Pilotbericht zum Monitoring der deutschen Bioökonomie

Bringezu, Stefan; Banse, Martin; Ahmann, Lara; Bezama, Alberto; Billig, Eric; Bischof, R.; Blanke, C.; Brosowski, Andre; Brüning, Simone; Borchers, M.; Budzinski, Maik; Cyffka, Karl-Friedrich; Distelkamp, Martin; Egenolf, Vincent; Flaute, Markus; Geng, Natalia; Gieseking, Lukas; Graß, Rüdiger; Hennenberg, Klaus Josef; Hering, T.; Iost, Susanne; Jochem, Dominik; Krause, T.; Lutz, Christian; Machmüller, Andrea; Mahro, Bernd; Majer, Stefan; Mantau, U.; Meisel, Kathleen; Moesenfechtel, Urs; Noke, Anja; Raussen, Thomas; Richter, Felix; Schaldach, Rüdiger; Schweinle, Jörg; Thrän, Daniela; Uglik, M.; Weimar, Holger; Wimmer, Florian; Wydra, S.; Zeug, Walther

doi:10.17170/kobra-202005131255

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“…In 2020, Germany imported more than 15 million tons of fruits and vegetables with a total value of about EUR 22 billion [44]. Importing food, however, can be linked to decreased nutritional potential and increased ecological footprints [45,46]. For example, the increasing international demand for quinoa strongly affected Peru as an important producer of this crop.…”

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The Public’s Understanding of Superfoods

2022

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The term “superfood” is linked to food that is beneficial to health. However, there is no legal or clear scientific definition, and little is known about individual perceptions of this food group. Therefore, an online survey was conducted (n = 1006 respondents) to assess the public’s understanding of superfoods in Germany, including (a) the conceptual understanding of the term “superfood”, (b) corresponding consumption behavior, and (c) the risk–benefit appraisal. In total, 70% of respondents were aware of the term “superfood”, and 33% reported consuming superfoods at least once a week. The term was mainly associated with positive food properties, such as “healthy” and “contains vitamins”. Health benefits were rated to be much higher than potential health risks. In addition, imported foods were more likely to be labelled as superfoods, compared to domestic equivalents. In further analyses, we found women, younger people, and organic buyers to have an even more positive impression. That is, specific parts of the population may be particularly attracted to superfood products. Therefore, target-group specific information campaigns can be a useful tool to increase the population’s awareness of the potential health risks of superfood consumption and to highlight the presence of equivalent “domestic superfoods” in Germany.

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The Public’s Understanding of Superfoods

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“…In this regard, we see a high potential for regional, holistic, and integrated HILCSA: to not only identify trade-offs or synergies between different aspects of sustainability but also in shifting them to other regions. Besides, a significant and well known trade-off is striking and mostly independent from regions: forestry and agriculture use relatively much more land than fossil resources (in our case by factor 18) setting a major barrier for bioeconomy and simple substitution (Bringezu et al 2020;O'Brien et al 2017;Liobikiene et al 2020). A sustainable bioeconomy requires that the rate of extraction does not exceed the rate of regeneration and that PB are not transgressed (Lindqvist et al 2019;Zeug et al 2021a).…”

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“…This can be done by building up a strategy and sector overarching holistic bioeconomy monitoring on national and European level (cf. Bringezu et al 2020;BioMonitor 2018)), to avoid the double counting of resources in each strategy and sector as well as to foster synergies and to avoid trade-offs, externalization and overuse of renewable resources.…”

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“…As weighting factors, we used the relevances R sSDG of each of the SDG subgoals which were gained in stakeholder workshops in context of the German BE-monitoring (Zeug et al 2019). These weighting factors are dimensionless weightings ranging from 0 to 10 and represent the relevance of SDG subgoals within the Systemic Modelling and Monitoring of the German Bioeconomy (SYMOBIO) (Bringezu et al 2020). Analogical as well a total substitution factor of impacts f is calculated on the level of all SDGs (Eq.…”

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Application of holistic and integrated LCSA: Case study on laminated veneer lumber production in Central Germany

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Thrän

2022

Int J Life Cycle Assess

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Purpose We have to transform our societies and economic systems towards social, ecological, and economic (holistic) sustainability. Bioeconomy (BE) can contribute to sustainable development by substituting fossil-based products with renewable ones; however, sustainability is not intrinsic to BE. Methods Therefore, we developed a holistic and integrated life cycle sustainability assessment (HILCSA) method containing 91 indicators, implemented in openLCA, using the Ecoinvent and SoCa database, and addressing 15 out of 17 Sustainable Development Goals. We applied it for the first time to show its capabilities by assessing the holistic sustainability of laminated veneer lumber (LVL) relative to hot-rolled steel beams. Results, discussion Our results indicate that renewable bio-based construction materials can have a better holistic sustainability than fossil-based products for nearly all indicators, by less stressing the environment, having a less negative impact on society and being economically more efficient. However, fossil-based components of LVL such as phenolic resin are main contributors of negative impacts and should be reduced and replaced. Renewable resources from agriculture and forestry have significant impacts on land use (change). Conclusions HILCSA demonstrates to be able to provide comprehensive sustainability assessments as well as aggregated results. BE substitutes indeed can improve sustainability; however, sustainability assessments and HILCSA need to be further developed to allow conclusions to be drawn about absolute sustainability of BE.

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“…In light of grand sustainability challenges (e.g., natural disasters, poverty, climate change, ecosystem decline, and depleting natural resources), the bioeconomy concept has gained political momentum in recent years and entered national and international economic strategies. With the implementation of new bio-based products, processes, and methods, the bioeconomy aims to overcome existing path dependencies on fossil resources [1][2][3][4] and promote a bio-based (and digital) knowledge society [5][6][7], generating opportunities for 'green growth' [8]. Thereby, the potential of the bioeconomy is often emphasized, particularly for peripheral regions with predominant agricultural land use [8,9].…”

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Bioeconomy Innovation Networks in Urban Regions: The Case of Stuttgart

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For a successful transformation towards a sustainable bioeconomy, cooperative knowledge creation leading to innovations through research at the company and academic level are important. Urban regions are the centre of economic and research activities. The example of the region of Stuttgart, which aims to complement its mature industrial structure with new opportunities related to the knowledge-based bioeconomy, is an interesting case for the application of social network analysis to shed light on the dynamics of innovation networks to support the transformation of urban regions. As with smaller spatial levels of observation connectivity in network decreases, we find a scale-free network structure for the supra-regional network and a star-like network structure for the regional network, with two universities and one transfer-oriented research institutes at the core. While research collaborations beyond regional borders and across different industries foster knowledge co-creation, the central actors can be recognized as gatekeepers who dominantly influence knowledge flows. To potentially strengthen the resilience of the network, policy and industry associations serving as network facilitators can foster collaboration between periphery actors. The case of the Stuttgart region impressively illustrates the opportunities of the knowledge-based bioeconomy for urban regions and the complementary role traditional manufacturing sectors can take in the transformation towards higher degrees of sustainability.

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Pilotbericht zum Monitoring der deutschen Bioökonomie

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The Public’s Understanding of Superfoods

The Public’s Understanding of Superfoods

Application of holistic and integrated LCSA: Case study on laminated veneer lumber production in Central Germany

Bioeconomy Innovation Networks in Urban Regions: The Case of Stuttgart

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