Forest bio-based economy in Europe

Mubareka, Sarah; Jonsson, Ragnar; Rinaldi, Francesca; Azevedo, João; Rigo, Daniele de; Sikkema, Richard

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Forest bio-based economy in Europe

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dc.contributor.author	Mubareka, Sarah
dc.contributor.author	Jonsson, Ragnar
dc.contributor.author	Rinaldi, Francesca
dc.contributor.author	Azevedo, João
dc.contributor.author	Rigo, Daniele de
dc.contributor.author	Sikkema, Richard
dc.date.accessioned	2016-04-12T10:56:55Z
dc.date.available	2016-04-12T10:56:55Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.description.abstract	A bio-based economy may be defined as one using “...production paradigms that rely on biological processes and, as with natural ecosystems, use natural inputs, expend minimum amounts of energy and do not produce waste as all materials discarded by one process are inputs for another process and are reused in the ecosystem.” The transition towards a more sustainable primary production and resource efficiency will certainly benefit the environment but also induce a number of significant economic benefits, such as stimulating the economy through encouraging innovation and building new and competitive industries through the emergence of new sectors such as biomaterials and green chemistry. The bioeconomy in Europe already exists, and has been estimated at 2.4 billion Euro for 2012, employing more than 22 million people2. The Commission’s bioeconomy strategy and action plan aims at further shifting the European economy towards a greater and more sustainable use of renewable resources; however the transition towards a true bioeconomy relies on a series of breakthroughs in technology and cost effectiveness, as well as the pure availability of biomass.	pt_PT
dc.identifier.citation	Mubareka, S.; Jonsson, R.; Rinaldi, F.; Azevedo, João; de Rigo, D.; Sikkema, R. (2016). Forest bio-based economy in Europe. In San-Miguel-Ayanz, J., de Rigo, D., Caudullo, G., Houston Durrant, T., Mauri, A. (Eds.) European Atlas of Forest Tree Species. Luxembourg: European Commission. p. 20-23. ISBN 978-92-79-52833-0
dc.identifier.doi	10.2788/4251	pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn	978-92-79-52833-0
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10198/12881
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	European Commission	pt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversion	http://forest.jrc.ec.europa.eu/media/atlas/Forest_biobased_economy_in_Europe.pdf	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Non-wood forest products	pt_PT
dc.subject	Wood products	pt_PT
dc.subject	Ecosystem services	pt_PT
dc.subject	Pulp and Paper Industry	pt_PT
dc.subject	Climate change	pt_PT
dc.subject	Wood energy	pt_PT
dc.title	Forest bio-based economy in Europe	pt_PT
dc.type	book part
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person.givenName	João C.
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