14.08.2019 Studies and statistics
Consumables Plants Biodiversity
According to the "Below The Canopy" analysis conducted by the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF), the 455 populations studied shrank by an average of 53% between 1970 and 2015.
05.03.2021 News
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The further development of the "Bioeconomy Model Region in the Rhineland" is to be supported by comprehensive accompanying research. The experience is also intended to benefit other regions.
11.03.2021 News
Food Plants Agriculture sciences
With "Selstar," researchers at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences have developed an apple with a high selenium content. The fruit could possibly replace food supplements.
31.03.2021 News
Food Plants Plant breeding research
The EU research project BreedingValue aims to expand the genetic base of cultivars of strawberry, raspberry and blueberry.
16.03.2021 News
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The German government has decided on the further development of the German Sustainability Strategy to address new developments such as the European Green Deal and the Corona pandemic, and repeatedly emphasizes the contribution of the bioeconomy.
Tue, 06/08/2021 - 12:00 In-depth report
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The Global Bioeconomy Summit (GBS) is the leading international forum on the biobased economy. The third edition of the conference took place in mid-November 2020 as a digital event. This report summarizes the most important sessions of the plenary program.
26.03.2021 News
Chemistry Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
BASF Venture Capital GmbH expands its commitment in the field of synthetic biotechnology and invests in the Chinese start-up Bota Biosciences.
21.03.2021 Product
Food Waste
Beer - a traditional German drink. Although beer consumption is declining, hardly any other country in the world records such high beer consumption as Germany.
09.04.2021 News
Chemistry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Compostable fruit and vegetable bags have been tested for customer acceptance since mid-March in some supermarkets in Straubing, Bavaria.
13.04.2021 Interview
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
Plant researcher Maria von Korff Schmising wants to make food production more sustainable by breeding perennial cereal crops.
02.04.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Forestry
The German Biomass Research Center (DBFZ) has expanded its online database on the potentials and benefits of various biogenic raw materials in agriculture, forestry and waste management.
14.04.2021 News
Food Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Six Fraunhofer institutes want to use insects, algae, fungi and plants as protein sources for new foods.
07.05.2021 Interview
Construction Microorganisms Biotechnology/Systems biology
Linus Stegbauer wants to use microalgae to improve the urban climate by developing facade elements for buildings that are coated with a special biofilm of living microalgae.
16.04.2021 News
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The third edition of the Green Startup Monitor shows: The proportion of green startups in Germany continues to increase. 30% of young companies are now attributed to the Green Economy.
26.08.2019 In-Depth Report
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In Germany, almost 800 research institutions in the natural sciences and humanities deal with the bioeconomy. Every two years, biookonomie.de contacts these research institutes and asks them about their priorities regarding R&D, their raw materials, industrial applications, financing and number of employees. In addition to the data collected, this year six bioeconomy experts were interviewed about their assessments of the local research landscape.
23.04.2021 News
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Bio-based materials for sustainable textiles are the focus of the third online hackathon of the Science Year project “Hack Your Fashion”: Free workshops give insights into new developments and invite participants to experiment together.
06.05.2021 News
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In search of new concepts for tomorrow's nutrition, the joint project Food4Future wants to analyze science fiction novels together with students from the University of Potsdam.
13.05.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
The start-up Becanex wants to extract cannabidiol from industrial hemp. The Berlin-based company has now successfully acquired funding from the Central Innovation Program for SMEs (Zentrales Innovationsprogramm Mittelstand, ZIM).
29.04.2021 News
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In 2020, the German biotechnology sector grew faster than it has in years. According to the sector association of the biotechnology industry BIO Deutschland, the 710 local companies generated sales of almost 6.5 billion euros. The industry stars BioNTech and CureVac were the main contributors.
28.04.2021 Studies and statistics
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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).
30.04.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Biotechnology/Systems biology
Molecular biologist Philip Wigge and biochemist Gert Bange have been awarded the highly endowed ERC Advanced Grants by the European Research Council for their innovative projects in plant research.
21.05.2021 News
Food Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology
The start-up for cell culture-based meat is making great progress and relocates to the campus of the University of Rostock.
07.05.2021 Success story
Chemistry Waste Biotechnology/Systems biology
Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) is the plastic that researchers in the PHABIO APP joint project have produced biotechnologically: It is produced from animal waste fats with the help of bacteria and is completely degradable in nature.
14.05.2021 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
The textile chemicals company Rudolf GmbH receives funding from the German Federal Ministry for the Environment for the construction of a manufacturing plant for an impregnating agent based on renewable raw materials.
27.05.2021 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
A process has been developed in Göttingen that can be used to produce sustainable packaging from popcorn granules using 3D printing.
28.05.2021 News
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In a financing round, the Bavarian biotech company AMSilk has raised new capital and is now looking to penetrate new lines of business worldwide.
18.06.2021 Success story
Agriculture and forestry Plants Materials sciences
The polyethylene films commonly used in agriculture pollute the environment with microplastics. Biodegradable alternatives are therefore being searched for.
18.05.2021 Studies and statistics
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The chemical sector has a growing demand for carbon. Today, 450 million tonnes of carbon, mostly from fossil resources, are contained in chemicals and polymers. How can this growing demand be met in the future? This is the question the nova-Institut is investigating.
27.05.2021 Interview
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The effects of climate change on soil biodiversity are the research focus of Leibniz Prize winner Nico Eisenhauer.
08.06.2021 News
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The "Biofabrik" conference presented biobased products and bioeconomic production processes from biotechnology to biorefinery.
Tue, 06/01/2021 - 12:00 In-depth report
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Biobased economies are an important instrument for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. According to the German government's National Bioeconomy Strategy, biobased economies can contribute in particular to achieving eleven of the 17 SDGs. They are presented in more detail in this dossier.
04.06.2021 News
Food Animals Biotechnology/Systems biology
The chemical and pharmaceutical company Merck wants to develop industrial-grade bioreactors with the TU Darmstadt and Tufts University.
22.06.2021 News
Agriculture and forestry Plants Agriculture sciences
The "FarmerSpace" project tests and compares new agricultural technologies to combat weeds and plant diseases.
22.06.2021 Success story
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
Following the example of the Canary Island pine's bark, which defies forest fires, researchers are developing nanocellulose-based biobased fire-retardant coatings to protect wood indoors and out.
09.06.2021 News
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On June 10 and 11, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and the German Federal Foundation for the Environment (DBU) will be inviting visitors to the Week of the Environment. The motto of the digital event is "This is how the future works!" and the bioeconomy is therefore represented several times.
05.07.2021 News
Chemistry Waste Chemistry
By using a novel solvent, the petroleum-based raw material polypropylene could be recovered from carpet waste for the first time - and in the highest quality.
15.06.2021 News
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The ‘MS Wissenschaft’ with the bioeconomy exhibition is on the road again. This year, the tour takes in 30 cities in Germany's north and west and also makes a stop in Austria.
10.12.2021 Product
Consumables Plants
Reuse instead of dispose - this also works for diapers. Modern cloth diapers outperform conventional alternatives in terms of environmental and skin compatibility.
04.01.2022 News
Chemistry Plants Chemistry
Researchers have laid the foundation for the production of sustainable plasticizers: The molecules needed for plastic production can be obtained from waste streams from food production or wood processing.
06.01.2022 News
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Around 30 million euros will go to BIOWEG, CO2BioClean and Genome Biologics to research and grow.
