Indicators To Monitor And Evaluate The Sustainability Of Bioeconomy

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251317969

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Indicators to monitor and evaluate the sustainability of bioeconomy by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

FAO has been working for many years on non-food biomass products (including sustainable bioenergy) and biotechnology, and it received a mandate to coordinate international work on ‘food first’ sustainable bioeconomy by 62 Ministers present at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) 2015. Moreover, FAO has received support from the Government of Germany to develop guidelines on sustainable bioeconomy development (Phase 1: 2016; Phase 2: 2017-mid 2020). This involves work on the bioeconomy monitoring, including the selection and use of indicators. The ultimate aim of FAO’s work on sustainability indicators is to provide technical assistance to countries and stakeholders in developing and monitoring sustainable bioeconomy, more particularly on identifying suitable indicators in line with the Sustainable Bioeconomy Aspirational Principles and related Criteria, agreed upon in 2016 by the International Sustainable Bioeconomy Working Group created in the context of FAO’s project on Sustainable Bioeconomy Guidelines. These indicators shall help both policy makers and producers/manufacturers in monitoring and evaluating the sustainability of their bioeconomy strategies and interventions. In order to cover all the relevant aspects and issues for a sustainable bioeconomy, our approach identifies impact categories from the sustainable bioeconomy principles and criteria. The monitoring approach suggested is balanced, since it considers the three sustainability dimensions (social, economic and environmental); at the same time, it proposes to use a limited set of core indicators, to keep the monitoring feasible and cost-effective. The suggested methodology starts with a review of existing monitoring approaches to identify already available indicators, from which the authors.

Author : Bogdanski, A., Giuntoli, J., Mubareka, S., Gomez San Juan, M., Robert, N., Tani, A.
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251352380

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Guidance note on monitoring the sustainability of the bioeconomy at a country or macro-regional level by Bogdanski, A., Giuntoli, J., Mubareka, S., Gomez San Juan, M., Robert, N., Tani, A. Pdf

This guidance note describes a series of general steps to establish an effective and robust system to monitor the sustainability of the bioeconomy in a given country or macro-region. This note builds on lessons learned from existing experiences of national and macro-regional bioeconomy monitoring systems. It was jointly developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), under the mandate of the International Bioeconomy Forum.

Author : Gomez San Juan, M.
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org. [Author] [Author]
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251384077

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The bioeconomy toolbox by Gomez San Juan, M. Pdf

Bioeconomy is credited as being one of the key pillars for the FAO Strategic Framework 2022–2031 to support the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. [Author] More than 60 countries and regions have a dedicated bioeconomy or bioscience strategy today, and many more are already implementing the bioeconomy with plans and programmes, often also attempting to monitor and evaluate the progress towards the transition. [Author] Moreover, where trade-offs exist between different sustainability objectives, the bioeconomy offers an opportunity to realign the economy with the biosphere and account for the trade-offs in a holistic way. [Author] This toolbox provides a methodology to guide the development of bioeconomy strategies, and other elements to support its deployment, from dedicated governance systems, to monitoring frameworks to action on the ground. [Author] Many of the examples in this toolbox refer to knowledge gained through FAO experience, while being forward-looking and designed to help more countries and regions embark on or continue their journey towards building a sustainable bioeconomy. [Author] This aligns with FAO’s strategic mission over the next decade; FAO is the first United Nations entity to elevate bioeconomy to a corporate priority, including it as one of 20 programme priority areas under its Strategic Framework 2022–2031. [Author] This reflects the growing role that FAO sees for bioeconomy as a driver of sustainable agrifood systems transformation over the next decade. [Author]

Author : Piergiuseppe Morone,Dalia D'Amato,Nicolas Befort,Gülşah Yilan
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781009232555

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The Circular Bioeconomy by Piergiuseppe Morone,Dalia D'Amato,Nicolas Befort,Gülşah Yilan Pdf

The book offers a unique overview of the circular bioeconomy and its potential contribution to fostering sustainability globally.

Author : Kripal Singh,Milton Cezar Ribeiro,Ozgul Calicioglu
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 591 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780323954839

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Biodiversity and Bioeconomy by Kripal Singh,Milton Cezar Ribeiro,Ozgul Calicioglu Pdf

Biodiversity and Bioeconomy: Status Quo, Challenges, and Opportuniti es comprehensively delivers the latest developments in theories of biodiversity and ecosystem functi oning and their major implicati ons for biodiversity conservati on through diversifying agriculture, forestry, and biomass producti on systems and linking these developments with sustainability of bioeconomy. This book provides basic understanding of biodiversity and bioeconomy, diff erent views of their interrelati onship, and their links with sustainable development goals. It also examines the research and practi ce of biodiversity and ecosystem functi oning in agriculture, forestry, and biomass producti on systems to achieve sustainable bioeconomy. Finally, this book examines status, challenges, and opportuniti es for biodiversity-centered bioeconomy providing a way forward. Examines the status of scienti fi c understanding of biodiversity and bioeconomy and interrelatedness Describes challenges and opportuniti es for socioeconomic and ecologically sustainable development of bioeconomy Covers agriculture, forestry, and aquati c ecosystems and explores their biodiversity and bioeconomy potentials

Author : Peter Letmathe
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031547003

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Transformation Towards Sustainability by Peter Letmathe Pdf

Author : Dietershagen, J., Bammann, H.
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251382721

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Opportunities for youth in the bioeconomy by Dietershagen, J., Bammann, H. Pdf

This report provides a comprehensive analysis of key challenges and barriers to achieving greater youth inclusion in the bioeconomy. The analysis covers key factors (push/pull factors) that impact youth employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, such as education, vocational training, skills building, technology and business development. It also underscores the significance of considering economic development opportunities, rural–urban dynamics, and sustainable resource management when implementing policies. The study assesses the youth inclusiveness of current bioeconomy strategies and related policies and identifies six policy goals and how they need to be addressed for greater youth inclusion. Additionally, the report assesses specific youth employment opportunities and challenges in different sectors of the bioeconomy and provides a specific set of recommendations to support youth participation in the bioeconomy. Finally, the report provides generic recommendations for better youth inclusion and support in the bioeconomy. Overall, the report concludes that the bioeconomy offers considerable opportunities and is attractive to youth, but more needs to be done to support youth entrepreneurship and employment in the sector.

Author : Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin,Hakan Danis,Ender Demir
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031155314

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Eurasian Business and Economics Perspectives by Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin,Hakan Danis,Ender Demir Pdf

EBES conferences have been intellectual hub for academic discussion in economics, finance, and business fields and provide network opportunities for participants to make long lasting academic cooperation. This is the 24th volume of the Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics (EBES’s official proceeding series) which includes selected papers from the 37th EBES Conference – Berlin. The conference was jointly organized with the GLO (Global Labour Organization, a global, independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization based in Germany) with the support of the Istanbul Economic Research Association and in collaboration with the FOM University of Applied Sciences (Germany). Due to COVID-19, the conference presentation mode was virtual. In the conference, 177 papers by 379 colleagues from 54 countries were presented. Both theoretical and empirical papers in this volume cover diverse areas of business, economics, and finance from many different regions. Therefore, it provides a great opportunity to colleagues, professionals, and students to catch up with the most recent studies in different fields and empirical findings on many countries and regions.

Author : Emmanuel Koukios,Anna Sacio-Szymańska
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783030649692

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Bio#Futures by Emmanuel Koukios,Anna Sacio-Szymańska Pdf

This volume presents a timely recognition, warning and mapping of the fast approaching wave, or “bio-tsunami”, of global socio-technical transformation, built by a much wider spectrum of converging powers, including biotechnology, new agriculture, novel foods, health, quality of life, environment, energy, sustainability, education, knowledge management, and design of smart applications. The book contains eight sections corresponding to different clusters of bioeconomic and socio-technical change, as identified by the editors’ “Scanning the Horizon” foresight research; it also offers an integrated view of the future bioeconomy landscape though the convergence of several technologies that affect everyday life. The clusters offer methodologies for forecasting the future bioeconomy, and how these predictions can affect target-setting and the orientation of policies and actions to manage cultural and societal change, and achieve sustainable development in less developed areas. The book will be of interest to researchers, producers, logistics experts, policy makers, regulators, business and financial institutions, and biotechnologists (e.g. geneticists, food experts, etc.).

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264836105

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Carbon Management: Bioeconomy and Beyond by OECD Pdf

This report reviews a number of hybrid technologies that can be deployed to ‘defossilise’ economic sectors and sets out policy options to bring these technologies to commercial scale.

Author : Sanja Tišma,Anamarija Farkaš,Anamarija Pisarović,Marina Funduk,Iva Tolić
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000653380

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Economics, Ecology, and Policy for the Bioeconomy by Sanja Tišma,Anamarija Farkaš,Anamarija Pisarović,Marina Funduk,Iva Tolić Pdf

This book demonstrates that a holistic approach to the bioeconomy is essential if it is to achieve its full potential in driving economic growth while simultaneously providing ecological, social and technological benefits. Definitions of the ‘bioeconomy’ vary but in general it incorporates the ways in which societies manage and distribute their primary or secondary biological resources for further use in everyday life (e.g. food, materials, and energy). The classical sectors related to the bioeconomy have therefore been agriculture, forestry and aquaculture, now extended to include bioenergy, biofuels, biochemicals, and other processing and service industries. There are also related new concepts such us the blue economy, the green economy, and the circular economy. This book integrates these definitions, sectoral analyses and new concepts into a fully rounded study of the bioeconomy. It is argued that the key aims in the coming years have to be the harmonization of public policies between different sectors, regulation of legislative framework for the bioeconomy, and clear communication of these issues. In particular, the book argues that a strengthening of the monitoring and evaluation of the impacts of the bioeconomy on society is an essential starting point. For this to be effective, appropriate indicators need to be established and defined for the monitoring of the effects of these resilient policies related to bioeconomy and their impact on local and regional development and quality of life. This book will be essential reading for anyone interested in the bioeconomy including students and scholars of ecological economics, environmental economics, sustainability, innovation, and regional development.

Author : Alina Mihaela Dima,Elena Rodica Danescu
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05-28
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783031282553

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Fostering Recovery Through Metaverse Business Modelling by Alina Mihaela Dima,Elena Rodica Danescu Pdf

Through the lens of multi- and interdisciplinarity, this book highlights the potential of progress in cloud computing technologies, metaverse development, and digital transformation in charting a path to economic and social recovery, governance process and societal evolution enabling to tackle the global polycrises triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The book is an outcome of the 5th International Conference on Economics and Social Sciences, ICESS 2022, Bucharest, Romania.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Global Alliance of Geographical Indications
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-06
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251384763

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Developing a roadmap towards increased sustainability in geographical indication systems by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,Global Alliance of Geographical Indications Pdf

FAO and the Global Alliance of Geographical Indications (oriGin) have been collaborating since 2016 to develop the Sustainability Strategy for Geographical Indications (SSGI). This strategy for sustainable GIs aims to highlight and strengthen the relationship between GI systems and sustainability, raise stakeholders’ awareness of their role in GI sustainability and boost the sustainability performance of GI systems. Geographical indications (GIs) are signs used on products that originate from a specific territory and possess qualities or a reputation related to that origin. Through their establishment and management, GIs can stimulate endogenous development when ensuring leadership by local producers, product specifications that are tailored to local conditions and recognition by buyers of products’ origin-linked qualities. This guide provides a practical step-by-step roadmap for GI organizations that wish to engage on their own sustainability journey. The roadmap consists of three key stages: 1. prioritize sustainability topics for the GI system and engage with public and private stakeholders; 2. assess needs and establish a baseline for each priority topic; and 3. monitor and improve the GI system’s sustainability performances, and regularly review the roadmap in collaboration with allies. Communication is the fourth crucial and transversal component of the roadmap; it improves efficiency during the process and allows stakeholders to share and celebrate the results. By following the eight steps outlined in this guide, with detailed guidance, examples and models, GI practitioners will be able to design a sustainability roadmap for their GI system, together with stakeholders.

Author : Udaya Sekhar Nagothu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000047592

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The Bioeconomy Approach by Udaya Sekhar Nagothu Pdf

This book examines the bioeconomy concept, analysing the opportunities it can generate, the constraints and the potential benefits for society. The main objective of bioeconomy is to promote economic development, by creating jobs and enhancing the sustainable utilization of bio-resources. A primary driver of bioeconomy strategy, therefore, is the need to respond to the growing population's food and economic requirements. While today research and literature related to bioeconomy are limited, this book presents a unique collection of perspectives on the complex dimensions of the bioeconomy debate. Drawing on the experiences from Europe, Asia and Africa, it presents an international overview. The chapters address a wide range of issues, including coastal-land interactions, ecosystem services, food production, rural development, agriculture, forest management and bioenergy. As a whole, the volume outlines what role bioeconomy can play in contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) without compromising on the ecological sustainability and equitable distribution of benefits. The book concludes by providing recommendations for developing bioeconomy in respective sectors (agriculture, forestry, fisheries, renewable energy) and directions for planning future bioeconomy programmes and strategies. The Bioeconomy Approach will be of great interest to students and scholars of ecological economics, development economics and environmental economics, as well as policy-makers and practitioners involved in sustainable development.

Author : Suraini Abd-Aziz,Misri Gozan,Mohamad Faizal Ibrahim,Lai-Yee Phang
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 791 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-04-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783527348763

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Biorefinery of Oil Producing Plants for Value-Added Products by Suraini Abd-Aziz,Misri Gozan,Mohamad Faizal Ibrahim,Lai-Yee Phang Pdf

Biorefinery of Oil Producing Plants for Value-Added Products An instructive and up-to-date pretreatment and industrial applications of oil producing plants Biorefinery of Oil Producing Plants for Value-Added Products is a two-volume set that delivers a comprehensive exploration of oil producing plants, from their availability to their pretreatment, bioenergy generation, chemical generation, bioproduct generation, and economic impact. The distinguished team of editors has included a wide variety of highly instructive resources written by leading contributors to the field. This set explores the current and future potential of bioenergy production to address the energy and climate crisis, as well as the technologies used to produce materials like biogas, biodiesel, bioethanol, biobutanol, biochar, fuel pellets, and biohydrogen. It also discusses the production of biobased chemicals, including bio-oil, biosurfactants, catanionic surfactants, glycerol, biovanillin, bioplastic, and plant-oil based polyurethanes. Concluding with an insightful analysis of the economic effects of oil producing plants, the set also offers readers: A thorough introduction to the availability of oil producing plants, including palm oil, castor oil, jatropha, nyamplung, and coconut A comprehensive exploration of the pretreatment of oil producing plants, including the physical, chemical and biological pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass Practical discussion of the generation of bioenergy, including biogas generation in the palm oil mill and biodiesel production techniques using jatropha In-depth examinations of the generation of biobased chemicals, including those produced from the tobacco plant Perfect for researchers and industry practitioners involved with the biorefinery of oil producing plants, Biorefinery of Oil Producing Plants for Value-Added Products also belongs in the libraries of undergraduate and graduate students studying agriculture, chemistry, engineering, and microbiology.