List of ecotechnologies

The document serves as Deliverable 2.2 of the BONUS RETURN project, providing a preliminary list of ecotechnologies designed to minimize environmental harm and provide societal value by recovering carbon and nutrients. It defines ecotechnologies as "human interventions in social-ecological systems in the form of practices and/or biological, physical, and chemical processes designed to minimise harm to the environment and provide services of value to society". The report details the methodology used to identify these technologies, including bibliographic searches of Scopus and Web of Science and grey literature searches via Google Scholar and organizational websites. To date, the mapping has screened 40% of agricultural evidence and 60% of wastewater evidence, with the full database intended for a subsequent deliverable. The project aims to address the degradation of the Baltic Sea by improving the adoption of technologies that reconcile eutrophication reduction with food and energy security.

• The BONUS RETURN project identifies the degradation of the Baltic Sea as a persistent issue where existing technological and management measures to curb pollution and eutrophication have not been adequately adapted to their specific application contexts.
• Environmental degradation in the Baltic Sea Region is hindered by sectoral silos and regional institutional diversity, which acts as a barrier to transboundary cooperation.
• The report establishes a broad definition of 'eco-technologies' to encompass both hard technologies and practices, acknowledging that the term is often used as a 'buzzword' without explicit definition in research literature.
• The systematic mapping process for this deliverable has processed a representative sample of the evidence base, specifically 40% of agricultural evidence and 60% of wastewater evidence.
• The project's search for evidence was restricted to the period between 2013 and 2017 to ensure the identification of technological innovations that have not yet entered the business market.
• The scope of the ecotechnology mapping includes the Baltic Sea and terrestrial environments in bordering countries, specifically Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, and Sweden.

APA

Haddaway, N., & Piniewski, M. (2018). List of ecotechnologies. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/list-of-ecotechnologies-1.pdf

Chicago

Haddaway, Neal, and Mikolaj Piniewski. List of ecotechnologies. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2018. https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/list-of-ecotechnologies-1.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{haddaway2018list, author = {Haddaway, Neal and Piniewski, Mikolaj}, title = {{List of ecotechnologies}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2018}, month = feb, url = {https://www.sei.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/list-of-ecotechnologies-1.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }