The ‘bioeconomy’ encompasses a wide scope, from sustainable agriculture, fishing, forestry and aquaculture, to food and feed manufacturing, bio-based tech, products, and bioenergy.
The bioeconomy is distinct in that it includes the fusion of bio and tech, whilst including classical nature investment opportunities. How the world’s largest economies choose to embrace and champion a modern bioeconomy will in large part determine our relationship with nature, trade and whether it is ultimately regenerative and nature-positive.
And, if we look at the economy through a bioeconomy lens, we can see a potential broad investment landscape into both nature conservation and cutting edge tech; perhaps providing the next set of market and livelihood opportunities.
A new Global Stocktake authored by NatureFinance and FGV-CES, with the support of dozens* of civil society organisations illustrates that with some overlaps and differences all G20 members are already advancing a bioeconomy strategy and practices.
In this video of Nature Finance, 🌿Txai Suruí, an Indigenous leader, stresses how important the perspectives of indigenous peoples & local communities are to the bioeconomy. 📗Rewarding these groups incentivises the protection & restoration of nature that the bioeconomy depends on.
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