IAP-NOT: Invasive Alien Plants - Pelleting

* Technical Challenges - Existing expertise and infrastructure in respect of `Working for Water` programmes exist, and pelleting equipment can easily be scaled to suit requirements. * Cost Challenges - The ten top projects are feasible, producing wood pellets within the range of current fuelwood and charcoal prices locally. * Policy Challenges - The projects are feasible and well aligned with existing expertise and infrastructure in respect of `Working for Water` programmes. Integration with DEA `Working for Energy` required. * Environmental Challenges - The net impact on greenhouse gas emissions is at best neutral, given that sequestrated carbon will be removed in the short term and may not be replaced by indigenous biomass entirely. If pellets are used mostly for fuelwood replacement, net effects are limited to production emissions.