{"id":3155,"date":"2016-02-18T12:07:53","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T11:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/?p=3155"},"modified":"2018-05-02T17:48:03","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T15:48:03","slug":"creating-the-right-conditions-for-growing-the-bioeconomy-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/creating-the-right-conditions-for-growing-the-bioeconomy-in-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating the right conditions for the bioeconomy"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1426\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1426\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/biorefining.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1426 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/biorefining-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/biorefining-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/biorefining-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/biorefining-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Istockphoto.com\/Anna Kuzilina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>Europe&#8217;s current economic model needs to change and embrace the bio-economy.\u00a0This is one of the new\u00a0<\/em><em>economic models that creates sustainable growth and at the same time safeguards the environment,\u00a0<\/em>writes Lambert van Nistelrooij, member of EU Parliament&#8217;s regional development committee, in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparliamentmagazine.eu\/articles\/opinion\/eu-must-transform-economic-model-embrace-bioeconomy?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Daily%20Parliament%20Magazine%20Round-Up&amp;utm_content=Daily%20Parliament%20Magazine%20Round-Up%20CID_1c98771270c453fdd92e68799746e718&amp;utm_source=Email%20newsletters&amp;utm_term=EU%20must%20transform%20economic%20model%20to%20embrace%20bioeconomy\" target=\"_blank\">article<\/a> published last week by The Parliament Magazine<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The article highlights the importance of creating ideal growing conditions in order to make bioeconomy a reality for both consumers and producers. \u00a0Attention is called to the relevance of cooperation and communication on a EU level, to strengthen the internal market and to develop a coherent framework of legislation, for the use of biomaterials and bio-based products. Producers already active in the bio-econom or those who wish to enter the sector,\u00a0need to be aware of existing funding possibilities, as well as how and where to apply.<br \/>\n<em>To grow our bio-economy, the key will be design thinking, export thinking and financial thinking; it&#8217;s time to act. Unlike recycling and sustainability, consumers and manufacturers are not instantly familiar with bio-economy benefits. If we are to realise the advantages, we need an EU-wide campaign to raise awareness of them. Only by knowing what the bio-economy is can you understand what you are buying, <\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>says van Nistelrooij, who\u00a0has published a briefing paper for the Dutch presidency of the EU entitled\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnoconsultants.nl\/Portals\/2\/Documenten\/Documenten%20subsidies\/Towards%20ideal%20growing%20conditions%20Lambert%20van%20Nistelrooij.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Towards ideal growing conditions for the bio-economy<\/a><\/strong>. <\/em>The paper<em>\u00a0<\/em>discusses how to create the right conditions and provides recommendations to stimulate the development of the bioeconomy in EU.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Europe&#8217;s current economic model needs to change and embrace the bio-economy.\u00a0This is one of the new\u00a0economic models that creates sustainable growth and at the same time safeguards the environment,\u00a0writes Lambert&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1426,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3155"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3157,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3155\/revisions\/3157"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}