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Javaheri, Shima
- Estimation of Vegetation Energy Potential in Natural Ecosystems of Iran
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1 Department of Energy Economics, Power and Water University of Technology, Tehran, IR
2 Department of Economics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IR
1 Department of Energy Economics, Power and Water University of Technology, Tehran, IR
2 Department of Economics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, IR
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Nature Environment and Pollution Technology, Vol 15, No 2 (2016), Pagination: 773-778Abstract
Because of its wide area and geographical diversity, Iran has a nature with different types of vegetation species. Located in desert belt, on one hand, and facing with serious ecosystem threats such as draught, soil erosion, decreased vegetation of desert areas, and overuse of vegetation in the vulnerable areas, on the other hand, has led to the ever increasing attention to Iran ecosystems. In this paper, it is tried to have a suitable estimation about the vegetation energy potential of Iran. Considering the scarce vegetation of Iran, expansion of this vegetation might be a considerable contribution to increasing this potential, which consequently results in the improvement in environmental advantages, such as reduction of soil erosion, increase of herbal fertilizers, fodder for stocks feeding, and oxygen, lowering the shifting sands, and the decrease of dunes and microspores. In this regard, various ecosystems of Iran were selected and their total potential was estimated for one energy unit, considering biomass content in every hectare of land. Moreover, considering the Iran's potential in the production of energy products, vegetation expansion by planting the Jatropha was studied in this work in three scenarios. The results of this study indicate that Iranian ecosystems have an annual 2,695,757 billion calories which equals to 1.8 billion barrels of crude oil. Moreover, the results of these scenarios evince that a 5% increase in energy generating vegetation such as Jatropha in the desert areas, it is possible to provide 18% of domestic gasoil demand. Hence, it is required to have a support upon creation of energizer vegetation products, as well as supervision of state organizations for creation of a suitable vegetation cover in the entire country.Keywords
Natural Ecosystems, Vegetation Energy, Energy Production, Environmental Advantages.Full Text
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