Biomass Market Access Standards (BMAS)
Webinar Details
When:
May 13, 2014 2:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 01:15 (hh:mm)
Advance Registration NOT required.
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Presenter(s):
- Jody Endres (University of Illinois), BMAS Co-Chair
- David Muth, Senior Vice President for Analytics, AgSolver Inc.
CEU Credits/Certificate Offered:
- Certificate of Participation
- Conservation Planner (CP) - 1 hour Conservation Planning Credit
Virtual Event Format:
Group Viewing Available:
Bio-based energies no longer automatically qualify toward renewable energy mandates. Instead, they must prove their environmental and social credentials through verification systems that demonstrate achievement beyond fossil energy baselines. Several private standards have emerged in recent years to assist the sector in meeting certification requirements in Europe and the United States. Standards represent a paradigm shift—for the first time, many producers must formally account for their environmental and social impacts. Even where compliance standards are not applied, increasingly bio-based businesses require some form of sustainability assessment for business-to-business transactions. Assessments also can provide value to producers by identifying ways in which to increase operational efficiency.
Achieving certification poses many technical challenges to biomass producers and consumers. The Biomass Market Access Standards (BMAS) group brings together a diverse set of U.S. agricultural and forestry stakeholders from across industry, government, academia, and civil society organizations to not only develop standards, but the tools to credibly measure sustainability achievements. Complex agricultural and forest systems require these innovative solutions to overcome cost-prohibitive verification and ultimately provide value to the bioeconomy.
The webinar will introduce participants to BMAS’ producer and consumer standards and highlight some of the tools BMAS offers for their on-the-ground application in agricultural and short-rotation woody biomass contexts. We will highlight, too, considerations in integrating forestry standards into the BMAS standard.
"Supported by Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grant no. 2011-68005-30410 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture."
This webinar series is partially supported by The Renewable Resources Extension Act National Focus Fund Grant no. 2011-46401-31144 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture."
We would like to thank 25x'25 for their participation!
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