The bioeconomy aims to combine the tried and tested with the new. Since 2016, there has
been international agreement that this should be done within the framework of the …

There is no agreed-upon definition of the concept of the 'bio-based economy'(or
bioeconomy). One of the most widely accepted definitions (European Commission, 2012b) …

As society progresses, we need to rely more on a sustainable bioeconomy. Models of
development based on the excessive use of natural resources have proven to be wrong and …

The production and utilisation of biological resources (including knowledge) to provide
products, processes and services in all sectors of trade and industry within the framework of …

The bioeconomy refers to the production and extraction of renewable biological resources
and their conversion into food and feed, bio-based products and bioenergy. Although …

This chapter consists of three sections. The first section deals with the origin and evolution of
the concept of the bioeconomy. It starts by tracing the first uses of the terms bioeconomics …

As the global environmental, geopolitical, and socioeconomic situation started to worsen,
humanity became aware that the current economic model based on fossil resources is not a …

The establishment of bioeconomic value chains has implications for companies, regions,
jobs and consumers. The most important factors on which the successful transformation into …

The term 'bioeconomy', or, more precisely,'bioeconomics' was initially introduced in the
1970s by Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, a Romanian mathematician and economist, who …

Continuous, inspiring and interconnected step-by-step changes in thought and
understanding, knowhow, actions and behaviour have often been instrumental in transitions …