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The Politics of Bioeconomy and Sustainability

Lessons from Biofuel Governance, Policies and Production Strategies in the Emerging World

  • Exposes and analyzes the political dimensions of bioeconomy promotion across the globe

  • Explores the politics of sustainable development in the context of emerging democracies of the Global South, with in-depth case studies on Brazil, India and Indonesia

  • Draws lessons from 15 years of biofuel policies for more equitable and sustainable bioeconomies

Book

Table of contents

  1. Front Matter
    Pages i-xvi
    PDF
  2. Introduction: Political Dimensions of the Bioeconomy
    Mairon G. Bastos Lima
    Pages 1-20

  3. Biomass Sustainability and the Emergence of a Bioeconomy World

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 21-21
      PDF
    2. The Contested Sustainability of Biofuels in a North-South Context
      Mairon G. Bastos Lima
      Pages 23-47
    3. Governance: Solving or Reproducing Inequalities
      Mairon G. Bastos Lima
      Pages 49-66
    4. International Bioeconomy Governance: Unveiling the Initial Patterns
      Mairon G. Bastos Lima
      Pages 67-86

  4. Bioeconomy Governance and Sustainability Politics in Emerging Countries

    1. Front Matter
      Pages 87-87
      PDF
    2. Brazil Between Bioeconomy Barons and Grassroots Agroecology
      Mairon G. Bastos Lima
      Pages 89-122
    3. India’s Bioeconomy and the Ambition over “Wastelands”
      Mairon G. Bastos Lima
      Pages 123-146
    4. Bioeconomy in the Oil Palm Republic of Indonesia
      Mairon G. Bastos Lima
      Pages 147-177
    5. Bioeconomy Lessons from Biofuel Policies in Emerging Countries
      Mairon G. Bastos Lima
      Pages 179-201
    6. The Politics for a Fairer Bioeconomy
      Mairon G. Bastos Lima
      Pages 203-227

About this book

Introduction

This book addresses the underexposed political dimensions of bioeconomy promotion. Who wins and who loses? How are institutions being shaped, and by whom? Drawing from experiences since the earlier days of biofuels promotion, it explores in unprecedented detail the global drive away from fossil fuels and towards a biomass-based economy.

Multipurpose agriculture gains ever more traction as countries create new bio-based value chains – or, rather, value webs. Governance, in this regard, proves to be key for steering developments towards inclusive agri-food-biomass systems instead of fueling just a handful of “flex crops” ridden with social equity and other environmental issues.

Based on a rich global-level analysis of bioeconomy promotion and three in-depth case studies of key emerging economies (Brazil, India and Indonesia), the book also innovatively examines sustainability politics in Global South democracies.

Ultimately, this book is about finding the politics for a fairer bioeconomy in the years and decades to come.


Keywords

Biofuels Sustainability Governance Green Economy Bioeconomy Renewable Energy Social Equity Governance Emerging Economies Rural Development Agency Institutions

Authors and affiliations

  1. 1.Stockholm Environment InstituteStockholmSweden

About the authors

Mairon G. Bastos Lima started working on bioeconomy governance in 2008. He has since obtained a PhD in environmental studies from the VU University Amsterdam (2014) and published extensively on various themes of environmental politics, particularly in relation to agriculture, social sustainability, and the Global South. Working in Latin America, Sub-Saharan Africa, South and Southeast Asia, he has collaborated on different occasions with the UN Development Programme, the UN Research Institute for Social Development, among others.

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