Research
What have we learnt?
During the last years, we have explored forest-based bioeconomy as an integrated system, focusing on the sustainable production, mobilisation, and governance of biomass resources. Research lines covered intensive biomass production systems, the optimisation of logistics and supply chains to enhance the efficiency and resilience of biomass flows from field to end-user, forest growth and economic models to support decision-making that balances productivity, biodiversity, resilience, carbon sequestration, and energy goals, among others. In parallel, we studied the socio-economic dimensions of the bioeconomy, examining household and industrial adoption of bioenergy, market interactions, and the effectiveness of policy instruments in accelerating the energy transition, and the risk of socio-environmental conflicts.
What have we learnt concerning biomass production systems?
What have we learnt concerning biomass supply chains and technology?
What have we learnt concerning forest management and modelling?
What have we learnt concerning bioenergy markets and policy?
Research networks
Landscape and Carbon Dynamics coLabs is a network that brings together researchers to study how landscapes function and change in a warming climate. We integrate field ecology, dendrochronology, remote sensing, forest management, and modeling to quantify ecosystem services and carbon dynamics, tracking stocks, fluxes, and sequestration potential across forests, agroforestry systems, and coastal–terrestrial interfaces.
Research syntheses
Those area synthesis papers, as a result of our studies in different projects.
Eucalyptus Plantations: Management, Modelling, Environmental Effects and Landscape Role [PDF] Over the last years, our studies have explored silvicultural management alternatives, growth and yield modelling, environmental assessments, and landscape implications of Eucalyptus cultivation. The results emphasise the potential of innovative management strategies such as thinning, pruning, and coppice-with-standards systems to enhance both productivity and wood quality. In parallel, modelling approaches, ranging from height–diameter equations to climate-sensitive growth and yield simulators, provide valuable tools for decision-making under changing climatic and market conditions.
Supervision of future research candidates
Interested about pursuing research within the biomass production research lines? Learn about theses and supervision