XI WORLD FORESTRY CONGRESS Antalya, Turkey, 13 to 22 October 1997
	VOLUME 3, TOPIC 12 SUMMARIES OF VOLUNTARY PAPERS Short rotation poplar coppice, A common approach to produce pulpwood and fuelwood P. Bonduelle1, A. Berthelot1 and J. Sionneau2 Since 1983, the ADEME (Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Energie) and European Union have been supporting AFOCEL R & D programs of ligno-cellulosic biomass, with Poplar Short Rotation Coppice (SRC), especially planted at 2,000 or 3,000 stems/ha. Cultivation and harvesting guidelines are aimed at pulpwood, with logs production. Cultivation and harvesting every two years in the case of very short rotation coppice (2 years and 10,000 stems/ha) create 3 problems: l high cost of crop, l low bearing capacity for chippers, l very important exportation of nutrients: high ratio of bark. Why not choose the same guidelines for pulpwood and fuelwood ? These two utilisation possibilities provide a better guarantee to producers. 1 AFOCEL (NW), La Petite Lande 49800 Brain sur L'Authion -FRANCE 2 AFOCEL-ARMEF, 30 Boulevard Foch 77300 FONTAINEBLEAU -FRANCE Previous Section Next Section   Download the Pdf file for this topic (332 K) What is a Pdf file ?   Back to Top of the page
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