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Biobased Economy: Critical Foundation for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

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Decent Work and Economic Growth

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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The biobased economy concept is broadly defined here as a shift towards more sustainable production practices that utilize biological processes and/or biotechnology throughout the product supply chains. The prefix “biobased” indicates that organisms are the foundation of what is being produced. Ideally, the biobased economy should as far as possible replace production practices that require the use of fossil and mineral resources, with naturally occurring processes that do not deplete natural capital. Biomass from organisms is used as a feedstock to produce various valuable products. The biorefinery is central to the biobased economy allowing for the optimal utilization of the different chemical components extracted and processed from biomass.

The term “‘biobased economy” is also used to refer to an entire economy of multiple supply chains at national and or even regional scale. The word “‘economy” in the term empathizes the synergy and interaction...

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  1. Operations Research and Logistics Group, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Alistair Beames, Joost Goedhart & Argyris Kanellopoulos

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    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Ctr Neurosci & Cell Biology, 1 Floor, Univ Coimbra, Edf Fac Medicina, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

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    Pinar Gökcin Özuyar

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

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Beames, A., Goedhart, J., Kanellopoulos, A. (2019). Biobased Economy: Critical Foundation for Achieving Sustainable Development Goals. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Decent Work and Economic Growth. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71058-7_35-1

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