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- Title
ВЗАИМНАТА ОБВЪРЗАНОСТ МЕЖДУ КРЪГОВАТА ИКОНОМИКА И БИОИКОНОМИКАТА
- Authors
Николова-Алексиева, Валентина; Алексиева, Йорданка; Томова, Томина
- Abstract
Long-term projections show that, without radical political changes, current trends in global economic growth and development will have a major impact on natural resources and the ecosystem. The population of Europe and the world is constantly growing, and so is its need for food, more and more natural resources are depleting, environmental impacts and the associated challenges of climate change are increasing. It is therefore essential to move to a new way of economic growth that is compatible with the protection of the environment and the sustainable use of scarce natural resources, while guaranteeing a much higher standard of living reducing poverty. The development and implementation of innovative biotechnological methods and processes in agriculture, healthcare, chemistry and energy has recently been considered as one of the solutions to accelerate sustainable growth and development. The Strategy for Innovative Bioeconomics and Sustainable Growth: A Bioeconomy for Europe was adopted in 2012. The Bioeconomy Strategy and its Action Plan become the basis for a more innovative, efficient and competitive society that combines food security, the sustainable use of renewable resources for industrial purposes and the protection of the environment. In its Circular Economy Action Plan, the EC defines "the circular economy as an economic space where the value of products, materials and resources is maintained in the economy as long as possible and waste generation is minimized". The document places particular emphasis on the efficient use of resources (economic and environmental), not just waste treated as a resource in line with previous EC policy. The action plan includes two sectoral priorities directly related to the bioeconomy: food waste and efficient biomass conversion. "Food waste is a key area of the circular economy and needs to be addressed at many levels along the value chain." The purpose of this report is to analyze the definitions of circular economy and bioeconomy and to identify the main differences and overlaps between the two concepts.The following methods were used for the study: general scientific abstraction, induction and deduction, analysis and synthesis, content analysis, statistical data analysis, econometric analysis of time series, general equilibrium modeling, questionnaires, interviews, case studies and more. Research methods are more widely presented in the study sub-sections, where the study results are described. The results show that the circular economy enhances the resource efficiency of processes and the use of recycled materials to reduce carbon emissions from the use of minerals. The bioeconomy replaces fossil carbon with renewable carbon from biomass from agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture. These are different but complementary approaches. The concept of circular bioeconomy, which is the intersection of bioeconomics and circular economy, can also be defined. The overlaps between the two concepts are: improved resources and ecoefficiency, low greenhouse gas emissions and reduced demand for fossil carbon.
- Publication
Knowledge: International Journal, 2020, Vol 38, Issue 5, p1247
- ISSN
2545-4439
- Publication type
Article