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IGZ
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Bioeconomy Exhibition
The bioeconomy has rapidly developed in recent years. What has been accomplished in the last five years alone is truly impressive: Many bioeconomy products have become bestsellers. Bio-based start-ups have grown into medium-sized companies. And established, traditional industrial companies are integrating bio-based production steps into their existing structures.
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Deutsche Saatveredelung AG, Dörte Schweneker, 2015
Success story
In duet with legumes
In the joint project IMPAC3, partners from research and industry have explored which genotypes are suitable for mixed cultivation in fields, grassland and forests.
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Interview
"Bioeconomy is the core of sustainability policy"
Sustainability researcher Dirk Messner has been President of the Federal Environment Agency since January of this year. In an interview he talks about the opportunities and challenges on the way to a bio-based economy, the corona pandemic and the value of global networking.
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Studies and statistics
Leibniz-IZW (2021): How the loss of forest fauna undermines the achievement of the SDGs
A study by scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) and the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) looks at the link between increasingly animal-less tropical forests and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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Product
Beer
Beer - a traditional German drink. Although beer consumption is declining, hardly any other country in the world records such high beer consumption as Germany.
The latest from the bioeconomy
Two agricultural experts elected to head the Leibniz Association
Two bioeconomy experts will head the Leibniz Association in the future: Martina Brockmeier, an agricultural economist from Hohenheim, was elected as the new president and Barbara Sturm, an agricultural engineer from Potsdam, was elected vice-president.
Cell-free protein production convinces at pitch
The Kykeon Biotech team wins the audience award of the Brandenburg Technical University Cottbus-Senftenberg.
Symbiont supplies seagrass with nitrogen
Seagrass is an important store of carbon dioxide. A bacterium enables the plant to thrive.
Sustainable raw materials for elastomers
From base monomers to additives, the important plastics group is to become more bio- and residue-based.
Interviews
04.10.2021 Philip Wigge
"We want to use temperature sensors to accelerate the breeding of climate-resistant plants"
The Potsdam molecular biologist Philip Wigge is researching the mechanisms by which plants detect and adapt to ambient temperatures.
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Anne Schroll
30.08.2021 Sönke Zaehle
"Excessive nutrient inputs can alter ecosystems"
Jena geoecologist Söhnke Zaehle is researching how nutrients such as nitrogen affect the material cycles of ecosystems.
Worldwide strategies
The bioeconomy is gaining ground all over the world. A large number of countries have now adopted bioeconomy strategies - with various focus areas. You can find them in the following overview.
In the spotlight
About the bioeconomy
Bioeconomy - this refers to a modern and sustainable form of economic activity based on the efficient use of biological resources such as plants, animals and microorganisms. All industries that produce, process or use biological resources in any form contribute to the biobased economy.
RWTH, ETH (2021) | Achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emission plastics by a circular carbon economy
A study recently published in the journal Science by RWTH Aachen University in collaboration with ETH Zurich shows that net-zero greenhouse gas emissions from plastics are possible.
Bioeconomy inside
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papacks
Cream jar
Cosmetic products are often sold in plastic packaging. As a result, they generate more and more packaging waste.
New products can be created from recycled plastic waste.
What percentage of plastic waste is recycled?
Unfortunately, this is wrong.
Correct.
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Beeta
Detergent
Sounds paradoxical, but works brilliantly: Beetroot, often known as the cause of stubborn stains, qualifies as an ecological cleaning agent.
1.5 million tons of laundry detergents and household cleaners are sold to the end consumer each year.
How high is the resulting chemical discharge into the wastewater?
Unfortunately, that's wrong.
That's right!
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nakt
Makeup removal wipes
Instead of cotton pads and the like, sustainable makeup removal wipes are equally good for the skin and the environment.
Cosmetics with ingredients of natural origin are gaining in importance.
What is the market share of natural cosmetics in Germany?
Unfortunately, that's wrong.
That's right!
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Knärzje GmbH
Beer
Beer - a traditional German drink. Although beer consumption is declining, hardly any other country in the world records such high beer consumption as Germany.
How many beer brands are there in Germany according to the German Brewers Association?
That's wrong.
That's right
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Meat substitute
When it comes to producing healthy and sustainable meat substitutes, there are no limits to creativity: Research is currently being conducted to develop an alternative made from apple residues.
In Germany, people like to eat sausage.
How many kilograms of sausage does every German eat on average per year?
It is a lot more.
That's right!
Events
30.11.2021 bis 01.12.2021 Berlin (GER)
16th Bioplastics Conference
30.11.2021 bis 30.11.2021 +++ online +++
Von der Ausschreibung bis zur Antragstellung - die Webinarreihe zu Cluster 6 Teil 4: Impact
02.12.2021 bis 02.12.2021 +++ online +++