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  • FTP SIRA Update - Vision Targets

    Open consultation

  • The Forest-based Sector Technology Platform (FTP) is the European association representing the forest-based sector on research & innovation issues. FTP's work is based on its Strategic Innovation and Research Agenda (SIRA), a key document that outlines the targets to be achieved and the challenges to overcome across the entire forest-based value chain. We are currently updating the SIRA 2030, published in 2019, and we need the input of stakeholders from across the sector to ensure this new version accurately reflects today’s priorities and challenges. They should work towards the four main objectives to strengthen European competitiveness and resilience, fulfilling consumer needs, mitigating global challenges, and make sure we have healthy, resilient, and productive forests.

    In this first consultation, we will present the Vision Target areas representing different parts of the sector. For those relevant to your activities, we will ask your opinion on the importance of these areas and which targets/KPI we should use to measure the sector's evolution. 

    The updated documents—Vision and SIRA 2040—will be published in 2027. This is the first of four consultations designed to gather ideas and insights from the sector.

    To better understand the context of this SIRA update, please refer to the following presentation: Introduction to the 1st FTP SIRA Open Consultation

    The deadline to complete this questionnaire is 30 June 2025.

    We encourage you to share this consultation with any colleagues who may be interested in contributing.

    If you have any questions or would like to discuss this further, please contact Johan Elvnert at johan.elvnert@forestplatform.org.

    • SECTION I - PERSONAL INFORMATION 
    • SECTION II - WORK ACTIVITY 

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    • SECTION IIIa - VISION TARGETS - FORESTS & FORESTRY 

    • This section shows you only the 6 Vision Target areas (out of the 15) that are linked to the Forests & Forestry subsector. Here is a description of these Vision Target areas to facilitate your understanding and allow you to reply to the questions below.

      Under the headline "Raw material and resource efficiency", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas  Topics covered (challenges)
      Resource efficiency
      • Optimising raw material use by mastering its natural variations

      Under the headline "Health, safety and consumer comfort", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas  Topics covered (challenges)
      Skilled professionals for purposeful, safe jobs
      • How can forest bioeconomy education be reformed to align with job demands and attract youth?
      • Adopting jobs and organisations in an era of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
      • Improving operators' safety and ergonomics

      Under the headline "Sustainable Forest Management", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas Topics covered (challenges)
      Healthy ecosystems
      • Capitalizing on the interdependencies between forest management and healthy ecosystems and biodiversity
      • Strenghtening ecosystem resilience and fostering climate smart forestry
      • Enhancing the vital role of forests in regional and continental water supply
      • Mitigating wildfire risks in forested landscapes
      • Supporting good and fact-based policy development
      Wood mobilisation
      • Improving seeds, seedlings and plants to increase productivity and resilience
      • Using the digital revolution and AI for precision forestry
      • Empowering small-scale forest owners
      • New technologies and automation in forest operations
      • Foresight and impact studies on material flows and markets
      • Enhancing the valorisation of low quality tree residues
      Non-wood ecosystem services
      • Improving business opportunities for non-wood forest products
      • More additional value from non-wood ecosystem services
      • Providing forest benefits for urban and peri-urban societies
      • Forest expansion as a consequence of land-use change
      • Innovation in forest governance to promote forest-based benefits for society

      Under the headline "Future proof processes across the value chain: AI, digitalisation, robotisation", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas 

      Topics covered (challenges)

      Diversification of production technologies & logistics
      • Improving traceability and chain-of-custody throughout the value chain
      • Autonomous and/or electrified harvesting, transportation and processing systems
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    • SECTION IIIb - VISION TARGETS - WOODWORKING INDUSTRY 

    • This section shows you only the 12 Vision Target areas (out of the 15) that are linked to the Woodworking subsector. Here is a description of these Vision Target areas to facilitate your understanding and allow you to reply to the questions below.

      Under the headline "Raw material and resource efficiency", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas  Topics covered (challenges)
      Resource efficiency
      • Optimising raw material use by mastering its natural variations
      • Improving raw material efficiency in wood-based manufacturing
      Zero waste, circular society
      • Methods for cost assessment and optimisation of recycling systems
      • Develop upcycling processes that prolong the lifespan of wood-fibre based products and allow for new uses
      • Increasing reuse and recycling of biobased construction waste
      • New circular value chains integrating recyclability requirements

      Under the headline "Reducing emissions and energy consumption", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas Topics covered (challenges)

      Renewable energy for processes and society
      • Onsite renewable energy production

      Substitution of fossil-based chemicals and products
      •  Sustainable wood- and fibre-based products

      Reducing GHG emissions and achieving negative emissions
      • Carbon storage in materials, products and the built environment

      Under the headline "Health, safety and consumer comfort", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas Topics covered (challenges)

      Functional products and comfortable living
      • Living with wood, health and wellbeing
      • Indoor wood products and furniture
      • New modular building systems
      • Standardization and digital design tools for wood in construction
      • Engineered wood and composites

      Solving challenges related to Substances of Concern (e.g. for REACH)
      • New wood preservatives and preservation methods

      Skilled professionals for purposeful, safe jobs
      •  How can forest bioeconomy education be reformed to align with job demands and attract youth?
      • Adopting jobs and organisations in an era of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
      • Improving operators safety and ergonomics

      Under the headline "Sustainable Forest Management", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas Topics covered (challenges)

      Healthy ecosystems
      • Supporting good and fact-based policy development

      Wood mobilisation
      • Foresight and impact studies of material flows and markets
      • Enhancing the valorisation of low quality tree residues

      Under the headline "Future proof processes across the value chain: AI, digitalisation, robotisation", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas Topics covered (challenges)

      Diversification of production technologies & logistics
      • Adopting additive manufacturing technologies
      • Improving traceability and chain-of-custody throughout the value chain
      • Autonomous and/or electrified harvesting, transportation and processing systems

      AI and digitalisation for advanced processing
      • Software-based energy management and digital twins solutions
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    • SECTION IIIc - VISION TARGETS - PULP & PAPER INDUSTRY 

    • This section shows you only the 14 Vision Target areas (out of the 15) that are linked to the Pulp & Paper subsector. Here is a description of these Vision Target areas to facilitate your understanding and allow you to reply to the questions below.


      Under the headline "Raw material and resource efficiency", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas  Topics covered (challenges)
      Resource efficiency
      • Optimising raw material use by mastering its natural variations
      • Improving water balance and process water treatment
      Creating new biorefinery concepts
      • Exctracting and producing compounds with high-added value

      Zero waste, circular society
      • Advanced collection, sorting and separation technologies for paper recycling
      • Methods for cost assessment and optimisation of recycling systems
      • Develop upcycling processes that prolong the lifespan of wood-fibre based products and allow for new uses
      • Valorisation of recycling residues (non-paper components)
      • New circular value chains integrating recyclability requirements

      Under the headline "Reducing emissions and energy consumption", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas Topics covered (challenges)

      Renewable energy for processes and society
      • Offering heating and cooling for society
      • Advanced transport fuels (marine, aviation, etc.)
      • Onsite renewable energy production

      Significant energy and emission savings in production processes
      • Integral drying and heat recovery processes
      • Papermaking without water evaporation
      • Process changes and electrification
      • Mild pulping technologies

      Substitution of fossil-based chemicals and products
      •  Sustainable wood and fibre based products
      • Molecular building blocks for chemicals, polymers and materials

      Reducing GHG emissions and achieving negative emissions
      •  Carbon Capture technologies that efficiently integrate with the process energy flow
      • Bio-CCU for negative emissions

      Under the headline "Health, safety and consumer comfort", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas Topics covered (challenges)

      Functional products and comfortable living
      • Functionalisation of products such as textiles, packaging, hygiene and medical products

      Solving challenges related to Substances of Concern (e.g. for REACH)
      • Biobased additives and alternatives for biocides
      • Advanced separation and purification technologies
      • Functional barriers for food contact materials
      • Analytical methods tailored to forest industries and its products

      Skilled professionals for purposeful, safe jobs
      •  How can forest bioeconomy education be reformed to align with job demands and attract youth?
      • Adopting jobs and organisations in an era of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
      • Improving operators safety and ergonomics

      Under the headline "Sustainable Forest Management", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas Topics covered (challenges)
      Healthy ecosystems
      • Supporting good and fact-based policy development
      Wood mobilization
      • Foresight and impact studies on material flows and markets
      • Enhancing the valorisation of low quality tree residues

      Under the headline "Future proof processes across the value chain: AI, digitalisation, robotisation", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas Topics covered (challenges)

      Diversification of production technologies & logistics
      • Adopting additive manufacturing technologies
      • Improving traceability and chain-of-custody throughout the value chain
      • Autonomous and/or electrified harvesting, transportation and processing systems

      AI and digitalisation for advanced processing
      • Software-based energy management and digital twins solutions
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    • SECTION IIId - VISION TARGETS - MORE THAN ONE/OTHER 

    • This section shows all 15 Vision Target areas representing the whole value chain. Here is a description of these Vision Target areas to facilitate your understanding and allow you to reply to the questions below.


      Under the headline "Raw material and resource efficiency", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas  Topics covered (challenges)
      Resource efficiency
      • Optimising raw material use by mastering its natural variations
      • Improving raw material efficiency in wood-based manufacturing
      • Improving water balance and process water treatment
      Creating new biorefinery concepts
      • Exctracting and producing compounds with high-added value

      Zero waste, circular society
      •  Advanced collection, sorting and separation technologies for paper recycling
      • Methods for cost assessment and optimisation of recycling systems
      • Develop upcycling processes that prolong the lifespan of wood-fibre based products and allow for new uses
      • Valorisation of recycling residues (non-paper components)
      • Increasing reuse and recycling of biobased construction waste
      • New circular value chains integrating recyclability requirements

      Under the headline "Reducing emissions and energy consumption", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas Topics covered (challenges)

      Renewable energy for processes and society
      •  Offering heating and cooling for society
      • Advanced transport fuels (marine, aviation, etc.)
      • Onsite renewable energy production

      Significant energy and emission savings in production processes
      •  Integral drying and heat recovery processes
      • Papermaking without water evaporation
      • Process changes and electrification
      • Mild pulping technologies
       

      Substitution of fossil-based chemicals and products
      •  Sustainable wood and fibre based products
      • Molecular building blocks for chemicals, polymers and materials

      Reducing GHG emissions and achieving negative emissions
      • Carbon storage in materials, products and the built environment
      • Carbon Capture technologies that efficiently integrate with the process energy flow
      • Bio-CCU for negative emissions

      Under the headline "Health, safety and consumer comfort", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas

      Topics covered (challenges)

      Functional products and comfortable living
      • Functionalisation of products such as textiles, packaging, hygiene and medical products
      • Living with wood, health and wellbeing
      • Indoor wood products and furniture
      • New modular building systems
      • Standardization and digital design tools for wood in construction
      • Engineered wood and composites

      Solving challenges related to Substances of Concern (e.g. for REACH)
      • Biobased additives and alternatives for biocides
      • Advanced separation and purification technologies
      • New wood preservatives and preservation methods
      • Functional barriers for food contact materials
      • Analytical methods tailored to forest industries and its products

      Skilled professionals for purposeful, safe jobs
      •  How can forest bioeconomy education be reformed to align with job demands and attract youth?
      • Adopting jobs and organisations in an era of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
      • Improving operators safety and ergonomics

      Under the headline "Sustainable Forest Management", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas Topics covered (challenges)
      Healthy ecosystems
      • Capitalizing on the interdependencies between forest management and healthy ecosystems and biodiversity
      • Strengthening ecosystem resilience and fostering climate smart forestry
      • Enhancing the vital role of forests in regional and continental water supply
      • Mitigating wildfire risks in forested landscapes
      • Supporting good and fact-based policy development
      Wood mobilization
      • Improving seeds, seedlings and plants to increase productivity and resilience
      • Using the digital revolution and AI for precision forestry
      • Empowering small-scale forest owners
      • New technologies and automation in forest operations
      • Foresight and impact studies of material flows and markets
      • Enhancing the valorisation of low quality tree residues
      Non-wood ecosystem services
      • Improving business opportunities for non-wood forest products
      • More additional value from non-wood ecosystem services
      • Providing forest benefits for urban and peri-urban societies
      • Forest expansion as a consequence of land-use change
      • Innovation in forest governance to promote forest-based benefits for society

      Under the headline "Future proof processes across the value chain: AI, digitalisation, robotisation", you'll find the following VTs areas:

      Vision Target areas Topics covered (challenges)

      Diversification of production technologies & logistics
      • Adopting additive manufacturing technologies
      • Improving traceability and chain-of-custody throughout the value chain
      • Autonomous and/or electrified harvesting, transportation and processing systems

      AI and digitalisation for advanced processing
      • Software-based energy management and digital twins solutions
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    • Section IV - GDPR and data protection 

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