The Belgian Interdisciplinary Platform for Industrial Biotechnology or BIPIB is a

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organization which consists of three working groups which come together on

biomass Biomass is plant-based material used as a fuel for heat or electricity production. It can be in the form of wood, wood residues, energy crops, agricultural residues, and waste from industry, farms, and households. Some people use the terms bi ...

supply, bioprocesses and

bioproduct Bioproducts or bio-based products are materials, chemicals and energy derived from renewable biological material. Bioresources Biological resources include agriculture, forestry, and biologically-derived waste, and there are many other renewable b ...

bio-energy Biomass is plant-based material used as a fuel for heat or electricity production. It can be in the form of wood, wood residues, energy crops, agricultural residues, and waste from industry, farms, and households. Some people use the terms bi ...

. It was founded by Els Van Weert,

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secretary for

sustainable development Sustainable development is an organizing principle for meeting human development goals while also sustaining the ability of natural systems to provide the natural resources and ecosystem services on which the economy and society depend. The des ...

and

social economy The social economy is formed by a rich diversity of enterprises and organisations, such as cooperatives, mutuals, associations, foundations, social enterprises and paritarian institutions, sharing common values and features: * Primacy of the i ...

. The BIPIB was given the mission to provide advise for a long-term strategy for developing

industrial biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used b ...

in Belgium. January 2009 update: The platform is not active and no recommendations were implemented.

Sources

From the farmer’s field to your compost heap: how bioplastics will reduce waste

Recommendations for industrial biotechnology

Country report of Bio-based economy: January 2009 update - page 6 II.A.i
Science and technology in Belgium {{Belgium-stub

See also

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