermal energy can lead to a reduction in the Global Warming Potential of over 70% compared to the use of fossil fuel. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2021
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