Sammanfattning

This report describes the concepts of bioeconomy, sustainability, and circularity, as well as how they relate to each other. Using forests and forestry sectors as illustration, this report also discusses how a sustainable circular bioeconomy may be conceptualized. Bioeconomy is a concept permanently evolving due to its major role in political and economic debates, in particular in the EU. In recent times, the bioeconomy concept has been connected to circularity to further enhance sustainability and promote development of a bio-based economy. Forests have a key role in the development of the bioeconomy as they provide biomass that can replace fossil fuel–based materials. However, a forest-based bioeconomy is dependent on a balance between biomass production and sustainable ecosystem management. Thus implementation of a forest-based bioeconomy should take into account the environmental limits of new biotechnologies and value chains that require massive amounts of bioresources, and it must follow a sustainable development path that recognizes the innovative processes that can drive the bioeconomy forward.

Nyckelord

bioeconomy; circular economy; sustainability; forest sector

Publicerad i

CERE Working Paper
2022, nummer: 2022:3
Utgivare: Department of Economics, Umeå University

SLU författare

• Widmark, Camilla

  • Institutionen för skogsekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

• Persichina, Marco

  • Institutionen för skogsekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • Umeå Universitet

• Martinez Cruz, Adan

  • Institutionen för skogsekonomi, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    
  • ETH Zurich

Globala målen

Skydda, återställa och främja ett hållbart nyttjande av landbaserade ekosystem, hållbart bruka skogar, bekämpa ökenspridning, hejda och vrida tillbaka markförstöringen samt hejda förlusten av biologisk mångfald
Göra städer och bosättningar inkluderande, säkra, motståndskraftiga och hållbara


UKÄ forskningsämne

Nationalekonomi


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4112706

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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/118668