Biodiversity and Bioeconomy

Status Quo, Challenges, and Opportunities

1st Edition - September 29, 2023
Editors: Kripal Singh, Milton Cezar Ribeiro, Ozgul Calicioglu
Language: English
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Biodiversity and Bioeconomy: Status Quo, Challenges, and Opportuniti es comprehensively delivers the latest developments in theories of biodiversity and ecosystem functi oning and their major implicati ons for biodiversity conservati on through diversifying agriculture, forestry, and biomass producti on systems and linking these developments with sustainability of bioeconomy.

This book provides basic understanding of biodiversity and bioeconomy, diff erent views of their interrelati onship, and their links with sustainable development goals. It also examines the research and practi ce of biodiversity and ecosystem functi oning in agriculture, forestry,
and biomass producti on systems to achieve sustainable bioeconomy. Finally, this book examines status, challenges, and opportuniti es for biodiversity-centered bioeconomy providing a way forward.

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
List of contributors
Preface
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1. Biodiversity and bioeconomy: are these two faces of a single coin?
Abstract
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Defining bioeconomy
1.3 Defining biodiversity
1.4 How sustainability of the bioeconomy is supported by biodiversity?
1.5 Are biodiversity and sustainability supported by bioeconomy?
1.6 Bioeconomy industries and associated biodiversity gains and losses
1.7 Are biodiversity and bioeconomy two faces of a single coin?
References
Chapter 2. Impact of drivers of biodiversity loss on mountain ecosystems: assessing the need for ecosystem health assessments in Indian Himalayan Region
Abstract
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Driver concerns and issues
2.3 Deforestation and forest degradation
2.4 Agriculture intensification and monoculture
2.5 Land tenure shift and land grabbing
2.6 Impacts of deforestation and forest degradation
2.7 Urban sprawling
2.8 Key priority concerns
2.9 Ecosystem health assessment: IUCN red list of ecosystem
2.10 Conclusions
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 3. Linking bioeconomy with sustainable development goals: identifying and monitoring socio-ecological opportunities and challenges of bioeconomy
Abstract
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Safeguarding biodiversity: a prerequisite for sustaining the resource base for bioeconomy
3.3 Socioecological feedback of bioeconomy: opportunities and challenges
3.4 Efforts toward biodiversity safeguards in developing bioeconomy: boosting synergies and addressing trade-offs in national, regional, and global sustainability frameworks
3.5 Agricultural value added-increase and intensification can play a major role in some countries’ success in achieving sustainable bioeconomy growth
Acknowledgment
References
Chapter 4. Linking ecological restoration and biodiversity conservation with bioeconomy
Abstract
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Ecological restoration: values and challenges
4.3 Biodiversity conservation and bioenergy production at marginal lands
4.4 Aspects of bioeconomy
4.5 Summary
References
Chapter 5. Biodiversity for ecosystem services and sustainable development goals
Abstract
5.1 An overview of biodiversity meaning, important, threats and conservation strategies
5.2 The emerging role of biodiversity as a source of important materials
5.3 Biodiversity and climate changes
5.4 Biodiversity threats and methods of conservation
5.5 Nature conservation and biodiversity
5.6 Conventional and emerging biotechnological techniques to conserve biodiversity
5.7 Biodiversity and sustainability
5.8 Future scope and research opportunities on the role of artificial intelligence in biodiversity conservation and sustainable development goals
References
Part II: Agriculture, biodiversity and economy
Chapter 6. Agriculture paradigm shift: a journey from traditional to modern agriculture
Abstract
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Traditional agriculture: concept and agroecological features
6.3 Traditional agriculture
6.4 Disadvantages of conventional farming
6.5 Why modern agriculture is important?
6.6 Advantages of modern technology in agriculture
6.7 Recent trends in agricultural growth technology
6.8 Conclusions
References
Chapter 7. Biodiversity: goal and driver of agricultural sustainability
Abstract
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Principal causes for biodiversity loss
7.3 Effect of biodiversity loss in the sustainability of agriculture
7.4 Measures to be taken to prevent the biodiversity loss
7.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 8. Biodiversity and bioresources: impact of biodiversity loss on agricultural sustainability
Abstract
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Threats to bioresources
8.3 The importance of pollinators and the consequences of biodiversity loss
8.4 The impact of biodiversity loss on soil health and agricultural sustainability
8.5 Challenges associated with promoting the loss of genetic diversity in agriculture
8.6 Conclusions
References
Chapter 9. Integrating perennials into agroecosystems for enhanced soil biodiversity and long-term sustainability
Abstract
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Perennialization
9.3 Cover crops
9.4 Perennials rotated with annuals
9.5 Perennial monocultures
9.6 Perennial polycultures
9.7 Opportunities for a more balanced approach: prairie strips
9.8 Perennialization as the linchpin for an enhanced bioeconomy
9.9 Future research directions
Acknowledgments
References
Chapter 10. Significance of soil organic carbon for regenerative agriculture and ecosystem services
Abstract
Abbreviations
10.1 Introduction
10.2 Ecosystem services and organic carbon
10.3 Challenges to using soil organic carbon
10.4 Soil organic carbon oxidation
10.5 Increasing interest in soil organic carbon study
10.6 Storage of soil organic carbon under different land management practices
10.7 Formation of soil carbon by raw material
10.8 Fractionation scheme of soil carbon
10.9 Nature and forms of soil organic carbon
10.10 Space-time modeling of soil organic carbon dynamics
10.11 Role of soil organic carbon on soil health
Acknowledgments
References
Part III: Natural forests, plantation forests, agroforestry, biodiversity and economy
Chapter 11. Vegetation composition of Achanakmaar Amarkantak biosphere reserve and its ecosystem services
Abstract
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Materials and methods
11.3 Results
11.4 Discussion
11.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 12. Plantation forests, biodiversity, and economy
Abstract
12.1 Introduction
12.2 Plantation forests and biodiversity
12.3 Plantation forests and economy
12.4 “Inappropriate” plantation forests
12.5 Trade-offs between biodiversity and economy in plantation forests
12.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 13. Socioeconomic and ecological sustainability of agroforestry
Abstract
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Benefits of agroforestry for environmental, economic, and social
13.3 Agroforestry and soil multifunctionality
13.4 Impacts of agroforestry on soil carbon sequestration
13.5 Agroforestry helps to improve biodiversity in terrestrial ecosystems
References
Chapter 14. Agroforestry-based bioeconomy transition in Cameroon: realities and the way forward
Abstract
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Materials and methods
14.3 Results and discussion
14.4 Conclusion and policy recommendations
Acknowledgments
Conflict of interest
References
Chapter 15. Bioeconomy transition for the attainment of Cameroon’s National Development Strategy (NDS30) goal of environmental and nature protection: assessing the all-encompassing contribution of agroforestry
Abstract
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Agroforestry potentials for a bioeconomy transition in Cameroon
15.3 Agroforestry-based bioeconomy in Cameroon: synergies and disconnects
15.4 Agroforestry-based bioeconomy transition and the attainment of Cameroon’s NDS30 goal of environmental and nature protection
15.5 Conclusion and policy recommendations
Acknowledgments
Conflict of interest
References
Chapter 16. Water biodiversity: ecosystem services, threats, and conservation
Abstract
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Water sources of India
16.3 Water sources of the world
16.4 Freshwater in the world
16.5 Value of aquatic biodiversity
16.6 Water biodiversity
16.7 Role of water biodiversity
16.8 Ecosystem services from water biodiversity
16.9 Ecosystem services in water resources management
16.10 Examples of the creation of ecosystem services in aquatic ecosystems
16.11 Issues in ecosystem service assessment and valuation
16.12 Threats to ecosystem services
16.13 Threats to water biodiversity
16.14 Conservation and management approaches
16.15 Conclusions
References
Part IV: Bioeconomy industries, biomass production and biodiversity
Chapter 17. Biodiversity-friendly bioenergy—a closer look on farmer’s experiences with perennial wild plant mixture cultivation for biogas production
Abstract
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Material and methods
17.3 Results
17.4 Discussion
17.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 18. Exploring bioeconomic value addition potential of seaweeds for wastewater treatment
Abstract
18.1 Introduction of wastewater treatment
18.2 Bioeconomic potential of seaweeds
18.3 Seaweeds for wastewater treatment with integrated multi-trophic aquaculture approach
18.4 Bioeconomy approach establishment: what can be done
18.5 Applicability of seaweed after integrated multi-trophic aquaculture system for industrial application
18.6 Application of seaweed after treatment
References
Chapter 19. Lignocellulosic biomass production: biodiversity benefits and threats
Abstract
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Lignocellulosic biomass sources
19.3 Transformation of biomass to biogas
19.4 Prospects
19.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 20. Water hyacinth biomass valorization: fostering biodiversity and sustainable development in the bioeconomy
Abstract
20.1 Introduction
20.2 The dual nature of water hyacinth: a valuable biomass resource and invasive aquatic weed
20.3 Origin, spread, and biodiversity of water hyacinth
20.4 Management strategies of water hyacinth
20.5 Water hyacinth as a potential resource for bioeconomy industries
20.6 Conclusion
References
Chapter 21. Commercial products and environmental benefits of algal diversity
Abstract
21.1 Introduction
21.2 Microalgae cultivation at a commercial scale
21.3 The environmental benefits of microalgae cultivation at the commercial scale
21.4 Green seaweeds
21.5 Conclusions
References
Chapter 22. Structural tenets of efficient bioeconomy and role of biofuels
Abstract
22.1 Introduction
22.2 Tenets of bioeconomy: the multisectoral viewpoint
22.3 The nexus between bioenergy crops and bioeconomy
22.4 Leapfrogging from petro-economy to bioeconomy
22.5 Socio-economic perspectives of biofuel crops
22.6 Conclusion
Acknowledgment
References
Index

Kripal Singh

Dr. Kripal Singh (PhD) is a research professor at Andong Nati onal University, Andong, South Korea. He has been working in restorati on ecology, bioenergy research, and biodiversity conservati on since last 17 years at leading research and academic organizati ons in India, South Africa, and South Korea. He has published more than 50 research arti cles in various peer-reviewed internati onal journals and 3 books. He is also sitti ng on editorial boards as regular and guest editor of various high repute journals of Elsevier, Wiley Online, and MDPI and serving as a member of IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management and research advisor for Yancheng Teachers University, China and AF Development Care, New Delhi, India.

Affiliations and expertise

Research Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Andong National University, Andong, South Korea

Milton Cezar Ribeiro

Prof. Milton Cezar Ribeiro (PhD) is a professor and head of the Department of Biodiversity, State University of São Paulo UNESP—Rio Claro. Milton has been working majorly in the domain of ecological sciences for the last 22 years. His main interest is to understand how land use and environment changes aff ect plant and animals’ community and ecosystem functi oning on temporal and spati al scales. He is the principal investi gator at the Spati al Ecology and Conservati on Lab (LEEC) and is a member of the research groups of Environmental Research Center (CEA, UNESP) and Center for Research on Biodiversity Dynamics and Climate Change (BioGate). Milton has published more than 200 research papers in peer-reviewed high impact journals and 10 book chapters and supervised more than 50 theses, including masters and doctoral work.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor and head of the Department of Biodiversity, State University of São Paulo UNESP—Rio Claro, Brasil.

Ozgul Calicioglu

Dr. Özgül Calicioglu (PhD) is an environmental engineer at a multi lateral investment bank. As part of her work at the World Bank, Özgül supervises various analyti cal studies and investment projects related to agroclimati c and coastal resilience, circular economy, and polluti on management. Previously, Özgül worked at the Food and Agriculture Organizati on of the United Nati ons (FAO), on linking sustainable bioeconomy indicators to the 2030 Global Sustainability Agenda, and applied her academic experti se in the life cycle and techno-economic analyses of waste-to-energy systems on climate-smart agriculture projects. Özgül holds an academic track record in environmental engineering and science-policy interface.

Affiliations and expertise

Environmental Specialist, The World Bank Group, Washington DC, USA