Bioeconomy

Bioeconomy is the production of renewable biological resources and the conversion of these resources (including waste streams) into value added products. Its sectors and industries have strong innovation potential due to their use of a wide range of sciences, enabling and industrial technologies, along with local and tacit knowledge.1 The forest bioeconomy focuses on innovations in the circular use of forest products and resources. In the Mediterranean, forest bioeconomy has a strong focus on business models for Non-Wood Forest Products, recreational uses of forests, and social inclusion.

Green roof innovation as part of Go Suber project to modernise cork harvesting

The Catalan Cork Institute (ICSuro) is one of the 13 Spanish entities participating in the innovative project Go Suber (Operative Group for...

Non-wood forest products in Europe: seeing the forest around the trees

A major new publication paints a vivid and detailed picture on the value, role and potential of non-wood forest products (NWFP) in...

Will you invest in the next generation? Join us for YLP-MED 2020!

The first edition of EFI’s Young Leadership Programme – Mediterranean (2018) was a great success, with positive evaluations from participants and speakers alike. Will...

Innovations for non-wood forest products: final call for applications!

If you haven’t submitted your pitch for the INCREDIBLE Open Innovation Challenge, you still have time, but hurry! The application process will...

SWST International Convention 2020: Renewable resources for a sustainable and healthy future

One of the European Forest Institute's member organisations, InnoRenew CoE, will host the 63rd international convention of the International Society for Wood...

Greece releases legislation proposal on wild edible mushrooms

Wild edible mushrooms are a valuable natural resource which has gained prominent economic, gastronomic and ecotouristic importance in recent years in Greece. As a...

First PEFC-certified chestnuts enter the Spanish market

The Castilla y León Wood & Forest Services Center (Cesefor) has succeeded in putting the first PEFC-certified chestnuts on the Spanish market....

Pests, diseases and climate change impact on chestnut and pine nut supply

An interregional workshop on "Wild harvested nuts and berries in time of new pests, diseases and climate change", brought together stakeholders from...

INCREDIBLE project present at the workshop on thematic networks in EU agricultural innovation

On 11 June, EFIMED was invited to the 3rd Workshop on the role of H2020 Thematic Networks (TN) in EU Agricultural Innovation,...

What is mushroom picking worth? Data collection strategies and valuation methods in Catalonia

Mushroom picking is a growing recreational activity in Europe and has a rich history as a traditional practice in many areas across...

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SAVE approach for establishing NWFP marketing mix in Greek local mountain...

The contribution of Non-Wood Forest Products is especially important in the context of rural sustainable development. Nevertheless, their perceived economic and environmental...

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