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By: Hans JansenUNECE

Economic Cooperation and Integration Division

Geneva, 5 December 2007

The UNECE/ECID capacity building project for the sustainable development of biomass production and marketing in the UNECE

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Biomass

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Biomass in UNECE project includes:

-Woody biomass

-Crop residues

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UNECE W orking Areas

Econom ic Cooperation and In tegration

Statistics

Energ yEnvironm ent, Housing and Land M anagem ent

Transport

Trade

Tim ber

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Integrated Approach• Enterprise Development• Sustainable development of the agro/forest

sector• Certification• Training and education• Biomass trade logistics• Port logistics• Trade facilitation procedures

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Biomass Demand in Europe

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Timber Resources of Russia

Ekaterinburg

St.-Petersburg

Moscow

Novosibirsk

Nizhni Novgorod

Rostov–on-Don

North-West Federal DistrictResources - 8063.0 million m3

Far-East Federal DistrictResources – 21023.0 million m3

Siberian Federal DistrictResources – 30718.0 million m3

Ural Federal DistrictResources - 6885.0 million m3

Central Federal DistrictResources – 2317.0 million m3

Privolzhsky Federal DistrictResources – 4053.0 million m3

North-Caucasian Federal DistrictResources – 539.2 million m3

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Biomass Producers

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Bulk Terminal Rotterdam

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Creating Sustainable Biomass Sector

• Inter-sectoral cooperationEnterprise Development and “high-growth” SMEsEnvironment, Sustainable Energy and Combating Climate ChangeTrade, Transport

• Cooperation with the private sector along entire logistics chainForest- and agro residue producers Transport operators (rail, road, port)International bulk tradersEnergy producers (electricity; district heating)

• Concrete ResultsIntegrated solutions for the entire logistics chainCoordinated approach involving all stakeholders: private sector,governments, academia, local communities, NGOs

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The logistics chain

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For Further Information:

Hans JansenProject Manager

UNECE Economic Cooperation and Integration Division

Tel: 41 22 917 37 28hans.jansen@unece.org