Glossary of terms

Bioeconomy

Definition: Bioeconomy encompasses all sectors and systems that rely on biological resources (animals, plants, micro-organisms and derived biomass, including organic waste), their functions and principles, including and interlinking: land and marine ecosystems and the services they provide; all primary production sectors that use and produce biological resources (agriculture, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture); and all economic and industrial sectors that use biological resources and processes to produce food, feed, bio-based products, energy and services. (Biomedicines and health biotechnology are excluded.)

Renewable biological resources

Reference: The bioeconomy means using renewable biological resources from land and sea, like crops, forests, fish, animals and micro-organisms to produce food, materials and energy.

Bio-based

= made from renewable biological sources / made from OBZ; using OBZ; from OBZ; from biological sources/materials/raw materials