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Availability of sufficient biomass for food, feed, fibres or fuel is of vital importance. Biomass Research is devoted to the analysis of biomass availability and sustainability. Our mission is to provide scientific evidence on actual and potential production and use of biomass. We believe that availability of good quality data is a prerequisite for the design and implementation of effective, fair and social just policy measures that are needed to guarantee sufficient availability of good quality biomass.

Our motto:
more data and better interpretation = less speculation

Not all biomass use is effective. Nor does the production of bioproducts such as biofuels always serve goals of development or social justice. We at Biomass Research feel that it is crucial to have a good overview of the impacts – positive and negative, planned or unintentional - that biofuels (or any other product based on biomass) may have.

Collecting, analysing and presenting such information is an important element in the process of developing efficient and just production processes. This is why Biomass Research, together with our partner Zero-e, has developed a Sustainability Quick Scan. The scan presents sustainability scores for biofuel or other production chains along the following dimensions: the way the chain helps to reduce GHG emissions, conserve biodiversity, limit competition for natural resources, interacts with food and land prices, provides economic prosperity and stimulates local well-being.

The first results of the Sustainability Quick Scan are promising. Check them at Quick Scan.


Hans Langeveld