Spontaneous ash tree reforestation in the Central Pyrenees
A future local energy source
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9265188 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bernard Elyakime (0000-0001-9849-1570, Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement), Laurent Larrieu (0000-0002-9050-0281, Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse), Alain Cabanettes (Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement), Laurent Burnel (Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 99-3 |
| Publication date | 2011-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revue de géographie alpine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-1121 • E-ISSN: 1760-7426 |
| Publisher | OpenEdition (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/rga.1585 |
| OpenAlex | W1989110524 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
With the agricultural economy of the Central Pyrenees in steady decline, natural forest stands are colonising abandoned agricultural meadows. The present study seeks to define the economic conditions for a new fuel-wood local economy based on these extensions of the forest cover. Farmer/forest owners are capable of exploiting this resource, involving logging, hauling and cutting the wood to size, to meet their own heating needs. In this way, owners could thus recuperate a maximum unit value estimated at 11.2 to 22.3 € per stere (1 cubic metre), or an average value of 16.8 € per stere after deduction of all costs. An economy based on wood energy, using wood from spontaneously generated forest growth on private land, is therefore possible. A development policy for such an activity could be envisaged with appropriate initiatives to stimulate the owners of land where spontaneous ash reforestation has occurred to harvest this potential resource
Afforestation · Agricultural economics · Agriculture · Agroforestry · Archaeology · Business · Economics · Geography · Logging · Natural resource economics · Reforestation · Resource (disambiguation) · Unit (ring theory) · Environmental Science · Forest Management and Policy · Forestry · French Urban and Social Studies · Land Use and Ecosystem Services · Mathematics
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |