Bioeconomy: Delivering Sustainable Green Growth, The

Explores the development of the bioeconomy across the world from an economic and policy perspective, as well as identifying potential future pathways and issues.

The 'bioeconomy' is the idea of an economy based on the sustainable exploitation of biological resources. Within this concept, there is increasing emphasis on issues such as climate change, depletion of natural resources and growing world food needs. The bioeconomy builds on the recognition of advances in technology, particularly in the life sciences, but at the same time covers issues such as innovation management, ecosystem services, development and governance.

This book uses a broad definition, covering all sectors using biological resources except health, and rather than focusing on individual sectors, it explores the breadth of interconnections that make the bioeconomy a new and challenging subject.

Divided into two parts, the book initially outlines the current definitions, strategies, policy and economic information related to the world's bioeconomy. The second part describes current economic analysis and research efforts in qualifying and understanding the

Platform:

OvidSP

Publisher:

CAB International

Product Type:

Book

Author:

Viaggi, D.

ISBN:

978-1-78-639276-3

Specialty:

• Biodiversity Conservation
• Bioinformatics
• Food Science & Nutrition

Language:

English

Edition:

1st

Pages:

0

Publication Year:

2018

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