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IMPROVED UTILISATION OF BIOMASS OBTAINABLE FROM COPPICE WOODS

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THE SCARCE UTILISATION OF ITALY'S APPROXIMATELY 3,5 MILLION HECTARES OF COPPICE WOODS (OF WHICH 300.000 HA. ARE IN EMILIA-ROMAGNA)IS DUE NOT ONLY TO A LACK OF ACCESSIBLE ROADS, BUT ALSO TO A LACK OF HARVESTING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT SUITED TO A SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED FOREST INDUSTRY.
THUS, THE URGENT NEED TO ADAPT THE OLD EQUIPMENT AND DEVELOP NEW MACHINERY FOR A MORE EFFICIENT UTILISATION OF THE BIOMASS IN THE COPPICE WOODS OF ITALY'S HILL AND MOUNTAIN AREAS, IS A WELL RECOGNIZED FACT.

THIS RESEARCH PROJECT AIMS TO CARRY OUT A LITERATURE SURVEY ON THE TOPIC AND TO IDENTIFY THE MOST REPRESENTATIVE SAMPLE AREAS, WITH REFERENCE TO THE REGIONAL FOREST INVENTORY.
SUCH AREAS WILL BE USED FOR EXPERIMENTAL PURPOSES, TO COMPARE THE PERFORMANCE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF EQUIPMENT WHICH HARVEST BIOMASS BY LAND AND BY AIR.
DATA WILL BE COLLECTED ON THE ANATOMICAL AND STRUCTURAL FEATURES OF THE MATERIAL GATHERED IN SUCH AREAS, AS ON THEIR MECHANICAL/PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS.
THE DATA OBTAINED WITH JUVENILE MATERIAL WILL BE COMPARED TO THAT OF MATERIAL OF THE SAME SPECIES COLLECTED IN MATURE WOODS.
IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO DETERMINE THE TIME SPENT FOR EACH OPERATION AS WELL AS WHAT MODIFICATIONS MUST BE MADE TO EXISTING EQUIPMENT AND MACHINERY AND WHAT NEW EQUIPMENT NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED.

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