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Assessing woodlands for woodfuel production

An overview of considerations and legal requirements which need investigating before developing a management plan for woodfuel production.

Year of Publication2009

There is potential to actively manage many woodlands more effectively to produce woodfuel. Some strategic and operational considerations for producing woodfuel from a typical lowland wood are detailed here. Brief guidance and further references are provided for measuring and assessing the quantity of wood.

This item is categorised as follows

• Subject Collection > Environmental impact > Wildlife & biodiversity
• Subject Collection > Trees & timber
• Subject Collection > Trees & timber > Commercial tree production
• Subject Collection > Trees & timber > Timber products
• Subject Collection > Renewable energy > Biomass & biofuel
• Subject Collection > Environmental impact > Landscape

Additional keywords/tags

wood fuel productionsivicultureforestry