Industries
Forestry
What changes this industry: bio-solutions with evidence, technologies, suppliers and open money.
Overview of the industry
Dangerous chemicals used in forest protection and harvesting, and proven biological alternatives.
Products and processes need national authorization and site-specific engineering. The articles are overviews, not design or regulatory advice. Check current regulations.
Articles#
| ID | Alternative | Replaces | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| FO01 | Forest defoliator control (Siberian silk moth, spongy/gypsy moth, nun moth, pine moths) with Bt kurstaki, nucleopolyhedrovirus (NPV) and pheromone mating disruption | Aerial spraying of pyrethroids (cypermethrin, deltamethrin), organophosphates, and chitin-synthesis inhibitors (diflubenzuron) over forests | Replace |
| FO02 | Conifer root and butt rot (Heterobasidion) prevention by stump treatment with the competitive fungus Phlebiopsis gigantea (Rotstop) | Urea and borate (disodium octaborate) stump treatments; historically other chemical stump treatments | Replace |
| FO03 | Spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus) and pine beetle management by early sanitation felling, pheromone monitoring, anti-aggregation pheromones and forest diversification | Pyrethroid (cypermethrin, alpha-cypermethrin)-treated trap logs, insecticide-netted log piles, spraying of timber stacks; historically lindane | Partial → Replace (in combination) |
Suppliers — real products and services (from the vendor index)#
Collection-level join (2026-09-28): honest note — forest-specific biologicals are thin in the 1,320-company index; the closest active clusters are crop-protection biologicals and public research bodies. Open each card for evidence, contacts and status.
| Company | Region · Country | What the index shows | Card |
|---|---|---|---|
| AGROSAVIA | LatAm · Colombia | agricultural research (biologicals incl. forest-adjacent) | card |
| INIA Chile | LatAm · Chile | agricultural/institute research | card |
| Silvestre Perú | LatAm · Peru | biological inputs | card |
| Hektaş (BIST: HEKTS) | Africa/ME · Turkey | crop-protection & biologicals | card |
| Volcani Institute (ARO) | Africa/ME · Israel | agricultural research incl. biocontrol | card |
Reviewed but SKIPPED (no proven bio-alternative)#
| Substance / use | Hazard | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Herbicides in forest regeneration (glyphosate, hexazinone) | Groundwater contamination, biodiversity | Alternatives are mechanical (brush cutting, mulch mats) or nurse crops, not bio products; not covered |
| Nursery fungicides and soil fumigants (dazomet, metam) | Soil sterilization, worker exposure | Trichoderma and Bacillus nursery products exist (see crop article A04); forest-nursery evidence is less documented |
What it replaces 3
Screened candidates 1
| FO04 | chestnut blight control by natural and introduced hypovirulent strains instead of fungicides and felling drop — no verified figure at scale | D1 |
Technologies 21
| Bamboo bioeconomy The bamboo bioeconomy — engineered bamboo building materials (strand-woven timber, panels, framing and composite decking) from one of the fastest-growing plants … | Wood & construction |
| Bio-furniture (mycelium, grown wood, bacterial cellulose) Finished furniture and interior products grown or manufactured from mycelium, living trees trained into furniture shapes, and food-industry waste biopolymer — … | Polymers & materials |
| Bio-impregnation for wood Bio-impregnation for wood displaces chromated, solvent-based and petrochemical wood preservatives and finishes with renewable-feedstock chemistry: the … | Polymers & materials |
| Bio-stationery (algae paper, mushroom packaging) Paper made from agricultural and marine byproducts — Venice-lagoon algae, banana and sugarcane crop residue, grass fiber and wildflower-embedded seed paper — … | Cellulose & lignin |
| Cellulose, fibers & wood chemicals Industrial-scale cellulosic fiber production — viscose, Lyocell and cellulose acetate spun from wood pulp — that is displacing the toxic CS2 solvent process of … | Cellulose & lignin |
| Cultivated wood & plant scaffolds Lab-grown wood and engineered plant scaffolds — producing timber-like material from plant cell and tissue cultures, guided onto 3D scaffolds and lignified in … | Wood & construction |
| Ecosystem restoration The science and business of rebuilding degraded land — post-wildfire reforestation with drone seed-pods and biomass-burial carbon, arid-land Cocoon planting, … | Ecosystem restoration |
| Enzymatic cellulose bleaching Thermostable xylanase and laccase-mediator enzymes dosed directly into hot unbleached kraft pulp at paper mills, cutting chlorine dioxide consumption 20-30% and … | Cellulose & lignin |
| Forest & agroecosystem biomonitoring (smart) Smart biomonitoring of forests and agroecosystems fuses environmental DNA, satellite and LiDAR remote sensing, IoT sensor networks and AI to track biodiversity, … | Ecosystem restoration |
| Forest biopharma & phytochemicals Forest- and plant-derived pharmaceutical compounds and phytochemicals — paclitaxel from Taxus, curcumin, aged-black-garlic and standardized botanical extracts — … | Wood & construction |
| Green infrastructure and urban forestry Structural soil cells, professional urban-forest management services and moss-based biofiltration installations that let street trees and green infrastructure … | Ecosystem restoration |
| Lignin carbon fibers Production of sustainable, high-strength carbon fibers using technical lignin from the pulp and paper industry as a low-cost, bio-based precursor to replace … | Cellulose & lignin |
| Lignin-derived aromatic chemicals Depolymerising the lignin fraction of woody biomass into renewable aromatic platform chemicals — vanillin, phenolics, BTX and lignosulfonate dispersants — … | Cellulose & lignin |
| Lignin-first biorefining Fractionation that pulls lignin out of biomass first — sulfur-free, uncondensed and reactive enough for materials rather than for burning. The table carries … | Cellulose & lignin |
| Nanocellulose barrier coatings for paper Cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) and nanofiber (CNF) coatings that give paper and fiber-based packaging the oxygen, moisture and grease barrier performance … | Cellulose & lignin |
| Nanocellulose biomaterials & aerogels (CNC, CNF, BNC and cellulose aerogels) Cellulose nanocrystals, nanofibrils and bacterial nanocellulose — the strongest, lightest bio-based materials — and the cellulose aerogels and lignin … | Cellulose & lignin |
| Paper bio-dry-strength agents Bio-based dry-strength additives — cationic and thermally modified starches, cellulosic polymers and refining enzymes — that restore fiber-bonding strength in … | Cellulose & lignin |
| Paper bio-sizing agents Bio-based paper sizing agents — pine-gum rosin, fatty-acid-derived AKD, part-renewable vegetable-oil ASA, and biomass surface/transparentizing agents — that … | Cellulose & lignin |
| Sustainable forestry & forest management Managing forest ecosystems to balance continuous timber and biomaterial yields with carbon sequestration and biodiversity. | Wood & construction |
| Timber construction & bio-building Engineered wood for the load-bearing structure of buildings — cross-laminated timber, glue-laminated timber and laminated veneer lumber — replacing steel and … | Wood & construction |
| Wild-harvest bioeconomy The wild-harvest bioeconomy — non-timber forest products tapped, picked or foraged from wild stands: pine resin and terpenes (DRT), wild blueberries (Oxford … | Wood & construction |
Opportunities 1
| Grant | Strengthening evidence-based policies for the resilience of European agriculture and forestry and related … European Commission | Sep 23, 2027 351 days |