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Fraunhofer researchers present a bioeconomy roadmap for resources conservation, climate protection, and food security

A biobased economy promotes a sustainable way of running our economy which intelligently reconciles ecology and economy and is aligned with natural material cycles. Food, materials and energy...

The wood-based bioeconomy can make an important contribution to sustainable management of the economy. This requires a systematic approach that takes economic, environmental and social aspects into consideration. Forests supply...

The German government is creating the basis for the sustainable use of biomass from forestry, agriculture and waste management. To this end, the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action, the Federal Ministry...

The Thünen Working Paper 149 "Setting up a bioeconomy monitoring: Resource base and sustainability" (Iost et al., 2020) was elaborated within the research project "Setting...

Hoping to support sustainability, countries have established policies to foster the bioeconomy (BE), based on the use of biomass and knowledge on biological principles. However, appropriate monitoring is still...

The following set of case studies from around the world demonstrates what can be and is being achieved through food systems policy and practice reform that promotes human...

Guidelines of the new bioeconomy strategy The new bioeconomy strategy provides the conditions to develop the full potential of the bioeconomy for Germany to strengthen its role as a bioeconomy leader and...

This research focuses on assessing the results of achieving circular economy (CE) goals in selected European countries for the period from 2010 to 2016. The European Union has imposed ambitious...

Ecological approaches to farming practices are gaining interest across Europe. As this interest grows there is a pressing need to assess the potential contributions these practices may...