Towards Sustainable Bioeconomy – Lessons Learned from Case Studies

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June 11, 2019

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by Marta Gomez San Juan, Anne Bogdanski and Olivier Dubois (Food and Agricultural Organization) … )T)his report offers lessons from 26 case studies of sustainable bioeconomy interventions from 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.

The report presents an overview of a number of interventions in different sectors; the objectives that these interventions were seeking to achieve; the main actors involved; the context in which they were carried out; the success factors that
enabled them to deliver sustainable socioeconomic and environmental benefits; and the lessons learned from this analysis. This document provides policy makers and people working directly in bioeconomy initiatives with examples
of the elements that need to be considered when implementing bioeconomy activities.

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The lessons learned from the 26 case studies provide an idea of what the shift toward sustainability can look like in practice. The lessons also clearly show that sustainability is not something that happens automatically. A multi-stakeholder effort, wherever possible, is needed to achieve synergies and reduce tradeoffs between different sustainability goals.

This work is based on successful bioeconomy interventions. Consequently, the lessons from the case studies are not derived from aspects that lead to failure, but rather on success factors.

However, there is no doubt that bioeconomy development carries with it a number of risks. The debates and experience on bioenergy over the last decade attest to this. Risks will be taken into account as deemed appropriate throughout
the report. READ MORE

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