Social dimensions of alternative bioeconomy pathways for sustainable use of biodiversity

The document advocates for a 'socio-bioeconomy' approach, which prioritizes small-scale, diversified production over large-scale, low value-added agricultural or forestry products. Drawing on experiences from Thailand and Brazil, it proposes principles and recommendations to scale this model worldwide to support the goals of the three Rio Conventions and combat the polycrisis of climate change, land degradation, and biodiversity loss.

• The document contrasts 'socio-bioeconomy' pathways, which are diversified and based on local community development, with traditional bioeconomy pathways that depend on the large-scale production of low value-added forestry or agricultural products.
• The socio-bioeconomy approach is presented as a means to address the 'polycrisis' consisting of climate change, land degradation, and biodiversity loss, aligning with the objectives of the three Rio Conventions.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2024). Social dimensions of alternative bioeconomy pathways for sustainable use of biodiversity. https://www.sei.org/publications/social-dimensions-alternative-bioeconomy-pathways-sustainable-use-biodiversity/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Social dimensions of alternative bioeconomy pathways for sustainable use of biodiversity. 2024. https://www.sei.org/publications/social-dimensions-alternative-bioeconomy-pathways-sustainable-use-biodiversity/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2024social, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Social dimensions of alternative bioeconomy pathways for sustainable use of biodiversity}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2024}, month = sep, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/social-dimensions-alternative-bioeconomy-pathways-sustainable-use-biodiversity/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }