A forest type characterized by cone-bearing, needle-leaved trees. They are generally, but not necessarily, evergreen and relatively shallow-rooted. Since they grow more rapidly than most broad-leaved trees, conifers are extensively planted as a source of softwood timber and pulp. They are tolerant of wide-ranging climatic conditions, of many different types of soil and of considerable differences in terrain. Thus, they are found from the polar latitudes to the tropics, on most types of soils (especially, thin acid soils) and from mountain summits to coastal environments. (Source: WHIT)
A forest type characterized by cone-bearing, needle-leaved trees. They are generally, but not necessarily, evergreen and relatively shallow-rooted. Since they grow more rapidly than most broad-leaved trees, conifers are extensively planted as a source of softwood timber and pulp. They are tolerant of wide-ranging climatic conditions, of many different types of soil and of considerable differences in terrain. Thus, they are found from the polar latitudes to the tropics, on most types of soils (especially, thin acid soils) and from mountain summits to coastal environments. (Source: WHIT)
Important to Lake Baikal is the taiga, the dense coniferous forest that surrounds it.
De taiga, het dichte naaldbos dat rondom het meer ligt, is van groot belang voor het Bajkalmeer.
The idea is not to use Europe's deciduous or coniferous forests to produce advanced biofuels, just thinnings and wood scraps.
Het is niet de bedoeling dat voor geavanceerde biobrandstoffen Europese loofbosbestanden of naaldwouden worden gebruikt, maar alleen klein rondhout en afvalhout.