Energy and wood in the French Alps: strategies for an uncertain resource
During the last decade, fuelwood has developed in the alpine territories under voluntarist policies. Facing a next shortage of sawmill by-products, widely used for paper, chipboards and pellets, forest chips are bound to develop for industrial or local use. This is an opportunity for the alpine fore...
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| author | Hélène Avocat* Antoine Tabourdeau* Christophe Chauvin Marie-Hélène De Sede Marceau |
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| description | During the last decade, fuelwood has developed in the alpine territories under voluntarist policies. Facing a next shortage of sawmill by-products, widely used for paper, chipboards and pellets, forest chips are bound to develop for industrial or local use. This is an opportunity for the alpine forests and territories, of which, nevertheless, vulnerability must be taken in account. Studying policies and instruments shows very contrasted approaches, which could generate tensions on the resource, and behaviors in possible contradiction with de development of a true green energy, such as: increase of transport lengths and then of pollutants emissions, degradation of the environment, and loss of the multifunctionality of the forests. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e1206acbc4264a4fb62646446a1f003d2024-02-14T15:03:13ZengInstitut de Géographie AlpineRevue de Géographie Alpine0035-11211760-742699310.4000/rga.1616Energy and wood in the French Alps: strategies for an uncertain resourceHélène Avocat*Antoine Tabourdeau*Christophe ChauvinMarie-Hélène De Sede MarceauDuring the last decade, fuelwood has developed in the alpine territories under voluntarist policies. Facing a next shortage of sawmill by-products, widely used for paper, chipboards and pellets, forest chips are bound to develop for industrial or local use. This is an opportunity for the alpine forests and territories, of which, nevertheless, vulnerability must be taken in account. Studying policies and instruments shows very contrasted approaches, which could generate tensions on the resource, and behaviors in possible contradiction with de development of a true green energy, such as: increase of transport lengths and then of pollutants emissions, degradation of the environment, and loss of the multifunctionality of the forests.https://journals.openedition.org/rga/1616territoryfuelwoodalpine forestenergy policysupply chains |
| spellingShingle | Hélène Avocat* Antoine Tabourdeau* Christophe Chauvin Marie-Hélène De Sede Marceau Energy and wood in the French Alps: strategies for an uncertain resource Revue de Géographie Alpine territory fuelwood alpine forest energy policy supply chains |
| title | Energy and wood in the French Alps: strategies for an uncertain resource |
| title_full | Energy and wood in the French Alps: strategies for an uncertain resource |
| title_fullStr | Energy and wood in the French Alps: strategies for an uncertain resource |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy and wood in the French Alps: strategies for an uncertain resource |
| title_short | Energy and wood in the French Alps: strategies for an uncertain resource |
| title_sort | energy and wood in the french alps strategies for an uncertain resource |
| topic | territory fuelwood alpine forest energy policy supply chains |
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