Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy

Quantitative bioeconomy simulation models aid our understanding of the complex market driven dynamics accompanying the transition to a net-zero economy. This research addresses knowledge gaps in EU...

Preferring regenerated cellulosic fibers (RCFs) over alternative textile fibers can avoid fossil-based emissions. The estimation of substitution impacts relies on a host of market assumptions...

Halving food waste by 2030 is an ambitious target of the Sustainable Development Goals, echoed by the Farm to Fork Strategy within the European Green Deal. This report offers a comprehensive...

The EU's Green Deal sets out a vision for a clean, competitive, climate neutral circular economy. As a part-solution for decarbonising its industrial base and improving its strategic...

The decision-making landscape to maximize the use of sustainable biomass resources, and achieve long-term environmental and socioeconomic benefits, is complex with a high level of uncertainty in biomass supply and logistics, technical...

The workshop will provide an up-to-date overview of the bioeconomy and its contributions to the sustainable development goals (SDGs). Measurement and monitoring issues will be discussed together with the recent...

Improving the efficiency of the forestry sector will have an important impact on our possibility to attain long-term sustainability and mitigate climate change. In this study, attainable, and sustainable, efficiency...

In a growing bioeconomy, traditional forest products markets change and diversify. Fossil-based inputs in the chemical, textile, apparel and downstream industries can be replaced by lignocellulose-based products...

Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) has become an important pillar of modern forest management, and one way to evaluate the sustainability of forestry is to assess long-term supply of ecosystem...

This session of the Circular@WUR conference will focus on where the EU bioeconomy currently stands. Four speakers will present their insights based on their work within...