Given the increasing risk of climate change and depletion of non-renewable energy sources,
countries around the world have been looking into energy profile diversification whereby …

Bioenergy buffers are linear landscape elements cultivated with perennial herbaceous or
woody biomass crops placed along arable field margins and watercourses. This systematic …

The importance of transportation and logistics in the biomass supply chain has been
recognized, yet the specific research on those topics has been limited. This paper reviews …

The improvement of harvesting methodologies plays an important role in the optimization of
wood production in a context of sustainable forest management. Different harvesting …

Water resources are increasingly limited and less available, so improving water use
efficiency is particularly pressing in the agricultural sector, where inefficient irrigation …

The forest biomass, as a renewable energy source, can significantly contribute to the
progressive replacement of fossil fuels in energy production, with a positive final balance in …

The use of agroforestry biomass provides several advantages, both from an environmental
point of view, in terms of the mitigation of global warming, and in terms of a circular economy …

Short-rotation coppice (SRC) represents an important source of wood biomass. Many
uncertainties create barriers to farmers establishing SRC plantations, especially under …

Nowadays, the provision of viable energy production and the energy autonomy are
fundamental and utmost importance issues included in drawing the national strategic plan of …

Assessing the financial, energy and emission levels associated with alternative harvesting
prescriptions, techniques, and technologies is crucial to sustainable forest management …