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Bioeconomy Monitoring Reports

Monitoring the German Bioeconomy
Status, performance, trends and implications for sustainable development.

Beck-O’Brien, M., Bringezu, S., Banse, M., Barrelet, J., Bezama, A., Bösch, B., Brüning, S., Bührlen, B., Cabezas, A., Cyffka, K.F., Dzene, Gordillo Vera, F., I., Helander, H., Henke, J., Hinz, R., Iost, S., Jordan, M., Kilian, D., Köppen, S., Kynast, E., Lutz, C., Pereira, S., Pfeiffer, M., Phuntsho, Pozo Inofuentes, P., Reiss, T., Reuschel, S., Richter, S., Schaldach, R., Scheffler, M., Schomberg, A., Schüngel, J., Schweinle, J., Thrän, D., Wang, M., Weimar, H., Wiegmann, K., Wijesingha, J., Wilske, B., Wydra, S., Zeug, W., Zinke, C. (2024).

 

 

 

Pilotbericht zum Monitoring der deutschen Bioökonomie
Pilot report on the monitoring of the German bioeconomy

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; Hering, T.; Iost, Susanne; Jochem, Dominik; Krause, T.; Lutz, Christian; Machmüller, Andrea; Mahro, Bernd; Majer, S.; Mantau, U.; Meisel, K.; Moesenfechtel, Urs; Noke, Anja; Raussen, Thomas; Richter, Felix; Schaldach, Rüdiger; Schweinle, Jörg; Thrän, Daniela; Uglik, M.; Weimar, Holger; Wimmer, Florian; Wydra, S.; Zeug, Walther.

Policy briefs

Fußabdruck der Wasserqualität
– Warum Verschmutzung auch Verknappung bedeutet

 

Wood in Focus
– Innovation potentials, risks and measures to get the circular bioeconomy in Germany right

 

Tank, Teller, Trog oder Textilien: Der Wettbewerb um Biomasse

 

Wissenschaftliche Publikationen | Scientific journal articles

Wijesingha, Jayan; Dzene, Ilze; Wachendorf, Michael (2024):
Evaluating the spatial–temporal transferability of models for agricultural land cover mapping using Landsat archive.
In ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 213, pp.72–86. DOI: 10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2024.05.020

Schomberg, Anna C.; Bringezu, Stefan; Beusen, Arthur W. H. (2023):
Water quality footprint of agricultural emissions of nitrogen, phosphorus and glyphosate associated with German bioeconomy.
In Commun Earth Environ 4 (1). DOI: 10.1038/s43247-023-01054-3.

Egenolf, Vincent; Schüngel, Jan; Bringezu, Stefan; Schaldach, Rüdiger (2023):
The impact of the German timber footprint on potential species loss in supply regions.
In The Science of the total environment 901, p. 165897. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.165897.

Jordan, Matthias; Meisel, Kathleen; Dotzauer, Martin; Schröder, Jörg; Cyffka, Karl-Friedrich; Dögnitz, Niels et al. (2023):
The controversial role of energy crops in the future German energy system: The trade offs of a phase-out and allocation priorities of the remaining biomass residues.
In Energy Reports 10, pp. 3848–3858. DOI: 10.1016/j.egyr.2023.10.055.

Egenolf, Vincent; Distelkamp, Martin; Morland, Christian; Beck-O'Brien, Meghan; Bringezu, Stefan (2022):
The timber footprint of German bioeconomy scenarios compared to the planetary boundaries for sustainable roundwood supply.
In Sustainable Production and Consumption 33, pp. 686–699. DOI: 10.1016/j.spc.2022.07.029.

Többen, J.R.; Distelkamp, M.; Stöver, B.; Reuschel, S.; Ahmann, L.; Lutz, C. (2022):
Global Land Use Impacts of Bioeconomy: An Econometric Input–Output Approach.
In Sustainability 2022, 14, 1976. DOI: 10.3390/su14041976

Mostert, C.; Bringezu, S. (2022):
Biotic Part of the Product Material Footprint: Comparison of Indicators Regarding Their Interpretation and Applicability.
In Resources 2022, 11, 56. DOI: 10.3390/resources11060056

Fehrenbach, Horst; Bischoff, Mascha; Böttcher, Hannes; Reise, Judith; Hennenberg, Klaus Josef (2022):
The Missing Limb: Including Impacts of Biomass Extraction on Forest Carbon Stocks in Greenhouse Gas Balances of Wood Use.
In Forests 13 (3), p. 365. DOI: 10.3390/f13030365.

Soimakallio, Sampo; Böttcher, Hannes; Niemi, Jari; Mosley, Fredric; Turunen, Sara; Hennenberg, Klaus Josef et al. (2022):
Closing an open balance: The impact of increased tree harvest on forest carbon.
In GCB Bioenergy 14 (8), pp. 989–1000. DOI: 10.1111/gcbb.12981.

Hennenberg, Klaus Josef; Gebhardt, Swantje; Wimmer, Florian; Distelkamp, Martin; Lutz, Christian; Böttcher, Hannes; Schaldach, Rüdiger (2022):
Germany’s Agricultural Land Footprint and the Impact of Import Pattern Allocation.
In Sustainability 14 (1), p. 105. DOI: 10.3390/su14010105.

Kaiser, Simon; Gold, Stefan; Bringezu, Stefan (2022):
Environmental and economic assessment of CO2-based value chains for a circular carbon use in consumer products.
In Resources, Conservation and Recycling 184, p. 106422. DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2022.106422.

Bringezu, Stefan; Distelkamp, Martin; Lutz, Christian; Wimmer, Florian; Schaldach, Rüdiger; Hennenberg, Klaus Josef et al. (2021):
Environmental and socioeconomic footprints of the German bioeconomy.
In Nat Sustain 4 (9), pp. 775–783. DOI: 10.1038/s41893-021-00725-3.

Kyere, Isaac; Astor, Thomas; Graß, Rüdiger; Fricke, Thomas; Wachendorf, Michael (2021):
Spatio-temporal analysis of the effects of biogas production on agricultural lands.
In Land Use Policy 102, p. 105240. DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2020.105240.

Kyere, I.; Astor, T.; Graß, R.; Wachendorf, M. (2020):
Agricultural crop discrimination in a heterogeneous low-mountain range region based on multi-temporal and multi-sensor satellite data.
In Computers and Electronics in Agriculture 179, 2020, ISSN 0168-1699. DOI: 10.1016/j.compag.2020.105864.

Kyere, I.; Astor, T.; Graß, R.; Wachendorf, M. (2019):
Multi-temporal Agricultural Land-Cover Mapping Using Single-Year and Multi-Year Models Based on Landsat Imagery and IACS Data.
In Agronomy 2019, 9 (6), 30. DOI: 10.3390/agronomy9060309.

Zeug, Walther; Bezama, Alberto; Moesenfechtel, Urs; Jähkel, Anne; Thrän, Daniela (2019):
Stakeholders’ Interests and Perceptions of Bioeconomy Monitoring Using a Sustainable Development Goal Framework.
In Sustainability 11 (6), p. 1511. DOI: 10.3390/su11061511.

Egenolf, Vincent; Bringezu, Stefan (2019):
Conceptualization of an Indicator System for Assessing the Sustainability of the Bioeconomy.
In Sustainability 11 (2), p. 443. DOI: 10.3390/su11020443.

Symobio-Reports

Exploring Innovative Technology Fields for a Circular Bio-Based Economy

Wydra, Sven; Reyhani, M.N., Hüsing, Bärbel; Schwarz, Alexander | Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung IS

 

Scenario framework for SYMOBIO 2.0 – summary of relevant scenarios, strategies and policy targets with a focus on Germany and the EU

Lutz, Christian; Többen, Johannes | GWS mbH, Osnabrück

 

UFZ Discussion Papers- Department of Bioenergy: Results from a Stakeholder Survey on Bioeconomy Monitoring and Perceptions on Bioeconomy in Germany

Walther Zeug, Forrest Rafael Kluson, Nora Mittelstädt, Alberto Bezama, Daniela Thrän | Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung GmbH – UFZ, Leipzig

 

SYMOBIO – ERGEBNISSE DES WP 1.2 „REGULATORY FRAMEWORK INFLUENCING THE BE”

Nora Mittelstädt, Walther Zeug | Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung - UFZ, Leipzig

SYMOBIO – ERGEBNISSE DES WP 1.1 „EXPECTATIONS ON THE BIOECONOMY FROM RELATED STRATEGIES”

Urs Moesenfechtel, Anne Jähkel, Walther Zeug und Daniela Thrän | Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung- UFZ, Leipzig

 

SYMOBIO Empfehlungen zu Methodik und Daten auf Grundlage der Erfahrung aus Ökobilanzen Systemisches Monitoring und Modellierung der Bioökonomie (SYMOBIO) D 5.3.2

Horst Fehrenbach, Andreas Detzel, Susanne Köppen, Frank Wellenreuther, Mirjam Busch | ifeu, Heidelberg

 

Bericht zur Sammlung und Auswertung von Produktökobilanzen – Systemisches Monitoring und Modellierung der Bioökonomie (Symobio); D 5.3.1

Andreas Detzel, Susanne Köppen | ifeu, Heidelberg

 

Der Einsatz von MRIO zur Berechnung der Fußabdrücke von Nationen
– Eine Anwendung der EXIOBASE-Datenbank

Markus Flaute, Christian Lutz, Martin Distelkamp | GWS mbH, Osnabrück