The PinusResina initiative aims to identify/establish new value chains for the competitive and safe transformation and recovery of pine resin in high value-added products, with the mission of increasing the competitiveness and sustainability of Pinus pinaster and Pinus pinea forest in Portugal, in particular by enhancing resin constituents for new fine chemistry markets – resin chemical industry as the main economic factor in pine ecosystems; toxicity assessment of derived products; analyze the variability of resin composition, biotransformation and the exploitable capacity of waste resulting from its exploitation; and evaluate the sustainability of new value chains.
GO PinusResina
- Category: Resins
- Themes: Development of new products and derivatives
- Position in the value chain: Primary industry
- Type: Research
- Scale: National
- Country: Portugal
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- FACTSHEET OBJECTIVE
- Keywords: resin derivatives, resin harvesting, Resin industry, resin products
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