Strategies and policies for the bioeconomy and bio-based economy: An analysis of official national approaches

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2751-2769

  Staffas, Louise ^a   Gustavsson, Mathias ^a   McCormick, Kes ^b  

^a IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bio based economy; Bioeconomy; Policy; Strategy

Indexed keywords

AGENDA 21; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH WORK; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84882766945     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su5062751     Document Type: Article

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