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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. The chapters highlight the importance of bioeconomy-related concepts in public, scientific, and political discourse. Using an interdisciplinary approach, the authors outline the dimensions of the bioeconomy as a means of achieving sustainability. The authors are ideally situated to elaborate on the diverse aspects of the bioeconomy. They have acquired in-depth experience of interdisciplinary research through the university’s focus on “Bioeconomy”, its contribution to the Bioeconomy Research Program of the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, and its participation in the German Bioeconomy Council. With the number of bioeconomy-related projects at European universities rising, this book will provide graduate students and researchers with background information on the bioeconomy. It will  familiarize scientific readers with bioeconomy-related terms and give scientific background for economists, agronomists and natural scientists alike.

Life sciences. --- Ecosystems. --- Sustainable development. --- Natural resources. --- Agricultural economics. --- Life Sciences. --- Sustainable Development. --- Agricultural Economics. --- Natural Resource and Energy Economics. --- Natural Resources. --- Agrarian question --- Agribusiness --- Agricultural economics --- Agricultural production economics --- Agriculture --- Production economics, Agricultural --- Land use, Rural --- National resources --- Natural resources --- Resources, Natural --- Resource-based communities --- Resource curse --- Development, Sustainable --- Ecologically sustainable development --- Economic development, Sustainable --- Economic sustainability --- ESD (Ecologically sustainable development) --- Smart growth --- Sustainable development --- Sustainable economic development --- Economic development --- Biocenoses --- Biocoenoses --- Biogeoecology --- Biological communities --- Biomes --- Biotic community ecology --- Communities, Biotic --- Community ecology, Biotic --- Ecological communities --- Ecosystems --- Natural communities --- Ecology --- Population biology --- Biosciences --- Sciences, Life --- Science --- Economic aspects --- Environmental aspects --- Endangered ecosystems. --- Threatened ecosystems --- Biotic communities --- Nature conservation --- Biology, Economic. --- Economic biology --- Pests --- Sustainability --- Biomass Management --- Resource Management --- Macroeconomics

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This book is at the cutting edge of the ongoing research in bioeconomy and encompasses both technological and economic strategies to master the transformation towards a knowledge- and bio-based production system. The volume combines different international perspectives with approaches of the various fields of research. Bioeconomy is one of the future concepts of an economy which, while based on renewable biological resources, also predicts economic growth. Starting from a growth-economic as well as knowledge- and innovation-economic perspective the contributions give an overview of different existing patterns and cases and describe the basic prerequisites for the bioeconomy transformation. Therewith, the volume is a resource for experts and newcomers in the field of bioeconomy giving insight into the life cycle of bio-based products, detailing the latest advancements and how to turn them into economic growth. .

Economic growth --- Economics --- Relation between energy and economics --- Environmental protection. Environmental technology --- Agriculture. Animal husbandry. Hunting. Fishery --- Organization theory --- Production management --- Business management --- Biotechnology --- hernieuwbare energie --- economie --- landbouw --- management --- biotechnologie --- economische groei --- informatietechnologie --- milieutechnologie