Supporting the transition toward a global regenerative economy.
The Bioeconomy team focuses on economic activities involving the production, transformation, use, and disposal of food, timber, fuel, fiber, and other materials derived exclusively from renewable biological resources. Using our scientific expertise, we tackle challenges in circular bioeconomic value chains and regenerative bioregions. We create and share models, frameworks, and principles, collaborating with diverse organizations to co-create, test, and implement solutions.
Our focus areas
Bioregional Metabolism Scans
We assess the local bioeconomy’s impact on health, equity, and the environment, while building consortia for collaborative action across communities.
Sustainable Land Use and Nature-Based Solutions
We map rural land management, build frameworks to identify trade-offs among current and potential local land use practices, and work with communities to identify and deploy nature-based solutions that support a transition to sustainable systems, informing policymakers on the best path forward.
Regenerative Bio-based Value Chains
We also zoom into specific value chains to assess the interactions of multiple supply chains and cross-sectoral use of biomass resources and their environmental impacts. To identify points of resource competition, and opportunities for material cascading, regenerative best practices, and symbiotic circularity interventions.
