Report links policy with sustainability

Biomass Magazine
July 2010
By Lisa Gibson
Posted July 1, 2010, at 2:24 p.m. CST

Policy goals for renewable biofuels and bioenergy could be achieved, but policymakers must take steps to protect the sustainability of the nation’s forests in the face of increasing demands for woody biomass, according to “Forest Sustainability in the Development of Wood Bioenergy in the U.S.,” a recently released report by the Pinchot Institute for Conservation and the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment.

National goals of achieving greater energy security and mitigating climate change together have created rapidly expanding demands on U.S. forests for wood-based bioenergy, according to the two-year study.

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