Biber-Freudenberger, Lisa, Basukala, Amit Kumar, Bruckner, Martin, Börner, Jan. 2018. Sustainability Performance of National Bio-Economies. Sustainability. 10 (8), 2705
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Abstract
An increasing number of countries develop bio-economy strategies to promote a stronger reliance on the efficient use of renewable biological resources in order to meet multiple sustainability challenges. At the global scale, however, bio-economies are diverse, with sectors such as agriculture, forestry, energy, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, as well as science and education. In this study, we developed a typology of bio-economies based on country-specific characteristics, and describe five different bio-economy types with varying degrees of importance in the primary and the high-tech sector. We also matched the bio-economy types against the foci of their bio-economy strategies and evaluated their sustainability performance. Overall, high-tech bio-economies seem to be more diversified in terms of their policy strategies while the policies of those relying on the primary sector are focused on bioenergy and high-tech industries. In terms of sustainability performance, indicators suggest that diversified high-tech economies have experienced a slight sustainability improvement, especially in terms of resource consumption. Footprints remain, however, at the highest levels compared to all other bio-economy types with large amounts of resources and raw materials being imported from other countries. These results highlight the necessity of developed high-tech bio-economies to further decrease their environmental footprint domestically and internationally, and the importance of biotechnology innovation transfer after critical and comprehensive sustainability assessments.
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Status of publication | Published |
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Affiliation | WU |
Type of publication | Journal article |
Journal | Sustainability |
Citation Index | SSCI |
WU-Journal-Rating new | STRAT-C |
Language | English |
Title | Sustainability Performance of National Bio-Economies |
Volume | 10 |
Number | 8 |
Year | 2018 |
Page from | 2705 |
Reviewed? | Y |
URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10082705 |
DOI | http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su10082705 |
Open Access | Y |
Open Access Link | https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/10/8/2705 |
Associations
- Projects
- Bonn BioMRIO
- People
- Bruckner, Martin (Details)
- External
- Basukala, Amit Kumar (Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany)
- Biber-Freudenberger, Lisa (Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany)
- Börner, Jan (Center for Development Research, University of Bonn, Germany)
- Organization
- Institute for Ecological Economics IN (Details)
- Research areas (ÖSTAT Classification 'Statistik Austria')
- 2944 Human ecology (Details)
- 2959 Sustainable development, sustainable economics (Details)
- 4119 Regenerable raw materials (Details)
- 4907 Interdisciplinary agricultural and forestry science (Details)
- 4924 Sustainable development, sustainable economics (Details)
- 5353 Environmental economics (Details)
- 5368 Sustainable development, sustainable economics (Details)
- 5914 Environmental research (Details)