- Assessments of biomass potentials and land availability at regional, national and international levels;
- Assessment of recoverable biomass potential;
- Biomass mobilisation and logistics;
- Spatial modelling and remote sensing;
- Resources mapping.
SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES FOR DECARBONISING THE ECONOMY
1.1 Biomass resources and potentials
1.2 Innovative biomass production for energy integrated into traditional agri-forestry systems
- Innovative agri-forestry systems including biomass production for energy and materials;
- Bioenergy production integrated into agriculture and forestry;
- Biomass plantations increasing sustainability and ecosystem services;
- Novel crops, multi-purpose crops, intercropping and alternative cropping systems;
- Low ILUC impact feedstocks;
- Crops from marginal and degraded lands;
- Soil quality and soil fertility improvement – compost, digestate, biochar;
- Phytoremediation solutions for contaminated lands.
1.3 Algae and aquatic biomass production systems
- Identification, assessment and optimisation of algae strains;
- Technologies and systems for algae cultivation, nutrition and harvesting;
- Integration of wastewater treatment into algae systems;
- Algae production systems, marine farming systems;
- Aquatic waste streams;
- Aquaculture and aquatic waste streams;
- Algae harvesting, drying, oil and chemical extraction.
1.4 Agroforestry residues and by-products
- Supply of biomass and biomass by-products and residues from agriculture and forestry;
- Biomass mobilisation: characterisation, harvest technologies, logistics and storage;
- Resource efficient agriculture and forestry;
- Agro-food waste;
- Agro-industrial feedstocks and side streams.
1.5 Municipal and industrial wastes
- Potential of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) for bioenergy, biofuels and bioproducts;
- Availability of biowaste from MSW;
- Techniques for source separation;
- Industrial wastes;
- Downstream use of pulp and paper waste;
- Sewage sludge, slaughterhouse waste;
- Integrated waste management systems.