EUROFORENET Conference - WISDOM - M. Trossero and R. Drigo, FAO. Bsls 20/11/07 EUROFORENET Conference Sustainable Forest management and Wood Energy : Developing

EUROFORENET Conference - WISDOM - M. Trossero and R. Drigo, FAO. Bsls 20/11/07

EUROFORENET Conference Sustainable Forest management and Wood Energy : Developing Local Cooperation between Private and Municipal Forest Owners

in Europe

WISDOMWoodfuel Integrated Supply/Demand Overview Mapping

Miguel A. TROSSERO Senior Forestry Officer, Wood Energy, Forestry Department

Rudi DRIGOFAO Expert - Wood Energy


Topics of the presentation

Context and FAO perspective

M. A. Trossero

WISDOM methodology

R. Drigo


FAO Forestry Department’s Mission

To enhance the capabilities of Forestry Services in the promotion of sustainable wood energy

systems

Wood Energy Main Aim

To enhance human well-being through the sustainable management of the world’s trees and

forests


Main Facts

Woodfuel

Wood energy

Poverty and health

Food security

Productive uses

Policies and institutions

National capacities


New Challenges

• Enhance the role of wood energy for SFM.

• Strengthen, expand, diversify forestry

roles.

• Promote woodfuel as industrial energy

option

• Support private sector initiatives & needs

• Reduce poverty


Forestry Services Limitations

• Contributions of wood energy are poorly

understood

• Unbalanced allocation of priorities btw timber

& WE

• Technical responsibilities are fragmented

• Technical capabilities are insufficiently

prepared

• Weak relations btw forestry & energy

organizations

• R&D funds are insufficient


• Enhance the role of wood energy in Forestry Services

• Support the adoption of policies on wood energy

• Promote incentives for private sector

• Develop inter-institutional programmes

• Develop wood energy policy & planning initiatives

WISDOM

FAO’s Approach to Wood Energy


WISDOMWoodfuel Integrated Supply/Demand Overview Mapping

Rationale

Objectives

Methodology

Case studies


key features of wood energy systems

• inter-sectoral (forestry, energy, agriculture and rural

development)

• interdisciplinary (silviculture and forest management,

agronomy, physics, chemistry, engineering, etc.)

• location-specific

• heterogeneous supply sources (forests, forest industries,

SRF, farmlands, orchards, tree crops, recovered wood, etc.)

WISDOM - Rationale


Current state of knowledge• Historic lack of recognition in forestry and energy

• Official statistics incomplete and often misleading

WISDOM - RationaleComparison of solid biomass consumption in Italy from various

sources

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Solid Biomass (IEA)

All woodfuels (FAOSTAT)

Residential consumption(ENEA 1997 and 1999;ETA 2005)

•Detailed studies exist but the broad picture

is still missing

.... hence,

a fragmented

perception

Slovenia / Fuelwood Consumption (PJ)

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SWEIS

SSO fuelwood data(FAOSTAT 2003)

SSO energy data (IEA 2002)

(WISDOM)


General objective:• Provide a comprehensive vision of

• current woodfuel flows and • sustainable potential for bioenergy development,

• based on integration/cross-referencing of existing data

• Strengthen wood energy planning and policy formulation

• Promote sustainable wood energy

systems

WISDOM objectives


Specific objectives :

• Outline woodfuel surplus and deficit areas

• Objectively define priority areas of

intervention

• Identify sites with high bioenergy potentials

• Outline sustainable supply zones of selected

locations

• Contribute to the creation of Wood Energy

Information System (WEIS)

WISDOM objectives


WISDOM methodology

1. WISDOM baseline (5 steps)

2. WISDOM “woodshed” analysis (2 steps)


3 . SUPPLY module2 . DEMAND module

1 . Selection of spatial base

Pixel level Sub-national level

GeodatabaseGeodatabase1 - … - … - … -1 - … - … - … -2 - … - … - … - 2 - … - … - … - 3 - … - … - … -3 - … - … - … -……n - … - … - … -n - … - … - … -

woodfuel consumptionby type, area, user...

urban / rural saturation local surveys consumption projections

6. Commercial supply potential

7. Biodistrict delineation

land use/land cover woody biomass by LC

class productivity physical, legal

accessibility land cover changes future supply scenarios

supply / demand balance deficit / surplus areas ownership pattern/fragmentation future scenarios

By pixelBy units

5. Priority areas4. INTEGRATION module

productive forest formations areas suitable for commercial wf production commercial production potential

resource accessibility around selected sites supply/demand analysis mapping of supply zones

Biodistrict definition

WISDOM baseline


Strategic knowledge base

1: WISDOM baseline

2: Biodistrict delineation

Woodfuel flow analysis for operational planning

3: In -depth study within priority zone (biodistrict)

UW 1

UW 2

UW 3

UW 4

In-depth

study area

surplus area

surplus area

deficit area

city 1

city 2

city 3

city 4

..in synthesis :


WISDOM Case studies

Mexico; Senegal; Central Africa Republic; Slovenia; Italy;

(Argentina ; Castilla y Leòn; ... ...)

East Africa (10 countries)

SE Asia (7 countries)

WISDOM for cities (selected locations in Asia and Africa)

http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/energy/en


Indexing approachExample:

• Supply/demand balance index

• Property fragmentation index

• Thinning stage index

Aggregated index = Thinning Priority Index (TPI):

where,FPIj = woodfuel priority index for each KO “j” Ii = index for each of the 3 variables used in the analysis, ranging

from 1 to 5pj = weights, set to 1 in this case

iijPITPI *

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Slovenia WISDOM - priority zoning

Property fragmentationThinning forests


Priority areas Case 1: high surplus, property frag. and share of thinning stages

Low priority

Medium priority

High priority

Slovenia WISDOM - priority zoning


WISDOM Central Africa Republic

Bangui

new insight on:

•Bangui needs

•sustainable supply zone

•partners and stakeholders


available sawmill residues biomass increment natural forest plantations

WISDOMArgentina

(in progress)

household consumption balance

Main new features:

•+ agricultural residues and crops suitable for biofuel production

• strong synergies of forestry-agriculture-energy agencies

• national bioenergy planning


WISDOMCastilla y León

(in progress)

•National overview Province level (52)

•detailed analysis in Castilla y León County level (2248)


East Africa (Africover countries) SE Asia countries

Regional WISDOM studies


World Energy Outlook 2006 OECD/IEA, Paris, 2006

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improving wood energy visibility


Benefits of WISDOM :

• holistic vision

• priority areas definition

• critical data gaps definition

• value existing data/knowledge

• promote cooperation and synergies

• optimize available resources

• enhance visibility and political

recognition

Conclusions


thank you

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EUROFORENET Conference - WISDOM - M. Trossero and R. Drigo, FAO. Bsls 20/11/07 EUROFORENET Conference Sustainable Forest management and Wood Energy : Developing