The Role of the Social Licence to Operate in the Emerging Bioeconomy—A Case Study of Short-Rotation Coppice Poplar in Slovakia

• Published in: Land (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 9; p. 1555
• Main Authors: Pichler, Christine, Fürtner, Daniela, Hesser, Franziska, Schwarzbauer, Peter, Ranacher, Lea Maria
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.09.2022
• Subjects: Acceptance; Agricultural land; Agriculture; Alternative energy sources; Biomass; Biomass energy; Business operations; Case studies; Community; dendromass; Energy industry; Forestry; Forests and forestry; Hardwoods; land use change; Mining industry; Modelling; Multivariate statistical analysis; Plant species; Poplar; Renewable energy; Renewable resources; Rotation; short-rotation poplar (SRP); Social aspects; social justice; sustainable development; Slovakia; Australia; Eastern Europe; Germany; Europe

Wood plays a key role in the endeavours of the EU to establish a circular bioeconomy based on renewable biological resources. Today, forestry on its own cannot sustainably satisfy the demand for woody biomass. Short-Rotation Coppice (SRC) represents a possible alternative production system where fas...