Pdfguidelines Setting up a Wood Biomass Chain
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GUIDELINES Steps in setting up wood biomass production chains in protected areas Capacity building, capitalization of results and mainstreaming March, 2015 P a g e | 2 “This publication was co-funded by the Intelligent Energy Europe Programme of the European Union within the Project »BIOEUPARKS – Exploiting the potentialities of solid biomasses in EU Parks«. The sole responsibility for the content of this publication lies with the authors. It does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Union. Neither the EASME nor the European Commission are responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.” Authors: Nike Krajnc1, Tina Jemec1, Todora Rogelja1, Diego Mattioli2, Senta Schmatzberger3, Anthony Luttmann4, Teo Hrvoje Oršanič5, Mojca Kunst5, Pal Kezdy6, Laudati Michele7, Antonio Falcone7, Rosy Cannata7, Domenico Cerinara7, Stavros Kechagioglou8, Christos Karachristos8, Spyros Galatsidas9, Nikolaos Gounaris9, Garyfallos Arabatzis9 Contributing Institutions: 1. Slovenian Forestry Institute, Slovenia 2. Legambiente ONLUS, Italy 3. Agency for Renewable Resources, Germany 4. Europarc Federation, Germany 5. Kozjansko Regional Park, Slovenia 6. Danube-Ipoly National Park, Hungary 7. Sila National Park, Italy 8. Rodopi National Park, Greece 9. Democritus University of Thrace, Greece P a g e | 3 INDEX 1 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 8 2 Main steps in establishing a production chain .................................................................. 10 2.1 Analysis of the present situation ........................................................................................... 11 2.2 Project goal ............................................................................................................................ 12 3 Technical requirements for establishing a production chain ............................................ 18 3.1 Wood biomass potential ....................................................................................................... 18 3.2 Wood biomass production technologies .............................................................................. 23 3.2.1 Forest production value chain ....................................................................................... 23 3.2.2 Firewood production chain ........................................................................................... 25 3.2.3 Traditional wood chips production chain ...................................................................... 26 3.3 Wood fuel producers ............................................................................................................. 31 3.3.1 Units of measurement ................................................................................................... 33 3.3.2 Quality of wood fuels .................................................................................................... 34 3.3.3 Buying wood chips ......................................................................................................... 35 3.3.4 Wood biomass trade centres ........................................................................................ 36 3.3.5 Buying wood pellets ...................................................................................................... 36 3.4 Estimation of wood fuel consumption .................................................................................. 37 4 Compliance with EU legislation and sustainability issues ................................................. 39 4.1 National biomass sustainability criteria ................................................................................ 39 5 Main problems and barriers .............................................................................................. 41 6 Alternative solutions to identified problems and barriers ................................................ 42 6.1 Forest conservation and limitations in the protected areas ................................................. 42 6.2 Ownership of forests in the park area ................................................................................... 43 6.3 Implementation of modern technological solutions for production and use of wood fuels 43 6.4 Improving market conditions for wood fuel users and producers ........................................ 44 6.5 Promotion and capacity building activities for different target groups ................................ 44 6.6 Land use, land use change and forestry accounting ............................................................. 45 6.7 Local emissions ...................................................................................................................... 45 7 Recommendations for policies at national and regional levels ........................................ 46 7.1 Possible areas of intervention ............................................................................................... 46 8 Good practice examples – Presentation of existing production chains ............................ 50 P a g e | 4 8.1 Sila National Park ................................................................................................................... 50 8.1.1 Description of the park .................................................................................................. 50 8.1.1.1 History ....................................................................................................................... 51 8.1.1.2 Landscapes ................................................................................................................ 51 8.1.1.3 Forestry ...................................................................................................................... 52 8.1.2 Description of the wood biomass potential in the park ................................................ 52 8.1.2.1 Estimate of biomass that can potentially be available from the forests of Sila National Park ............................................................................................................................. 52 8.1.2.2 Assessment of the actual available wood biomass from SNP forests ....................... 53 8.1.3 Description of production chain .................................................................................... 54 8.1.3.1 Forestry legislation and sustainable forest management criteria............................. 56 8.1.3.2 Quality control ........................................................................................................... 57 8.1.3.3 Social and economic aspects ..................................................................................... 58 8.1.4 Description of producers, suppliers of wood biomass .................................................. 58 8.1.5 Description of the end-user ........................................................................................... 58 8.1.6 Setting up the production chain .................................................................................... 60 8.2 Rodopi National Park ............................................................................................................. 62 8.2.1 Description of the park .................................................................................................. 62 8.2.2 Description of wood biomass potentials in the park .................................................... 62 8.2.3 Description of the production chain.............................................................................. 63 8.2.4 Description of producers, suppliers of wood biomass .................................................. 64 8.2.5 Description of end-users ............................................................................................... 67 8.2.6 Setting up the production chain .................................................................................... 67 8.3 Kozjanski Park ........................................................................................................................ 70 8.3.1 Description of the park .................................................................................................. 70 8.3.2 Description of Wood Biomass Potentials in the Park .................................................... 71 8.3.3 Description of the production Chain ............................................................................. 72 8.3.3.1 Potentials of wood biomass ...................................................................................... 72 8.3.3.2 Key Challenges in the Field of Using Wood Biomass ................................................. 75 8.3.4 Description of producers, suppliers of wood biomass .................................................. 76 8.3.5 Description of end-users ............................................................................................... 76 8.3.6 Setting up the production chain .................................................................................... 78 8.4 Danube-Ipoly National Park .................................................................................................. 79 8.4.1 Description of the park .................................................................................................. 79 8.4.2 Description of wood biomass potentials in the park .................................................... 80 P a g e | 5 8.4.3 Description of the production chain.............................................................................