Book contents
- BiocharA Regional Supply Chain Approach in View of Climate Change Mitigation
- Biochar
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Biochar in the View of Climate Change Mitigation: the FOREBIOM Experience
- Part I The Interdisciplinary Approach
- 2 A Supply Chain Approach to Biochar Systems
- 3 Life Cycle Analysis of Biochar
- 4 Systems Integration for Biochar in European Forestry: Drivers and Strategies
- 5 Biochar as an Integrated and Decentralised Environmental Management Tool in the Botanic Garden Berlin-Dahlem
- Part II Sustainable Biomass Resources
- Part III Biochar Production
- Part IV Biochar Application as a Soil Amendment
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
4 - Systems Integration for Biochar in European Forestry: Drivers and Strategies
from Part I - The Interdisciplinary Approach
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 December 2016
- BiocharA Regional Supply Chain Approach in View of Climate Change Mitigation
- Biochar
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- 1 Biochar in the View of Climate Change Mitigation: the FOREBIOM Experience
- Part I The Interdisciplinary Approach
- 2 A Supply Chain Approach to Biochar Systems
- 3 Life Cycle Analysis of Biochar
- 4 Systems Integration for Biochar in European Forestry: Drivers and Strategies
- 5 Biochar as an Integrated and Decentralised Environmental Management Tool in the Botanic Garden Berlin-Dahlem
- Part II Sustainable Biomass Resources
- Part III Biochar Production
- Part IV Biochar Application as a Soil Amendment
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
Biochar is a product with multiple functions and a range of uses, and which could be manufactured from a range of biomass types, including wood and forest residues. Economic production and use of biochar may take place within spatial boundaries that contrast greatly in total area and patchiness. At the moment, however, biochar is generally considered at a project level and assessed quite narrowly from the perspective of soil or crop effects or energy yield. This chapter presents a set of scenarios for how biomass from trees grown in different contexts might lead to production of biochar used and deployed for contrasting purposes in multiple markets. The integration required across markets and sectors is considered, distinguishing options that are more or less spatially contained (circular versus directional), with implications for environmental sustainability. Four types of forestry are considered as a source of biomass: brownfield sites, short rotation forestry, short rotation coppice, and trees on amenity land. As well as forestry, horticulture, agriculture and the urban landscape are considered as consumers of biochar, often as a formulated product. The scenarios emphasize the range of opportunities that may be available, but also the complexity of the systems fit, which includes aspects of spatial logistics and questions of scale.
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- BiocharA Regional Supply Chain Approach in View of Climate Change Mitigation, pp. 70 - 95Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016