Abstract call to FOBI Sessions

FOREST AND BIOECONOMY (FOBI RC): 

Transition to a low-carbon and resource-efficient society in Europe and globally is a key requirement for climate change mitigation, to which forests and the forest-based bioeconomy can contribute largely. However, in sustainable and climate-smart forest management and utilisation, we must simultaneously take into account multiple ecosystem services, climate-induced risks to forests and forestry (e.g., storms, drought, forest fires, and bark beetles), and the need to adapt to and mitigate climate change.  It also requires the development, production and marketing of innovative forest-based products that could replace fossil-intensive products and increase the carbon storage of wood-based products. In FOBI, we aim to provide the necessary scientific knowledge needed to transfer into a biosociety, that relies on sustainably managed and utilized forests and sustainable production and consumption of pro-environmental products and services to mitigate climate change.

In our thematic session, we will discuss science-based solutions needed for improving the sustainable and multifunctional management and use of forests for different ecosystem services and creating and accelerating sustainable bioeconomy markets and businesses in the forest-based bioeconomy.  

Possible research themes to be covered in presentations: 

• Sustainable forest management for different uses
• Evolving technologies for converting sustainable forest-based value
• Sustainable transitions in society and forest use