Kenya Brazil China Europe India Short Rotation Forestry and Agroforestry in CDM Countries and Europe The BENWOOD project is funded by the European Union under the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Innovation 1 KENYA BRAZIL CHINA EUROPE INDIA Short Rotation Forestry and Agroforestry in CDM Countries and Europe Kenya Brazil China Europe India Short Rotation Forestry and Agroforestry in CDM Countries and Europe The BENWOOD The DVD is also available project is for a small fee which covers funded by shipping cost. See details the European Union on how to obtain it from the under the 7th BENWOOD website Framework Programme www.benwood.eu. The BENWOOD consortium for Research and Innovation Compiled by Falko Kaufmann, Genevieve Lamond, Marco Lange, Jochen Schaub, Christian Siebert and Torsten Sprenger KENYA BRAZIL CHINA EUROPE INDIA Foreword As the Head of Unit for ‘Agriculture, Forestry, countries where increased investment will occur. Fisheries and Aquaculture’ within the European In addition, it should lead not only to increased Commission DG Research and Innovation, investment in forestry, but also to increasing mar- I am very pleased to introduce this summarized kets for equipment linked to biomass processing findings presenting the results of the BENWOOD as well as generating markets for forest products project. with a focus on biofuel producers. Project Coordinator BENWOOD The BENWOOD project has been funded by I hope that the outputs from the project, concen- Thomas Lewis the European Commission under the Seventh trated in this summarized findings, will help to energieautark consulting gmbh Research Programme (FP7) Theme addressing support a new era for the production of renew- Hauptstrasse 27/3 ‘Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, and Biotechno- able, carbon-neutral alternatives to non-renewable 1140 Wien – Austria logy’ in order to make relevant information on fossil fuels. Email: [email protected] Short rotation forestry (SRF) available to stake- www.energieautark.at holders. It is particularly timely given the increa- I would also like to take this opportunity of sing importance attached to ensuring appropriate expressing a strong wish that the good work of delivery of research results to the end user as a the project does not end when the European Concept & Design vital part of the innovation chain. Commission funding has finished and sincerely hope that the Blackbit neue Werbung initiative of continuing ‘BENWOOD activities’ under the umbrella www.blackbit.de The work accomplished during the 2.5 years of the project has been of FAO in the SREN network (see foreword of Thomas Lewis) will outstanding, particularly with respect to the substantial number be successful. of stakeholders reached during this period. The objectives listed Concept & Design DVD in the initial proposal, which were quite ambitious, have all been IllusionFACTORY achieved, and in addition other avenues have been explored. This www.illusion-factory.de results from the excellent coordination work by Thomas Lewis from the SME energieautark, as well as major contributions from the other project partners who originate from a wide range of coun- Timothy J. Hall, Printing tries, including developing countries. Head of Unit OFFSET COMPANY Druckereigesellschaft mbH www.offset-company.de ISBN 978-3-9812405-9-7 The BENWOOD results present opportunities for participation in European Commission – Directorate General Research and Innovation various schemes aimed at mitigating climate change by allow- Unit E.4: Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries and Aquaculture ing CO2 emissions in one region to be offset by CO2 emission SDME 8/25 Greenhouse gas emissions caused by the production reduction in another. The results are important with respect to 1049 Brussels – Belgium of this document were calculated and offset using the fulfilling Kyoto Protocol obligations and they will have an effect on Stop Climate Change programme industrial policy and investment both in industrialized countries Email: [email protected] www.stop-climate-change.de seeking to reduce the cost of generating CO2 and in developing http://ec.europa.eu/research/agriculture/index_en.html 4 5 KENYA BRAZIL CHINA EUROPE INDIA Table of Contents Films and photographs Foreword ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5 DEAR READERS A DVD has been produced and is attached to the AND STAKEHOLDERS, hardcopy version of this brochure. It is also Tabel of Contents ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 7 available for a small fee which covers shipping the BENWOOD project has been funded by the cost. See details on how to obtain it from the 1. Partners ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 European Union (EU) within its FP7 in order to BENWOOD website. The DVD includes all collate information on SRF and make it available material too bulky for download; for instance, 2. Public Deliverables ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................12 to a broad base of stakeholders. BENWOOD 2.5 hours of video material and more than project partners are from Austria, Brazil, China, 500 photographs. 3. Aspects in Short Rotation Forestry and Agroforestry ....................................................................................................................................................14 Croatia, Germany, India, Italy, Kenya, Poland, 3.1 Choosing the Site ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 16 Sweden and the United Kingdom. This summa- This summarized findings can be seen as your 3.2 Preparing the Soil .....................................................................................................................................................................................................20 rized findings is a culmination of effort over the potential entry point into something that goes 3.3 Genetic Material .........................................................................................................................................................................................................25 previous two years to bring together in a succinct on after the BENWOOD project ending (August 3.4 Planting Material .......................................................................................................................................................................................................32 manner and summarize the main findings of the 2011): To participate in and to contribute to the in- 3.5 Planting .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................35 research. The major project outputs can be found ternational exchange of experience please follow 3.6 Cultivation and Maintenance ...................................................................................................................................................................................42 on the DVD attached to the brochure and/or can the instructions at the BENWOOD website: 3.7 Water Management ....................................................................................................................................................................................................45 be downloaded from the public BENWOOD website on the follo- www.benwood.eu. The website will be integrated by the end of 2011 3.8 Nutrients and Soil .....................................................................................................................................................................................................48 wing link: www.benwood.eu. into the larger network SREN (Sustainable Rural Energy Network: 3.9 Risks .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................52 www.petiteenergie.com), which is part of the umbrella network 3.10 Interaction with other Ecosystems .......................................................................................................................................................................... 58 1. Best Practices of Short Rotation Forestry – a description of Escorena (European System of Cooperative Research Networks in 3.11 Harvesting ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................62 practices focusing on SRF in Europe. Agriculture: www.escorena.net. Escorena and SREN were initiated