Wood bark and peat based bioactive compounds, specialty chemicals, and remediation materials:
from innovation to applications (FP7-KBBE-2008-2B-227239)

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Here you will find basic information about our project, which is funded by the EU's 7th Framework Programme for the duration of three years (1.5.2009 - 30.4.2012) in the programme area 2.3.3. Environmental biotechnologies, Use of waste and by-products, aiming at "Addressing the potential of biotechnology to detect, monitor, prevent, treat and remove pollution. Maximising the economic value of waste and by-products through new and potentially energy-saving bio-processes, alone or in combination with plant systems and/or chemical catalysts."
The specific call for the project was KBBE-2008-3-3-01: Upgrading of wood, wood-related residues and humic-origin substances to value-added chemicals and materials: from biological understanding to innovative applications – SICA (Russia) Call: FP7-KBBE-2008-2B

The strategy and value chain for upgrading of wood residues and substances of humic origin to value-added chemicals and materials in FORESTSPECS. The chart describes the two main types of basic raw materials as the starting points (bark on the left and peat on the right hand sides of the chart), the value-added secondary raw materials (towards the middle), and their possible application areas (middle of the chart) as bioactive substances (upper part, light blue), speciality chemicals (middle part, turquoise), as core substances in remediation materials (lower part, dark blue), or as sources of energy (bottom; not a topic for FORESTSPECS).