Planting crops for biofuel could improve biodiversity in the British countryside as well as helping soften the impact of human carbon dioxide emissions, according to new research.
The paper, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, suggests that crops like coppiced willow or miscanthus grass can support more wild species than traditional arable crops, particularly in the uncultivated margins around the edges of fields. These fast-growing crops are grown to be burned in biomass power stations; because this emits only the carbon that the plants absorbed while they were growing, advocates say it could offer a long-term source of carbon-neutral energy.
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The paper, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, suggests that crops like coppiced willow or miscanthus grass can support more wild species than traditional arable crops, particularly in the uncultivated margins around the edges of fields. These fast-growing crops are grown to be burned in biomass power stations; because this emits only the carbon that the plants absorbed while they were growing, advocates say it could offer a long-term source of carbon-neutral energy.
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