Swinda F. Pfau

Radboud University | RU · Institute for Science, Innovation and Society

The use of residual biomass for the production of bioenergy and biomaterials is often suggested as a strategy to avoid negative effects associated with dedicated biomass production. One potential source is biomass from landscape management. The goal of this study was to find the lowest net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of various applications of r...

Dutch riverine areas are managed intensively to ensure the provision of various ecosystem services. Vegetation management, including pruning and mowing, produces a woody and grassy biomass as a by-product. In the past, this residual biomass has been treated as a waste product. Now there is a change of perspective; biomass is valued as a potential a...

Background Biogas plays a major role in two policy domains: the renewable energy domain and the bio-economy domain. The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship of current biogas practices with the two policy domains and to identify how biogas can contribute to both. Methods The paper is based on an analysis of views and ideas gained i...

The transition to a bioeconomy is generally considered as a step towards increased sustainability. However, increased biomass production can have several negative impacts and as a consequence, many cultivated biomass resources are unsustainable, thereby counteracting the sustainability objective of the bioeconomy. One proposed alternative is the us...

The rise of the bioeconomy is usually associated with increased sustainability. However, various controversies suggest doubts about this assumed relationship. The objective of this paper is to identify different visions and the current understanding of the relationship between the bioeconomy and sustainability in the scientific literature by means...