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Towards a Sustainable Bioeconomy: Principles, Challenges and Perspectives

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Editors:
  1. Walter Leal Filho

    1. Faculty of Life Sciences, HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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  2. Diana Mihaela Pociovălișteanu

    1. “Constantin Brancusi” University of Târgu Jiu, Târgu Jiu, Romania

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  3. Paulo Roberto Borges de Brito

    1. Department of Management, College of Business, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA

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  4. Ismar Borges de Lima

    1. Institute for Agrarian & Regional Development, Federal University of Southern and Southeastern Pará, Marabá, Brazil

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  • Covers the social sciences, economics, business, education, and the environmental sciences
  • Comprehensively describes innovations in the field of bioeconomy, filling an important market niche
  • Provides a sound basis for promoting further research and practical efforts in sustainable bioeconomy

Part of the book series: World Sustainability Series (WSUSE)

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Bioeconomy: Concepts, Fundaments and New Approaches

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Fostering Sustainable Bioeconomies: The Role of Conscious Consumption

      • Madhavi Venkatesan
      Pages 3-16

    3. Service-Based Bioeconomy—Multilevel Perspective to Assess the Evolving Bioeconomy with a Service Lens

      • Päivi Pelli, Jyrki Kangas, Jouni Pykäläinen
      Pages 17-42

    4. Environmental Sustainability Indicators for the Bioeconomy

      • Tiina Pursula, Maija Aho, Ida Rönnlund, Minna Päällysaho
      Pages 43-61

    5. A Macroeconomic Perspective on Green Growth

      • Mounaim Sebastian Rhozyel, Jolanta Žalpytė
      Pages 63-73

  3. Bioeconomy: Industry, Market and Financing Possibilities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
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    2. The Biodiversity Finance Initiative: An Approach to Identify and Implement Biodiversity-Centered Finance Solutions for Sustainable Development

      • Marco Arlaud, Tracey Cumming, Ian Dickie, Marlon Flores, Onno van den Heuvel, David Meyers et al.
      Pages 77-98

    3. Bioeconomy Opportunities in the Danube Region

      • Miklós Gyalai-Korpos, Zoltán Szabó, Miklós Hollósy, Bence Dávid, Kinga Pencz, Csaba Fehér et al.
      Pages 99-116

    4. Barriers to Acceptance of Bio-Based Substitutes: How Schema Incongruity Can Hinder the Purchase of Bio-Based Products

      • Katja Rudolph
      Pages 117-133

    5. Key Factors for the Successful Implementation of Payments for Environmental Services and Offsets for Biodiversity Management and Sustainable Development

      • P. Puydarrieux, A. L. Mésenge
      Pages 135-151

  4. Bioeconomy: Innovative Approaches and Technological Possibilities

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 153-153
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    2. Development of Blue Revolution Through Integrated Bio-cycles System on Tropical Natural Resources Management

      • Cahyono Agus
      Pages 155-172

    3. Local Knowledge and Resources as Driving Forces of Sustainable Bioeconomy

      • Maris Klavins, Vaira Obuka
      Pages 173-186

    4. Tropicalizing Sustainable Bioeconomy: Initial Lessons from Ecuador

      • Daniel V. Ortega-Pacheco, Ariel Silva, Alfredo López, Ramón Espinel, Diego Inclán, María J. Mendoza-Jiménez
      Pages 187-203

    5. Economic Assessment of Tourism Based on Shark-Seeing and Diving as a More Profitable Activity Than Commercial Fishing

      • Yessica Miriam Plata Zepeda, Patricia Ramírez Romero, Fabíola S. Sosa-Rodríguez
      Pages 205-230

  5. Bioeconomy: Advances on Agriculture, Biofarming and Food Production

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 231-231
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    2. Potential for Sustainable Urban Food Production in a Medium Scale City in Germany

      • Kay Plat, Andreas Meyer, Petra Schneider, Kai Perret
      Pages 233-260

    3. Building Bioeconomy in Agriculture: Harnessing Soil Microbes for Sustaining Ecosystem Services

      • Raj Rengalakshmi, Manjula M., V. R. Prabavathy, S. Jegan, B. Selvamukilan
      Pages 261-277

    4. Revitalisation of Agricultural Biomass for an Industrial Bio-economy, Case Studies on South Africa and Netherlands Bio-economy

      • Marie Blanche Ting, Jim Philp
      Pages 279-305
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About this book

This book gathers contributions from scientists and industry representatives on achieving a sustainable bioeconomy. It also covers the social sciences, economics, business, education and the environmental sciences. There is an urgent need to optimise and maximise the use of biological resources, so that primary production and processing systems can generate more food, fibre and other bio-based products with less environmental impacts and lower greenhouse gas emissions. In other words, we need a “sustainable bioeconomy” – a term that encompasses the sustainable production of renewable resources from land, fisheries and aquaculture environments and their conversion into food, feed, fibre bio-based products and bio-energy, as well as related public goods.
 
Despite the relevance of achieving a sustainable bioeconomy, there are very few publications in this field. Addressing that gap, this book illustrates how biological resources and ecosystems could be used in amore sustainable, efficient and integrated manner – in other words, how the principles of sustainable bioeconomy can be implemented in practice.
 
Given its interdisciplinary nature, the field of sustainable bioeconomy offers a unique opportunity to address complex and interconnected challenges, while also promoting economic growth. It helps countries and societies to make a transition and to use resources more efficiently, and shows how to rely less on biological resources to satisfy industry demands and consumer needs.
 
The papers are innovative, cross-cutting and include many practice-based lessons learned, some of which are reproducible elsewhere. In closing, the book, prepared by the Inter-University Sustainable Development Research Programme (IUSDRP) and the World Sustainable Development Research and Transfer Centre (WSD-RTC), reiterates the need to promote a sustainable bioeconomy today.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Life Sciences, HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  • “Constantin Brancusi” University of Târgu Jiu, Târgu Jiu, Romania

    Diana Mihaela Pociovălișteanu

  • Department of Management, College of Business, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA

    Paulo Roberto Borges de Brito

  • Institute for Agrarian & Regional Development, Federal University of Southern and Southeastern Pará, Marabá, Brazil

    Ismar Borges de Lima

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