Use of Participatory Processes in Wood Residue Management from a Circular Bioeconomy Perspective: An Approach Adopted in Italy

Alessandro Paletto, Claudia Becagli, Francesco Geri, Sandro Sacchelli and Isabella De Meo
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Alessandro Paletto: Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria (CREA), Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, P.za Nicolini 1, 38123 Trento, Italy
Claudia Becagli: Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria (CREA), Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, 50125 Firenze, Italy
Francesco Geri: Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, Consorzio Interuniversitario Istituto Nazionale di Studi su Agribusiness e Sostenibilità, University of Florence, 50125 Firenze, Italy
Sandro Sacchelli: Department of Agriculture, Food, Environment and Forestry, Consorzio Interuniversitario Istituto Nazionale di Studi su Agribusiness e Sostenibilità, University of Florence, 50125 Firenze, Italy
Isabella De Meo: Consiglio per la Ricerca in Agricoltura e l’Analisi dell’Economia Agraria (CREA), Research Centre for Agriculture and Environment, 50125 Firenze, Italy

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-17

Abstract: The circular bioeconomy is aimed at achieving sustainable development through high efficiency utilization and resource recycling, and through combining environmental, economic and social objectives. Although the implementation of circular bioeconomy principles is based on a bottom-up approach, the participatory process has often been neglected. To overcome this problem, the present study investigated a case-study with a three-step participatory process. The process aimed to evaluate a forest-wood supply chain with consideration of the circular bioeconomy principles. A set of indicators was identified and assessed by a pool of experts. Then the members of a forest-wood supply chain were consulted to implement the identified actions. Finally, a focus group was organized with key stakeholders to discuss critical issues and strategies for enhancing the forest-wood supply chain locally. The results show that the proposed set of indicators is a useful tool to evaluate the performance of the forest-wood supply chain considering the circular bioeconomy principles. The results of the participatory process and related indicators’ assessment identified the main weaknesses of the forest-wood supply chain. The main strategies to develop the local forest-wood supply chain toward the circular bioeconomy principles were also defined with a participatory approach.

Keywords: European Union Green Deal; stakeholder involvement; public participation; bioeconomy indicators; bottom-up approach (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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