Natural capital

Natural capital consists of goods or services that originate in ecosystems. In spite of the fact that natural capital lies at the heart of our economy and is a cornerstone for human well-being, its stocks are being depleted.

What we do

The platform brings together 20 professors and over 100 researchers to

•     Raise awareness,
•     Perform High-quality integrated research,
•     Act as an independent think tank,
•     Take up the role as facilitator.

The goal is to develop innovative, credible, and use-driven approaches to better map, understand, manage and value the world's natural capital.
With both national and international focus, the platform has pursued no less than 450 projects over the past 10 years

• Read more about our goals
• Inspiring research efforts
• Contact: Prof. Peter Finke

AgroFBW

Research on plants and animals, sustainable production systems and enabling technologies to innovate agriculture.

• Inspiring research efforts
• Contact: Prof. Marie-Christine Van Labeke

Environmental science and technology

Interdisciplinary engineering for the protection of the environment.

• Inspiring research efforts
• Contact: Prof. Ingmar Nopens

Data-to-decision

Multidisciplinary engineering support of the entire data-to-decision cycle for science, industry and society.

• Inspiring research efforts
• Contact: Prof. Bernard De Baets

Green chemistry

Green Chemistry and the use of renewable resources for non-food applications focusses on the design, the study and the development of production processes to reduce the ecological and materials use footprint of the process.

• Inspiring research efforts
• Contact: Prof. Chris Stevens

Food, feed, health

Research of the complete food chain, from feed over to food to the impact of food on human health.

• Inspiring research efforts
• Contact: Prof. Koen Dewettinck

Biotechnology

Innovations through molecular characterization and sustainable engineering of biological systems.