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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetTowards sustainable bioeconomy guidelines
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No results found.Bioeconomy is the production, utilization and conservation of biological resources, including related knowledge, science, technology, and innovation, to provide information, products, processes and services across all economic sectors aiming toward a sustainable economy’. Its cross-cutting nature offers a unique opportunity to comprehensively address interconnected societal challenges such as food and nutrition security, fossil-resource dependence, natural resource scarcity and climate change, while achieving sustainable economic development. However, developing bioeconomy as such is not sustainable per se. The development of an economy that is based on biomass resources faces several trade-offs. It is crucial that bioeconomy development does not hamper but rather strengthens food security as a basic human need and right, while also helping to achieve several other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Taking this into account, in January 2015, on the occasion of the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture summit in Berlin, 62 Ministers of Agriculture recommended that FAO coordinates international work on sustainable bioeconomy. To that end, the German Ministry for Food and Agriculture has provided support to FAO to develop Sustainable Bioeconomy Guidelines. The project aims to develop sustainable bioeconomy guidelines to assist countries as well as producers and users of biomass and bioproducts in developing and implementing sustainable bioeconomy strategies, policies and programmes. -
Book (series)Towards sustainable bioeconomy - Lessons learned from case studies 2019
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No results found.In 2015, at the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture meeting in Berlin, 62 ministers of agriculture recommended that FAO coordinate international work on sustainable bioeconomy. The German Ministry for Food and Agriculture has provided support to FAO to assist countries in the development of sustainable bioeconomy strategies and programmes. Bioeconomy activities are not necessarily sustainable. The use of biological resources and the production of biomass for food, feed, fuel and bio-based products can have both positive and negative environmental and socioeconomic impacts. The debates and experience related to bioenergy attest to this. Of paramount concern is that the development of the bioeconomy does not undermine food security, especially in areas with high levels of malnutrition. This includes the impact of environmental microbial resources on the composition of the human microbiome, which plays a role in preventing or contributing to malnourishment, including obesity, and other non-communicable diseases. Moreover, the combination of bioeconomy and digitalization and often seen as major drivers of the transformation of productive sectors. Almost fifty countries have placed the promotion of the bioeconomy on their political agendas, including the creation of dedicated visions, strategies and action plans. In 2016, FAO published the study ‘How sustainability is addressed in official bioeconomy strategies at international, national and regional levels. An overview’. As a continuation of this sustainability overview, the present report reviews how sustainability is addressed in real case studies of bioeconomy implementation around the world and from a range of different sectors. The overall aim of the report is to use these case studies to expand the general understanding of sustainability in the context of the development of the bioeconomy. To this end, this report offers lessons learned from 26 case studies, based on a review of their objectives and how they relate to broader sustainability goals (Principles and criteria for sustainable bioeconomy and the Sustainability Development Goals). The lessons clearly show that sustainability is not something that happens automatically. This document provides policy makers and people working directly in bioeconomy initiatives with examples of the sustainability elements that need to be considered when implementing bioeconomy activities. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBioéconomie durable et la FAO
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2022Also available in:
No results found.La bioéconomie peut être définie comme la production, l'utilisation, la conservation et la régénération des ressources biologiques, y compris les connaissances, la science, la technologie et l’innovation qui s’y rapportent, ayant pour objectif de fournir des solutions durables (informations, produits, processus et services) au sein de et dans tous les secteurs économiques, facilitant ainsi une transformation vers une économie durable. Le caractère transversal de la bioéconomie offre une occasion unique de relever de manière globale des défis sociétaux interconnectés, tels que la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle, la dépendance vis-à-vis des ressources fossiles, la rareté des ressources naturelles et le changement climatique, tout en menant à bien un développement économique durable. La promotion de la bioéconomie figure déjà en tête des priorités dans l'agenda politique de plus de cinquante pays, dont plusieurs ont créé des stratégies et des programmes spécifiques de bioéconomie. La combinaison de la bioéconomie et de la numérisation est souvent considérée comme un moteur important de la transformation des secteurs productifs. En janvier 2015, à l'occasion du Forum mondial pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture à Berlin, 62 ministres de l'agriculture ont recommandé que la FAO coordonne les travaux internationaux relatifs à la bioéconomie durable. Ce projet s'adresse principalement aux décideurs politiques des pays membres de la FAO qui cherchent à développer la bioéconomie de manière durable.
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