Barcelona BioEconomy Forum

05/12/2016

Engineered wood products and wood construction in the bioeconomy
Opportunities and challenges for Southern Europe

This dialogue offered the opportunity to strategically reflect on the trends in the European sawmill and wood construction sectors and the drivers behind them. It addressed the following questions: can we expect a significant increase in wood construction in Southwest Europe? Is it possible to shift the construction sector towards local wood? Where are the barriers and opportunities? What forest, industry and research policies will make that possible?

Experts from research centres, institutions and key stakeholders of the wood sector shared their views and experience in an exciting programme.

(Photos: Albert Garduño, EFIMED)

30/11/2016

Have a look to the first Bioeconomy Dialogue photo gallery!

Engineered wood products and wood construction in the bioeconomy Opportunities and challenges for Southern Europe This dialogue offered the opportunity to strategically reflect on the trends in the European sawmill and wood construction sectors and the drivers behind them. It addressed the following...

29/11/2016

Thank you all for coming to the first Bioeconomy Dialogue devoted to Engineered wood products and wood construction in the . We will share soon the presentations, conclusions and photographs. Stay tuned!

15/11/2016

Finally Italy has its own strategy on bioeconomy. This was announced by Paolo Bonaretti, representative of the Ministry of Economic Development, last week in Rimini, Emilia Romagna Region, during a…

14/11/2016

Marc Palahí, Director of the European Forest Institute, explains what the ‘bioeconomy’ is and how it will help us leave the fossil economy behind

14/11/2016

Watch ThinkForest live tomorrow!
Building an innovative and resilient forest bioeconomy

Join live to the International Press Center in Brussels, where speakers will be discussing how we can build an innovative and resilient forest bioeconomy. http://bit.ly/1P1G5HX

09/11/2016

The 2017 Bioeconomy Photo Competition is now open! A call for researches from across Europe to provide an inspired, imaginative and informative insight into the world of Bioeconomy research - Submissions until 5 December 2016.

http://commbebiz.eu/cbb-2017-photo-competition

08/11/2016

Is it realistic to expect large scale developments in bioeconomy considering the current low price of oil? EFI Director, Marc Palahí, believes that it is and considers the opportunities for a bioeconomy on a global scale.

Climate change is the defining issue of our times as it exacerbates other global challenges like water scarcity, food security, poverty and migration crisis. Syria and the current refugee crisis exemplify that well. Between 2006 and 2013...

04/11/2016

Join us on 29 November for the first Bioeconomy Dialogue devoted to Engineered wood products and wood construction in the bioeconomy: Opportunities and challenges for Southern Europe - Experts from research centres, institutions and key stakeholders of the wood sector will share their views and experience in an exciting programme.

This dialogue offers the opportunity to strategically reflect on the trends in the European sawmill and wood construction sectors and the drivers behind them.

11/10/2016

Bioeconomy is the future for the post-oil era!
http://m.ara.cat/opinio/marc-palahi-comencament-era-postpetroli_0_1667233264.html

La transició cap a una economia baixa en carboni és irreversible. La bioeconomia serà el nou motor de creixement

12/11/2015

Bioeconomy could be a path to follow by Europe and Russia for long-term strategic cooperation, according to Esko Aho, Göran Persson and Marc Palahí.

This article is written by

Esko Aho, Former Prime Minister of Finland and EFI's Strategic Advisor on Europe-Russia cooperation //
Göran Persson, Former Prime Minister of Sweden and President of Thinkforest //
Marc Palahí, EFI Director

25/06/2015

FairWild

A short cartoon to introduce the FairWild Standard and explain why it's so very important to our everyday lives - did you know many of the food and medicines you…