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Participation in IEA Bioenergy -
Short Rotation Crops for Bioenergy Systems Task
by Stephen Schuck
October 2004
RIRDC Publication No 04/133 RIRDC Project No SSC-4A
Foreword
The Joint Venture Agroforestry Program
(JVAP) has supported and made possible Australian participation in the
International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Bioenergy Task 30, entitled ‘Short
Rotation Crops for Bioenergy Systems’ for 2001-2003. Task 30 is one of
twelve Tasks within the IEA Bioenergy international collaborative agreement
which involves some 19 countries plus the European Commission. IEA Bioenergy
links international researchers from the participant countries (mainly
from the OECD), who conduct a joint work program endorsed by the Executive
Committee of IEA Bioenergy. These Tasks generally run on a three year cycle,
the most recent cycle being from January 2001-December 2003.
Australian participation in IEA Bioenergy has been through Bioenergy Australia (www.bioenergyaustralia.org), an alliance of some 43 government and private sector organisations.
Bioenergy Australia participates in five Tasks, including Task 30 ‘Short Rotation Crops for Bioenergy Systems’. A sub-group of experts from Bioenergy Australia has been formed for this participation, and has been headed at a technical level by a National Team Leader, who is charged with having representation at the international meetings, providing contributions to the technical program and disseminating information from these meetings back in Australia. Participation is through collaborative RD&D work, conducted in the various participant countries in this Task. Task 30 has been headed by Professor Theo Verwijst, Professor of Short Rotation Forestry at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.
Results of this collaborate work are presented at workshops which are invariably accompanied by field trips to illustrate work outcomes. Reporting of the Task’s activities is via Proceedings issued after each major meeting, and also through occasional technical papers. Task 30 maintains a web site on its work at www.shortrotationcrops.com, which contains the Task outputs and other information.
This report provides the context for participation in Task 30, main work areas and activities, meetings which have taken place, the information which has been obtained from participation, and the various reports that have been produced and how to access these reports.
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