Project
Bioeconomy Monitoring
Food security, climate protection, biodiversity as well as supply of bio materials and renewable energy pose significantly challenges to our economy. But even the question of the actual state of bio-economy in Germany could not satisfactorily be answered. Not only the knowledge about the paths of bio-based material is lacking but also detailed data does often not exist. Thus, an assessment of the bio based economy is not possible.
Background and Objective
The objective is to develop the basics for a national monitoring system of present and future flows of biomass. Here, the resource base (biomass utilization/ biomass potential) has to be measured as well as the flow of the biomass right down to the end consumers. Possible changes of the supply chains as a result of further developments have been to take into account, too.
Target Group
Policy, economy
Approach
Reliable information is an essential foundation for policy decisions. We are therefore working:
- to provide a solid database of the de facto development,
- to develop manageable and summarizing balance sheets and indicators, which aggregate multitude data to informative key ratios.
Even if only dynamic technological development with new opportunities is considered, which has not been identified today, and the understanding of systemic relationships und interactions continously is expanded, we finally achieve a challenging modelling, which may be further improved.
On this basis an integrated approach for energy, material flow based and cross-sectoral, macroeconomic sustainability balance of the bioeconomy should be developed.
Results
On 20.03.2018 the first status conference "Towards a sustainable bioeconomy" took place in Berlin. The results from all three dimensions involved were presented there.
The presentation of dimension 1 can be downloaded here (only available in German):
Project results of Dimension 1 are published in Thünen Working Paper 149.
Essential Results of Dimension 1, 2 and 3 presented in the Pilotbericht Bioökonomie-Monitoring (german only).
Project Brief avaible for downloading.
Links and Downloads
National Policy Strategy Bio Economy
National Research Strategy Bio Economy 2030
Determination of Economic Indicators for Monitoring the Progress of the Bioeconomy
Thünen-Contact
Involved Thünen-Partners
- Banse, MartinMA Institute of Market Analysis
- Behrens, GesineSF Institute of Sea Fisheries
- Berkenhagen, Jörg SF Institute of Sea Fisheries
- Brüning, SimoneSF Institute of Sea Fisheries
- Döring, RalfSF Institute of Sea Fisheries
- Iost, SusanneWF Institute of Forestry
- Jochem, DominikWF Institute of Forestry
- Kilian, DavidMA Institute of Market Analysis
- Osterburg, BernhardLR Institute of Rural Studies
- Schweinle, Jörg WF Institute of Forestry
- Weimar, Holger WF Institute of Forestry
Funding Body
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Federal Ministry of Food und Agriculture (BMEL)
(national, öffentlich)
Duration
11.2021 - 12.2023
More Information
Project funding number: 22002416
Project status:
finished
Publications to the project
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Ronzon T, Iost S, Philippidis G (2022) An output-based measurement of EU bioeconomy services: Marrying statistics with policy insight. Structural Change Econ Dynam 60:290-301, DOI:10.1016/j.strueco.2021.10.005
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Banse M, Berkenhagen J, Brüning S, Döring R, Geng N, Iost S, Jochem D, Machmüller A, Schweinle J, Weimar H (2021) Systematic Bioeconomy Monitoring (MoBi). Braunschweig; Bremerhaven; Hamburg: Thünen-Institut für Marktanalyse; Thünen-Institut für Seefischerei; Thünen-Institut für Internationale Waldwirtschaft und Forstökonomie, 2 p, Project Brief Thünen Inst 2021/01a, DOI:10.3220/PB1610008556000
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Banse M, Berkenhagen J, Brüning S, Döring R, Geng N, Iost S, Jochem D, Machmüller A, Schweinle J, Weimar H (2021) Systematisches Monitoring der Bioökonomie (MoBi). Braunschweig; Bremerhaven; Hamburg: Thünen-Institut für Marktanalyse; Thünen-Institut für Seefischerei; Thünen-Institut für Internationale Waldwirtschaft und Forstökonomie, 2 p, Project Brief Thünen Inst 2021/01, DOI:10.3220/PB1610008190000
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Weimar H, Iost S (2020) Bioökonomie - Fossil war gestern. Unser Wald(2):24-27
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Kuosmanen T, Kuosmanen N, El-Meligi A, Ronzon T, Gurria P, Iost S, M'Barek R (2020) How big is the bioeconomy? : Reflections from an economic perspective. Luxembourg: Commission of the European Communities, 45 p, JRC Techn Rep, DOI:10.2760/144526
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Schweinle J, Geng N, Iost S, Weimar H, Jochem D (2020) Monitoring sustainability effects of the bioeconomy: a material flow based approach using the example of softwood lumber and its core product epal 1 pallet. Sustainability 12(6):2444, DOI:10.3390/su12062444
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Bringezu S, Banse M, Ahmann L, Bezama NA, Billig E, Bischof R, Blanke C, Brosowski A, Brüning S, Borchers M, Budzinski M, Cyffka K-F, Distelkamp M, Egenolf V, Geng N, Iost S, Jochem D, Machmüller A, Schweinle J, Weimar H, et al (2020) Pilotbericht zum Monitoring der deutschen Bioökonomie. Kassel: Center for Environmental Systems Research (CESR) ; Universität Kassel, 115 p, DOI:10.17170/kobra-202005131255
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Iost S, Geng N, Schweinle J, Banse M, Brüning S, Jochem D, Machmüller A, Weimar H (2020) Setting up a bioeconomy monitoring: Resource base and sustainability. Braunschweig: Johann Heinrich von Thünen-Institut, 209 p, Thünen Working Paper 149, DOI:10.3220/WP1593762669000
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Iost S, Labonte NT, Banse M, Geng N, Jochem D, Schweinle J, Weber SA, Weimar H (2019) German bioeconomy: economic importance and concept of measurement [online]. German J Agric Econ 68(4):275-288, zu finden in <https://www.gjae-online.de/articles/german-bioeconomy-economic-importance-and-concept-of-measurement/> [zitiert am 03.12.2019]
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Efken J, Dirksmeyer W, Kreins P, Knecht M (2016) Measuring the importance of the bioeconomy in Germany: Concept and illustration. NJAS Wageningen J Life Sci 77:9-17, DOI:10.1016/j.njas.2016.03.008
