The Bioeconomy Approach : Constraints and Opportunities for Sustainable Development

Cover -- Endorsement -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Notes on the contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: The bioeconomy approach and sustainable development: A review of the concept, opportunities and constraints -- Introduction -- The United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals -- Bioeconomy: definition, scope and development -- Circular bioeconomy -- Global initiatives promoting the bioeconomy approach -- The EU and bioeconomy development -- The Nordic Bioeconomy Strategy -- Bioeconomy development in Japan -- Bioeconomy in South and South-East Asia -- Status of bioeconomy in Africa -- Opportunities that bioeconomy can offer to address global challenges -- Constraints or risks with bioeconomy -- Technology-related risks -- Environmental constraints -- Economic constraints/risks -- Governance and policy constraints -- Bioeconomy and global policies: climate change and ecosystem services -- Justification and rationale for the book -- The structure of the book -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2: Sustainable biomass production from oceans and the potential for circular bioeconomy -- Introduction -- Circular bioeconomy and ocean production systems -- Ocean biomass production potential -- Marine-farmed aquatic plants -- Land-ocean interactions: the basis for ocean food production -- Opportunities from the ocean-land bioeconomy -- CO2 binding by aquatic plant production and mitigation potential -- A transformative change to manage the ocean food system sustainably -- Conditions necessary for sustainable ocean-based bioeconomy -- Conclusion -- Note -- References.