Dear Colleagues,

The forestry sector is often seen as a supplier of conventional products based on wood, pulp, and paper. The manufacture of these products originates large quantities of residual biomass, which, in most cases, has been used to generate energy. However, some forest residues and by-products are a source of bioactive compounds with functional properties and can be used as raw materials in the production of value-added products. New strategies and business models are emerging as a result of the growing interest in using these residues and by-products to develop new products. Moreover, non-wood forest biomass resources can be reinvented to be used by the industry as raw materials replacing fossil materials. In this way, a forestry sector with a greater contribution to sustainable development with a reduction in carbon and water footprints, and a reduction in pollution and waste generation, is expected.

This Special Issue invites original research and review articles covering different aspects related to the sustainable use of bioactive compounds present in forestry biomass. This topic welcomes publications that focus on bioactive compound extraction, purification, and characterization, and studies of their bioactivities. Additionally, we invite researchers to contribute with papers that focus on the use of forest bioactive compounds to develop new value-added products, such as chemicals, biofuels, pharmaceuticals, natural pesticides, and plant elicitors, as well as natural ingredients for food, animal feed, cosmetics, and nutraceuticals.

Dr. Cláudia M.B. Neves
Dr. Susana M. Cardoso
Dr. Dulcineia Ferreira Wessel
Guest Editors

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• forestry natural products
• phytochemicals
• bioactive compounds
• biological activities
• forest by-products
• extraction
• non-wood forest biomass
• circular bioeconomy