Sammanfattning

Promotion of renewable energy sources in Europe is foreseen to result in a dramatic increase in the demand for woody biomass. This paper assesses whether wood resources in the European Union (EU) will support future demand. Possible implications for countries with ample forest resources and a well-developed forest industry, such as Sweden, of an expected mounting demand pressure are discussed. Other drivers of change in global wood product markets posing challenges for the forest sector in general are also addressed. These drivers are reviewed and, together with the results from the EUwood project and econometric wood market models, analyzed as to their impacts on the Swedish forest sector. Demand is foreseen to vastly exceed the potential supply of woody biomass in Europe, putting a tremendous pressure on the Swedish forest resource and necessitating trade-offs between different ecosystem services. Further, projections suggest that Sweden will decrease in importance in production as well as consumption terms for all wood products.

Nyckelord

renewable energy, forest resource, forest industry

Publicerad i

Canadian Journal of Forest Research
2013, Volym: 43, nummer: 999, sidor: 405-418
Utgivare: NRC Research Press (Canadian Science Publishing)

SLU författare

• Jonsson, Ragnar

  • Institutionen för sydsvensk skogsvetenskap, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

Associerade SLU-program

SLU Future Forests


Globala målen

Säkerställa tillgång till ekonomiskt överkomlig, tillförlitlig, hållbar och modern energi för alla


UKÄ forskningsämne

Nationalekonomi
Skogsvetenskap


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2012-0139

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/40660