The GRAS Project
The development of GRAS has been supported by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture through the Agency for Renewable Resources (FNR) within the project “Development of the GRAS prototype to support an environmentally friendly use of resources for a sustainable bioeconomy”.
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Support a sustainable bioeconomy
The objective of the project was the development of the GRAS prototype to support the environmentally sound use of resources for a sustainable bioeconomy. The prototype has been intended to assist in the establishment and monitoring of sustainable and deforestation-free supply chains. Changes in land use are to be documented by the analysis of high-resolution remote sensing data and data from the latest generation of satellites.
New technologies and procedures have been developed and tested to arrive at the most accurate statements possible even in difficult situations (e.g., small-scale plots) and in new applications (e.g., forestry, fire alerts). Small farmers are to be integrated as part of a so-called Landscape Approach.
Traceable and transparent supply chains
Ecological and social sustainability aspects should be comprehensively presented and combined in risk factors. The project has been carried out over a period of three years with partners from Europe as well as from North and South America. Regionally, the prototype covers important biomass-producing regions of the world: EU, USA, Canada, Central and South America (selected countries) and Southeast Asia.
Stakeholder Integration
Stakeholders have been integrated into the development work over the entire project period. For this purpose, workshops and information events have been held. Bioeconomic needs have been derived from the stakeholder dialogue and have been an essential basis for project developments. Another basis has been an up-to-date assessment of new technologies and their possible uses in the project.
29 April 2024, EUDRx Launch Webinar: Navigating the EU Regulation on Deforestation-free Products with GRAS
GRAS conducted a comprehensive risk analysis in accordance with German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) for the members of the German Coffee Association
Let’s celebrate: GRAS has successfully launched the GRAS Tool+ for the next level of sustainability analysis
Events: GRAS presented at the Symobio 2.0 status conference
GRAS, a project member of Symobio 2.0, presented its progress in mapping crop-driven deforestation in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brazil, and the Brazilian state of Bahia.
GRAS supports the German Coffee Industry in Complying with the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Law
GRAS innovative platform for palm oil risk assessment
Introduction to ARIA platform the new GRAS service for palm risk assessment.
GRAS presents at the Food Security Standard (FSS) Due Diligence Webinar on the 29th of November 2022
GRAS is part of the Food Security Standard (FSS) Due Diligence Webinar Series, presenting solutions for companies to conduct risk analyses along the supply chain and the progress on the integration of food security criteria into the GRAS Tool.
The Bioeconomy Monitoring Hub
21 Feb 2022 – The SYMOBIO research team is developing systemic monitoring – and a new website, which is being set up as a central platform for bioeconomy monitoring. GRAS will contribute with the expertise in Remote Sensing to the holistic picture of bioeconomy within this research project.
Explore dataset for China and India in the GRAS Tool
23 April 2020 – GRAS Tool is now available for 48 different countries providing relevant information on biodiversity, carbon stock land use change, social indices and fire. Explore the full range of functionalities and datasets within the GRAS Tool.
Thailand, Vietnam and Kenya now available in the GRAS Tool
12 Sept 2019 – Information on biodiversity, land use change, carbon stock and social indices are now available for a total of 46 countries. Access the GRAS Tool and explore its various functionalities and datasets.
