Forestry in the Contemporary Bioeconomy
A special issue of Forests (ISSN 1999-4907). This special issue belongs to the section "Forest Economics, Policy, and Social Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 May 2025 | Viewed by 188
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Interests: forest economics and innovation; environmental and forestry economic; circular economy and bioeconomy; forest resource
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Interests: natural resource economics; forest economics; ecological economics; environmental policy; forest policy; ecosystem services valuation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Forests play an extremely important role in our economy and society, as they contribute to job creation and are a source of materials, food, medicines, recreation, and clean water; serve as carbon sinks; and are biodiversity arks. For centuries they have been a thriving source of construction, art, tradition, and innovation.
Sustainably produced forest bio-based products can contribute to achieving climate neutrality in the context of the bioeconomy. Respecting the principles of the circular economy is also vital, prioritizing the better use, reuse, and recycling of all wood-based products. In addition to the wood-based economy, forests offer a variety of equally important additional products and services of the bioeconomy and green economy, from food to eco-tourism, elements which underpin the economies and social fabric of rural areas.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to enhance the international scientific debate on the contribution of forests and their value chains, including the final consumption and users of their products and services, to new emerging bioeconomic models of production and development, new entrepreneurial challenges, and economic models for efficient and sustainable use of forest resources in the light of a new innovative philosophy and approach—the forest-based bioeconomyDr. Marios Trigkas
Dr. Dimitra Lazaridou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- forest bioeconomy
- circular economy
- forest value chain
- entrepreneurship
- innovation
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