On November 3rd REBECa and Landscape Europe co-hosted a seminar on bioenergy landscapes. The venue was the National Environmental Research Institute at Aarhus University in Roskilde, Denmark. Information on the event, abstracts and presentations are available for download below. For more information please contact Pia Frederiksen (pfr@dmu.dk).

Scope

With the agreement on the new Renewable Energy Directive (2009/28/EC), a new driver for land use changes has been introduced. Dedicated (perennial) energy crops as well as food and fibre crops, cultivated for energy purposes are already changing the landscape and impacts (positive or negative) on environment, nature and landscape are to be expected . At the workshop studies within this area was presented and discussed. The final debate focused on identifying future research challenges. The theme of the workshop will reappear in a coming (2011 expected, no date yet) special issue in Biomass and Bioenergy

Agenda

8.30 – 9.00 : Arrival and coffee

9.00 – 9.15: Welcome address

9.15 – 9.35: From biomass modelling to more holistic regional bioenergy landscapes and (bio)energy portals: results from the projects ENERGEO and BioSpaceOpt: Thomas Blaschke (BioSpaceOpt, EnerGeo),  RSA

9.35 – 9.55: The potential of second-generation biofuels production in the Netherlands under a climate-change scenario – land use impacts, Tom Kuhlman

9.55 – 10.20: Phasing in biofuels in Denmark – Integrated assessment of transport forecasts and land use effects, Pia Frederiksen (REBECa), NERI-AU

10.20 – 10.55: Land Use Management, Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity - Developing Regulatory Measures for Sustainable Energy Crop Production, Gerd Lupp, IÖR

10.55 – 11.15: Coffee break

11.15 – 11.45: Discussion led by Tommy Dalgaard, Faculty of Agriculture, Aarhus University

11.45 – 12.05: Biodiversity Effects of Biomass production in Europe, Bas Pedroli, Berien Elbersen and Joop Spijker, Alterra

12.05 – 12.25: EnergyScapes and Ecosystem Services: an analysis of the issues surrounding the deployment bioenergy crops in an English sub-catchment, Paul Scholefield, CEH

12.25 – 13. 30: Lunch

13.30 – 13.55:  Accounting for carbon and GHG emissions: balancing multiple landscape functions on farmland, Christian Pedersen, The Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute

13.55 – 14.20: The Governance of Artificial Demand: Internal and External Political Economic Consequences of Europe’s New Biofuels Policy, Aaron Leopold, UFZ

14.20 – 15.10: Discussion of future research perspectives, led by Pia Frederiksen, NERI-AU

15.10 – 15.30: Closing of seminar and coffee

15.30 – 17.00 Landscape Europe General Assembly