Description:
Short rotation woody crops (SRWC) are being developed as a sustainable supply of woody biomass for the production of bioenergy, biofuels and bioproducts as well as for traditional solid wood and fiber products. Interest in SRWC has developed in the past because of multiple environmental and rural development benefits associated with their production and use, and most recently because of increasing concerns about dependence on and impacts associated with the consumption of fossil fuels.