Alliance Releases Wood-to-Energy Policy Roadmap

Farming/Growing, Feedstock, Forestry/Wood/Residues/Waste, Infrastructure, R & D Focus, Sustainability

July 18, 2011

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(25 x ’25) The National 25x’25 Alliance released this morning a new National Wood-To-Energy Roadmap – A Guide for Developing Sustainable Woody Biomass Solutions. The report that shows how focused use of woody biomass can help meet America’s energy needs while increasing the nation’s forest land base and improving the environmental services that land provides.

The Roadmap offers a series of recommendations for policy makers and stakeholders that increase the role of forestlands in the development of bioenergy in a way that will also boost rural community economic development. This strategy also will lower the carbon footprint of America’s energy supply; restore the health and vitality of many of the nation’s public lands; insure the future of America’s private timberland, and provide the raw materials needed by America’s forest products industry, all while supplying a growing bio-economy. In addition to showing how nation’s forestlands can help meet U.S. energy needs, the roadmap also provides for the success and growth of wood products industry, all while sustaining “forests as forests.”

…The 25x’25 partnership can generate a wide policy discussion and contribute to a meaningful role for bioenergy as this nation’s demand for energy continues to grow.

The Roadmap was developed by a diverse panel of leading forestry, conservation, scientific and energy experts following two years of stakeholder discussion facilitated by 25x’25. The Alliance thanks this dedicated team of professionals for their exemplary leadership in bringing these policy recommendations to the national stage.

A link to a full copy of the Roadmap and a link to the executive summary can be found on the 25x’25 Web site at www.25×25.org. Other materials, including an FAQ and Talking Points, can be found by clicking on the “Resources” button on the left hand side of the 25x’25 home page. READ MORE Download Roadmap

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