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Assessment and quantification of marginal lands for biomass production in Europe using soil-quality indicators
Research Center Landscape Development and Mining Landscapes, Brandenburg
University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
Frank Repmann
Chair of Soil Protection and Recultivation, Brandenburg University of
Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
Spyridon Galatsidas
Department
of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources,
Democritus University of Thrace, Orestiada, 68200, Greece
Despoina Vlachaki
Department
of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources,
Democritus University of Thrace, Orestiada, 68200, Greece
Nikos Gounaris
Department
of Forestry and Management of the Environment and Natural Resources,
Democritus University of Thrace, Orestiada, 68200, Greece
Wibke Baumgarten
Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe, 18276 Gülzow, Germany
Christiane Volkmann
Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe, 18276 Gülzow, Germany
Dimitrios Keramitzis
Decentralized Administration of Macedonia & Thrace, Thessaloniki, 54655,
Greece
Fotis Kiourtsis
Decentralized Administration of Macedonia & Thrace, Thessaloniki, 54655,
Greece
Dirk Freese
Chair of Soil Protection and Recultivation, Brandenburg University of
Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg, 03046 Cottbus, Germany
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Short summary
The need for biomass for energetic or material use is increasing parallel to the need to extend the production of food for a growing world population. This results in conflicts between both land use strategies. Use of marginal lands could solve this conflict, however, the understanding of marginal lands and the knowledge of their potentials are still not fully developed. We present an approach to assess land marginality based on soil quality and an estimation of land potentials all over Europe.
The need for biomass for energetic or material use is increasing parallel to the need to extend...
