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Carbondioxide emissionsEnvironmental questions are gaining more and more ground also in the agriculture. Pollution of water systems, decreasing quality of ground water, heavy metal accumulation in the ground and the increase of carbondioxide in atmostphere set new challenges for agriculture. The importance of agriculture as a producer of renewable raw materials for energy production and industrial use is increasing.
Willow plantations are used in waste management, landscaping and establishing green areas in towns. Willow is a plant that consumes a lot of water, grows rapidly and tolerates and stores heavy metals. Because of those properties it is used as a so called vegetation filter purifying areas already afflicted with high heavy metal content, waste waters, sludge and seepages.