1. Biomass resources and Potentials for trade
7 Oct Bo Hektor

2. Who is Bo Hektor and why am i here
Who is Bo Hektor and why am i here? Educated in forestry and business economics 40+ years of experience in forestry, bioenergy, and trade Work in 48 countries Have learnt more from field work than from Google Swedish representative for work with IEA Bioenergy, FAO, ECE, and EU

3. The structure of my presentation:
Forests and forestry
forests are not ”mines”, but dynamic manageable resouces
market demand influences forest management
timber/wood/biomass production integrated with other uses/services
4 cases, US South, Brazil, Vietnam, Europe
Competition for land, and with food production
Trade

4. m3
years

5. US South/South East. Forestry data
US South/South East. Forestry data. Timberland, million hectares Total Plantations Natural origin 101* *(2/3 of EU forest area) 2
US Forest service

6. million m3 US South/South East. Forestry data
million m US South/South East. Forestry data. (million m3/y) Net growth on timber land (excl. mortality) Mortality Removals, (incl. mortality)
US Forest service

7. Saw log stand
Final stage
US South

8. Typical forest conditions in US South

9. Harvest of pellets wood, US South

10. Brazil Cerrado Total area. (hectares). 200 million Agriculture, cattle
Brazil Cerrado Total area (hectares) million Agriculture, cattle million Extensive/no use million
WWF

11. Brazil, Cerrado

12. Brazil, Eucalyptus; 7 years

14. Vietnam Rank 2 (. ) in wood pellets export
Vietnam Rank 2 (?) in wood pellets export. 1+ million tonnes/y Main market: Korea Based on ”farm forests”
WFR Newsletter

15. Farm forest, Vietnam;Acacia

17. World Grain Production
World Grain Production increase continously in balance with global demand. Since yield per hectare increase faster than food demand. Additional land is released for energy crops, biofuels or afforestation.
SVEBIO 2015/FAO

19. Rates for bulk ship charter; US$/day
2006 panamax
SSY

20. A Future Bioeconomy(. ) The future: biobased society, biorefinries (
A Future Bioeconomy(?) The future: biobased society, biorefinries (!?) Two principal points to consider Market driven; the location of mills, etc. will be close to markets Resource driven; the location of mills, etc. will be close to the resource base

21. Conclusions Biomass resources (existing and potential) are very large
Their sustainable utilization can increase greatly
Many examples of successful policies and schemes integrating the aspects of environment and those of production
Trade, also intercontinental, would lead to effective supply structures
A faster increase of bioenergy would require:
Institutional reforms (laws, regulations, etc.)
Enhancement of competence
Improvement of logistics and infrastructure
Financing and guarantees