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Sustainable and circular bioeconomy in the biodiversity agenda

Opportunities to conserve and restore biodiversity in agrifood systems through bioeconomy practices

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 20 p.

Author Gomez San Juan, M.; Harnett, S.; Albinelli, I.;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Booklet

ISBN 978-92-5-137386-6

Synopsis (short abstract) The sustainable management of biodiversity contributes to addressing food and nutrition security, enhancing resilience, and providing livelihoods to local and indigenous communities that can diversify their activities and generate income. This paper aims to: 1. provide examples of bioeconomy practices, bioproducts and successful case studies that can support biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration, accounting for the trade-offs involved in the developmnet of a bioeconomy; and 2. raise general awareness on the role bioeconomy can play in supporting biodiversity under the different sectors of agrifood systems and bio-based industry, in line with the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework discussions, as well as the FAO strategies on biodiversity, climate change, and science and innovation.

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Gomez San Juan, M., Harnett, S. and Albinelli, I. 2022. Sustainable and circular bioeconomy in the biodiversity agenda: Opportunities to conserve and restore biodiversity in agrifood systems through bioeconomy practices. Rome, FAO.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cc3417en

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