Bioeconomy

Roundwood production comprises all quantities of wood removed from the forest felling site during a defined period.

Roundwood production, k m³

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Economic activities include the forest-based sector (forestry and logging and the primary processing activities) and the wood-based secondary processing and manufacturing activities.

Employment, turnover, and value-added for the forest and forest-based sector typically refers to economic activities such as forestry and logging, manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, and manufacture of paper and paper products.

A substantial part of the employment, turnover and value added in Europe’s wood-based sector takes place in downstream parts of value chains. Below, a more comprehensive overview is presented of economic indicators for the forest-based sector (forestry and logging and the primary processing activities), as well as wood-based secondary processing and manufacturing activities.

Employment by sector, 1000 persons

Forest-based bioeconomy employment encompasses the workforce distributed in different sectors, comprising forestry, primary processing and secondary processing and manufacturing.

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Turnover by forest sector, M EUR

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Value added, M EUR

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Harvesting and logging activities are not considered deforestation when the forest regenerates naturally or by silvicultural measures.

Fellings and increment, M m³

Fellings in Austria remain on a sustainable level, meaning that fellings do not exceed net annual increment in forests available for wood supply.

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Within a range of products and services generated by forests, wood is highlighted as the main raw material for the forest bioeconomy sector. Wood is a versatile material used in different industries. Sawmills, panels, pulp, pellets, and energy are some of the traditional industries of the forest sector.

Share of wood use for materials and energy in 2020, %

In Austria, the biggest wood processing industry for material use is the sawmill industry. Whilst 44% of the domestically produced and imported woody biomass is used to produce energy.

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Changes in wood use from 2010 to 2020, k m³ over bark

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Note: ^[2] SWE is solid wood equivalent (thousand cubic meters under bark)

Forests provide many types of products, which include a wide variety of non-wood forest products (NWFP) such as berries, mushrooms, aromatic and decorative plant material, saps and resins, nuts, honey and wild meat. Their economic and social importance is considerable but available data on NWFP are mostly incomplete and difficult to compare.