The bio economy and helping forestry
The economy of the world has been in serious decline now for the past year at least, some would say that the recession has been going on longer. In order to come out of the economy with any sort of hope for the future, companies are going to have to embrace completely new ways of looking at the world, diversify in ways that were impractical in the past, or because companies just couldn't be bothered to make the changes that were necessary. The forestry industry is one of those industries that must begin to embrace these changes.
Forest Ireland believes that not only is the forest industry in Ireland doomed if it does not change their action now, they also believe that this is also true of the forest companies throughout the world. The direction that needs to be followed in the future is going to be based around bio products. These bio products will not only establish firm groundings in which a country's forestry can help many other businesses to ride out the recession with their businesses intact, holding on to as many jobs as possible, and keeping the industry alive for the future, this type of business is also going to help the country to achieve its obligations when it comes to reducing climate changing pollutants.
In Irish forestry, Woodland owners, forestry company executives, and foresters, all recognize that there can be a whole positive change involved in going down this road. It also gives hope to those forests that are not producing the best of timber. In fact, biofuels can be made from misshapen trees, be timber that has been taking out of a forest after it has been in, and biofuels can be produced from timber that wouldn't get past the rigorous inspections at the sawmills. Action plans need to be drawn up and put into place very quickly so that we can properly bring these forestry companies out of recession. The drop in overall demand for paper products and timber construction products has fallen rapidly over the last few years as the demand for newspapers and houses has dropped. This thinking demand is not only affecting the forester and those who work in the forest, there are whole industries which are based around timber and the demand for timber products and all of these companies are making people redundant, putting their workers on short hours, or reducing the overall take-home pay. By using foresight and planning things properly, the forest industry can move from strength to strength once the recession has abated.
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Great article. As you can read in some of my articles, I am in general not 'Pro' bio-fuel. However, you comment "biofuels can be made from misshapen trees" opened my eyes for a positive example of bio-fuel. Thank you!
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