Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy

Economic growth and social progress which is sustainable in the future, not only for the present but also the coming generations. It combines economic development with protection of the environment and social...

Organic carbon in mineral and organic soils (including peat) to a specified depth. JRC, 2014, European Commission, Joint Research Centre – IET, Carbon accounting...

Secondary waste is waste generated from different sources and of different nature, i.e. waste generated in a process that is known as a waste treatment operation; it includes residual materials...

Sawnwood is wood that has been produced either by sawing lengthways or by a profile-chipping process and, with a few exceptions, is greater than 6 millimetres (mm) in thickness. Eurostat b...

Renewable energy sources, also called renewables, are energy sources that replenish (or renew) themselves naturally. Typical examples are solar energy, wind...

Roundwood production (the term is also used as a synonym for removals in the context of forestry) comprises all quantities of wood removed from the forest and other wooded land, or other...

See " Post-consumer wood"

Basic substances or mixtures of substances in an untreated state except for extraction and primary processing. In the broadest sense, these are: metal ores, non-metallic minerals, fossil fuels...

Any extraction of energy products in a useable form from natural sources. This occurs either when natural sources are exploited (for example, in coal mines, crude...

Measures the total energy demand of a country. It covers consumption of the energy sector itself, losses during transformation (for example, from oil or gas into electricity) and distribution...