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Press release…
Brussels, 28 November 2025 — The European Landowners’ Organization (ELO) welcomes the
publication of the new Strategic Framework for a Competitive and Sustainable EU Bioeconomy
and a clearer recognition that agriculture and forestry are central to Europe’s shift away
from fossil-based products.
As Europe faces growing climate, energy and competitiveness pressures, the bioeconomy represents one of the continent’s most strategic opportunities, provided that farmers, foresters,
and landowners are genuinely empowered to drive this transformation. To achieve this, the EU must remove long-standing obstacles to innovation and investment, from biocontrols to biobased chemicals and advanced biofuels. The new framework must simplify procedures, cut red tape and ensure fair returns for primary producers.
While circularity is crucial, primary biomass remains indispensable for decarbonisation. Delivering
Europe’s transition will require all sustainable options: bio-based materials, renewable energy from
biomass, biomanufacturing, biocontrol solutions, nutrient recycling and innovative value chains that
generate new income streams and rural jobs. This will in turn provide more investment and
dynamism to help land-based sectors adapting to unprecedented pressures.
ELO warns against policy interpretations that unintentionally undermine the viability of sustainable
land management, including overly rigid applications of the cascading principle and strict criteria.
Landowners need flexibility to choose the most practical, sustainable and economically viable
pathways for their biomass. Limiting options through prescriptive rules risks discouraging active
management, harming rural economies, and weakening Europe’s ability to have a transformative and
leading role in the bioeconomy. The focus should be on expanding their toolbox and not prioritising
monitoring tools alone. Primary sectors need to be fully involved in its implementation, risk
assessments, and regulatory design of such tools, a role in which their contribution is still too often
overlooked.
ELO stands ready to support policymakers in delivering the Strategy and to contribute actively to
the planned Stakeholders’ Platform to ensure that the Strategy becomes an engine of rural
prosperity, innovation, and long-term European resilience, while finally rewarding those who
sustainably manage Europe’s natural resources…
