Guidance note on monitoring the sustainability of the bioeconomy at a country or macro-regional level

Bogdanski, A., Giuntoli, J., Mubareka, S., Gomez San Juan, M., Robert, N., Tani, A.

Guidance note on monitoring the sustainability of the bioeconomy at a country or macro-regional level

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 40 p.

Author Bogdanski, A., Giuntoli, J., Mubareka, S., Gomez San Juan, M., Robert, N., Tani, A.

Publisher FAO, EC-JRC ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-135238-0

Series title Environment and Natural Resources Management Working Paper

Series number No. 90

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) 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.

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Bogdanski, A., Giuntoli, J., Mubareka, S., Gomez San Juan, M., Robert, N. and Tani, A. 2021. Guidance note on monitoring the sustainability of bioeconomy at a country or macro-regional level. Environment and Natural Resources Management Working Papers – Bioeconomy, No. 90. Rome, FAO and EC-JRC.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb7437en

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