Call 01 - single stage (2026) · Understanding biomass flows in Europe

Project results are expected to contribute to all the following expected outcomes: • enhanced understanding of the environmental, social and economic potential of the supply of different biomass types (from local to international perspectives), as well as its sustainability implications, including biodiversity and (air, water and soil) pollution, synergies and tensions; • enhanced capacity of private and public stakeholders to increase resource efficiency in utilising…

There is a need to better understand the production and use of biomass, a limited resource, in its various types. Bioeconomy, and biomass as its essential feedstock, provides solutions on various dimensions (environmental, social and economic). However, there are biomass-related challenges to overcome: the EU forest carbon sink is below the target and declining in most countries and the need to restore ecosystems and halt biodiversity loss[1]. This implies that biomass…