Promotion of residual forestry biomass in the Mediterranean basin

Promotion of residual forestry biomass in the Mediterranean basin PROFORBIOMED

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Προώθηση της υπολειμματικής δασικής βιομάζας στη λεκάνη της Μεσογείου
PROFORBIOMED was a strategic MED project under the transnational European Territorial Cooperation programme. Its main objective was the promotion of  renewable energy and improving energy efficiency, as an economic and social opportunity for rural areas, through energy use of forest residues and agricultural biomass

PROFORBIOMED (Promotion of residual forestry biomass in the Mediterranean basin) aimed at the promotion of renewable energy as an economic and social opportunity for rural areas, through energy use of forest residues and agricultural biomass. At the same time it envisaged the creation of new employment opportunities and the development of related industries in this area.
The main outputs were:
Assessment of the forest biomass available for energy production.
Transfer and adoption of know-how on sustainable forest management including forest biomass production chains and its use as an energy source.
Improvement of the rural areas governance, development of clusters and agreements between public and private actors.
Development of a model of public support to sustainable forest management and biomass production.
Identification of financing mechanisms for public and private investments.
Creation of new economic opportunities.

Domain
Forest-based bio/circular economy
Keywords
Logistics GIS biomass value chain
Type of solution
Collaboration platforms, logistical hubs
Digital solution
Yes
Innovation
Yes
Country of origin
Greece
Scale of application
Cross-border/multi-lateral (several countries)
Start and end year
2011 - 2014
Contact data
Owner or author
"Directorate-General for the Environment of the Region of Murcia for the Environment of the Region of Murcia"
Reporter
CluBE
References and Resources
Project under which this factsheet has been created
Rosewood 4.0