The Present Status and Development Strategy of Biodiesel from Forest Tree

The total area of present wood oil forest is more than 8 million hm2 in China,the annual production of main woody oil tree species fruit is above 2 million t,among them,many tree species fruit can be transformed into raw materials of biodiesel,such as Jatropha curcas,Pistacia chinensis,Cornus wilsoniana,chinese tallow tree,tung oil tree,oil tea and so on.Some problems in the development of biodiesel from chinese forest tree were analyzed through introducing the distribution status of forest resources and present status of biodiesel at home and abroad,the development strategy of biodiesel from chinese forest tree was put forward.