0 present participle of coppice --
1 to cut trees or bushes back in order to form a small, closely planted area --
We agree that there is a significant future potential for the use of willow by short rotation coppicing.
Those areas are organic farming—we currently import most products—flax growing, coppicing and the growing of fuel crops.
Using it for biofuel crop production—for biodiesel, short-rotation coppicing or elephant grass to fuel combined heat and power plants—would have multiple benefits.
There may be some value in the old art of coppicing for the production of biofuel from some of the smaller areas of lowland farms.
Studies of the financial viability of hazel coppicing indicate that, if harvested every eight years, the highest quality might produce some £9,000 per acre.
Even coppicing for baskets or charcoal might be a possibility.
Larger gaps may have brought about a more substantial change in species composition, but the relative contribution of regrowth from coppicing compared with regeneration from seed renders this unlikely.
Despite the increase in damage to trees in the 1-5 m height class, the majority were in average to good condition and many damaged trees had responded by coppicing.
