Towards a Sustainable Bioeconomy: Principles, Challenges and Perspectives (World Sustainability Series)

"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 a more 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."--Page 4 of cover Front Matter ....Pages i-x Front Matter ....Pages 1-1 Fostering Sustainable Bioeconomies: The Role of Conscious Consumption (Madhavi Venkatesan)....Pages 3-16 Service-Based Bioeconomy—Multilevel Perspective to Assess the Evolving Bioeconomy with a Service Lens (Päivi Pelli, Jyrki Kangas, Jouni Pykäläinen)....Pages 17-42 Environmental Sustainability Indicators for the Bioeconomy (Tiina Pursula, Maija Aho, Ida Rönnlund, Minna Päällysaho)....Pages 43-61 A Macroeconomic Perspective on Green Growth (Mounaim Sebastian Rhozyel, Jolanta Žalpytė)....Pages 63-73 Front Matter ....Pages 75-75 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 Bioeconomy Opportunities in the Danube Region (Miklós Gyalai-Korpos, Zoltán Szabó, Miklós Hollósy, Bence Dávid, Kinga Pencz, Csaba Fehér et al.)....Pages 99-116 Barriers to Acceptance of Bio-Based Substitutes: How Schema Incongruity Can Hinder the Purchase of Bio-Based Products (Katja Rudolph)....Pages 117-133 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 Front Matter ....Pages 153-153 Development of Blue Revolution Through Integrated Bio-cycles System on Tropical Natural Resources Management (Cahyono Agus)....Pages 155-172 Local Knowledge and Resources as Driving Forces of Sustainable Bioeconomy (Maris Klavins, Vaira Obuka)....Pages 173-186 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 Economic Assessment of Tourism Based on Shark-Seeing and Diving as a More Profitable Activity Than Commercial Fishing (Plata Zepeda Yessica Miriam, Patricia Ramírez Romero, Fabíola S. Sosa-Rodríguez)....Pages 205-230 Front Matter ....Pages 231-231 Potential for Sustainable Urban Food Production in a Medium Scale City in Germany (Kay Plat, Andreas Meyer, Petra Schneider, Kai Perret)....Pages 233-260 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 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 Mangrove Restoration an Economical Alternative for Generating Incomes (Ángel Sol Sánchez, Gloria Isela Hernández Melchor, Juan Manuel Zaldívar Cruz, Carlos Alberto Zúñiga González, José Luis Santiváñez Galarza)....Pages 307-317 Green-Growth Policies and Economic Effects: Lessons Learnt from Organic Farming in the Czech Republic (Radka Redlichová, Věra Bečvářová, Diana Mihaela Pociovălișteanu, Karel Vinohradský, Ivo Zdráhal)....Pages 319-341 Family Farmers’ Cooperative from Ibiúna, São Paulo State, Brazil: An Example of Social Capital as a Driver for Ecological Sustainability Change (Paulo Roberto Borges de Brito)....Pages 343-352 Front Matter ....Pages 353-353 Constructing a Sustainable Bioeconomy: Multi-scalar Perceptions of Sustainability (Aparajita Banerjee, Chelsea L. Schelly, Kathleen E. Halvorsen)....Pages 355-374 Contributions of Public Policies to Greening Sugarcane Ethanol Production in Brazil (Issa Ibrahim Berchin, Sthefanie Aguiar da Silva, Pierre Bocquillon, Vitória Haendchen Fornasari, Larissa Pereira Cipoli Ribeiro, João Marcelo Pereira Ribeiro et al.)....Pages 375-393 Sustainable Development: Implications for Energy Policy in Nigeria (Adejumo Akintoye Victor, Adejumo Opeyemi Oluwabunmi)....Pages 395-433 To Cultivate or Not to Cultivate? An Exploratory Analysis of What Influences Greek Farmers’ Decisions Towards the Cultivation of Bioenergy Crops (Eugenia Petropoulou, Vasiliki Petousi, Irini Theodorakopoulou)....Pages 435-455 Bioenergy Development in Sweden—Frameworks for Success (Anders Chr. Hansen, Anna Berlina)....Pages 457-481 Ecological Limits to Sustainable Use of Wood Fuels (Janis Abolins)....Pages 483-495 Front Matter ....Pages 497-497 Sustainability-Driven New Business Models in Wood Construction Towards 2030 (Anne Toppinen, Minna Autio, Miska Sauru, Sami Berghäll)....Pages 499-516 A Governance Framework for a Sustainable Bioeconomy: Insights from the Case of the German Wood-based Bioeconomy (Erik Gawel, Alexandra Purkus, Nadine Pannicke, Nina Hagemann)....Pages 517-537 Holistic Indicator for Optimizing Forest Governance (Mihail Hanzu)....Pages 539-554 Qualitative and Quantitative Indicators of Coniferous in Boreal Zone After Care for a Forest (Dmitry Danilov)....Pages 555-565 Bioeconomy Meets the Circular Economy: The RESYNTEX and FORCE Projects (Walter Leal Filho)....Pages 567-575