Sector in brief
Climate change presents humanity with a global challenge. Increasing environmental pollution is endangering the supply of clean water, clean air and uncontaminated soil to the population worldwide. Biodiversity is declining rapidly. A change in the way we live and do business is of major importance to counter these problems.
One path to a sustainable way of life and economy is the bioeconomy. This envisages a fundamental structural change: An economy based on fossil raw materials is to be continuously transformed into a sustainable and bio-based circular economy based on renewable raw materials. The circular economy is an essential element in achieving the efficient use of renewable raw materials. The bioeconomy is based on natural material cycles, consistently uses residual and waste materials and takes into account the limitation of natural resources.
Replacing fossil fuels with renewable raw materials has many economic advantages. Bioeconomic innovations create new jobs and reduce dependence on fossil resources. Regional value chains are gaining importance and the worth of domestic raw materials is being reaffirmed. Agriculture and forestry, in particular, are being strengthened as producers of renewable raw materials. Due to the cross-industry nature of the bioeconomy, however, this also applies to many other core Bavarian industries. Stable and sustainable jobs will be created in the food, wood, paper, leather, textile and chemical industries, as well as in the energy and waste disposal sectors.
Julia Siebert
Governmental Affairs - Invest in Bavaria | Bayerisches Wirtschaftsministerium
+49 89 2162-2102julia.siebert@stmwi.bayern.dePrinzregentenstr. 28
80538 München
The Bayerische Bioökonomiestrategie (Bavarian Bioeconomy Strategy) actively shapes the transformation of our economic system and positions Bavaria for a sustainable economy and life. The strategy has the following objectives:
- To reduce the consumption of fossil raw materials
- To protect biodiversity
- To protect and use renewable raw materials
- To create jobs in rural areas
- To generate utilisation cascades for raw materials
- To develop new technologies, materials and processes
- To strengthen science and build up biological knowledge
Bioeconomy figures
3.13
million ha agricultural area in Bavaria
90.00
courses of study related to the bioeconomy
46.00
research institutions related to the bioeconomy
50.00
Bavarian bioeconomy strategy’s individual measures
The key success factors for the bioeconomy are a broad knowledge base and the promotion of innovation. With the TUM Campus Straubing for Biotechnology and Sustainability TUMCS, an institution was created in Bavaria to implement interdisciplinary research and teaching in the bioeconomy. The development of sustainable technologies and their economic implementation are the two major topics that TUMCS, the so-called “Integrative Research Center” of the Technical University of Munich, in cooperation with Weihenstephan Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences bring together.
The Bavarian State Government is currently establishing a Center for Biobased Materials (ZBM) at the Rosenheim Technical University of Applied Sciences. In the spirit of the circular bioeconomy, the ZBM will develop high-quality products with new functionalities through the intelligent use of the natural material properties of wood. The technical focus is on wood pulping, fibre modification, lignin application and the recycling of products according to sustainable and cascading wood utilisation. The ZBM sees itself as an innovation mediator between science and industry.
The networking of science, business and society is also realised in an exemplary manner at the Life Science Campus Martinsried. Today, Campus Martinsried Fascination Life Sciences is one of the largest biology centres in Europe, combining basic research, teaching and technological innovation. The Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich Faculty of Biology, the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry and the Innovation and Start-up Center Biotechnology IZB are in the immediate vicinity. This creates excellent conditions for students and scientists, as well as strengthens the region’s economy through regular spin-offs from basic research.
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