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, 2018 This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This book defines the new field of "Bioeconomy" as the sustainable and innovative use of biomass and biological knowledge to provide food, feed, industrial products, bioenergy and ecological services ...
Regina Birner, Carl Pray
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A system dynamics‐based framework for bioenergy planning in sub‐Saharan Africa: integrating circular bioeconomy and Fourth Industrial Revolution technologies [PDF]
Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.Abstract Energy scarcity remains a persistent challenge in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), where limited access to reliable, affordable, and clean energy constrains socioeconomic development. Biomass resources, including agricultural residues, forest waste, and waste from other biological sources, are widely available, but their use for modern energy ...
Joseph O. Dirisu +2 more
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Circularity and bioeconomy: towards a circular bioeconomy
The objective of this paper is to review the literature on the current economic research on the bioeconomy and circular economy, and to derive lessons learned, gaps and implications for further research in view of the integration of the two concepts into that of circular bioeconomy.
Fasolino, Nunzia Gabriella +2 more
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Kikuyu grass clippings as a bioeconomy feedstock: influence of pyrolysis conditions on biochar properties and its effect on the growth of Swiss chard [PDF]
Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.Abstract The integration of urban organic waste streams into the bioeconomy is critical for advancing the water–food–energy nexus. Grass clippings, an abundant and underutilized municipal residue, represent a promising feedstock for producing value‐added materials.
Ami Janse van Rensburg +2 more
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Bio In, Garbage Out? A Review of Paradoxes and Trade‐Offs in the Circular Bioeconomy [PDF]
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The circular bioeconomy (CBE) is increasingly presented as a promising way to advance corporate environmental sustainability by combining the use of renewable, bio‐based resources with circular economy principles of resource efficiency and lifecycle management.
Negalegn Alemu Bekele +2 more
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Valorization of bark extracts from Cerrado and Amazon species: phenolic characterization, antioxidant capacity, and photoprotective potential for circular bioeconomy applications [PDF]
Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, EarlyView.Abstract Tree bark remains an underexploited source of high‐value‐added phenolic compounds with potential circular bioeconomy applications. This work characterized bark extracts from two species of distinct Brazilian biomes, Stryphnodendron adstringens (Cerrado) and Myrcia eximia (Amazon), obtained with three solvents (ethanol, methanol and acetone ...
Mário Sérgio Lorenço +7 more
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Growing innovations for the bioeconomy [PDF]
Nature Plants, 2015 Agriculture is often viewed as a source of problems needing innovative solutions. But agriculture can actually be a source of innovations for the bioeconomy, if researchers embrace the cultural changes needed.
Karp, A. +7 more
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Ecology and SocietyThe bioeconomy is a major concept in both academic and policy debates, but what it actually means remains diverse across contexts. In this integrative literature review, I explore different onto-epistemological positions, societal relations to nature ...
Bernhard Kastner
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Implementation of the EU Bioeconomy Monitoring System dashboards [PDF]
, 2021 The EU Bioeconomy Monitoring system is pursuant to the Action 3.2.2 of the EU Bioeconomy Strategy (COM/2018/673). It addresses the need for a comprehensive monitoring system by establishing a mechanism to measure the progress of the EU bioeconomy towards
WERTZ Sarah +3 more
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The role of microalgae in the bioeconomy
New Biotechnology, 2021 The bioeconomy is a new and essential paradigm for reducing our dependence on natural resources and responding to the environmental threats that the Earth is currently facing. In this regard, microalgae offer almost unlimited possibilities for developing a modern bioeconomy given their metabolic flexibility and high biomass output rates, even when ...
Acién Fernández, F.G. +5 more
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