Foreword
Back in December of last
year, we reported on a new tool an interactive map had been published showing,
at the greatest ever resolution, all of the world’s available cropland. This at
the very least provided an interesting representation of the global food
situation (and some fun in the NNFCC office). The tool’s developers used it to
determine that there was 20% more available cropland on Earth than previously
thought, providing hope for future agricultural developments, both for food
production and the bioeconomy. One other kind of land classification that
hasn’t been so meticulously studied is marginal land; this kind of land is
difficult to define, but is broadly accepted to be land that is not easy to
directly profit from. Marginal land has often been touted as the solution to.........
Other News this Month Includes:
Policy
- Variety in European biowaste collection
- US proposes labelling for bioengineered food
Markets
- Veolia launches organic resource trading
platform
- High global wheat production leaves little
room for market problems
- EU Sugar Market feeling strain
- Strong demand for biomass in Asia
Research & Development
- Paper seeks to improve wood properties
- Funding for seaweed-to-biofuel project
- Tool aims to identify marginal land suitable
for bioenergy crops
Wood & Crop
- UK pellet shortage explained
- Project to develop polyamides from pulp
waste
- Increase in capacity for Immingham
pellet-handling facility
- Latest Enviva Track & Trace statistics
- Landmark land-use certification for UPM
- Wood Recyclers Association calls for clarity
on acceptable wood fuel
Events
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