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You can find all the documents produced by this ENRD Thematic Group in this thematic page. Check in particular the analytical work carried out by the TG:

• Monitoring data and raising awareness of rural actors' contribution to climate action (April 2020) 
• Sequestering carbon in soil and retaining soil carbon stores - Orientations for CAP Strategic Plans (January 2020)
• Decision support for climate action across the bioeconomy (January 2020)
• Background paper for the Thematic Group (September 2019)
• European rural bioeconomy: policy and tools (June 2019)
• Recommendations on the use of RDPs to mainstream the bioeconomy (June 2019)
• Exploring the role of awareness‑raising and communication in promoting the development of sustainable bioeconomy value chains (June 2019)

• The European Green Deal, European Commission, 2020
• European Economicand Social Committee opinion on 'From farm to fork: a sustainable food strategy', 2020
• Implementation Action Plan (2020-2025) for the Italian Bioeconomy Strategy BIT II, 2020
• A sustainable Bioeconomy for Europe: strengthening the connection between economy, society and the environment, European Commission, 2018
• A new bioeconomy for a sustainable Europe (video), European Commission, 2018
• Strategic Knowledge and Innovation Agenda, SCAR Bioeconomy Strategic Working Group, 2018
• Update Report of National Strategies around the World, German Bioeconomy Council, 2018
• Bioeconomy Portal, European Commission
• A bioeconomy strategy for France, Ministry of Agiculture, 2017 (EN and FR)
• BIT - Bioeconomy in Italy, Agency for Territorial Cohesion, Italy, 2019 revision
• Latvian Bioeconomy Strategy, Ministry of Agriculture, Latvia, 2017
• Review of the 2012 EU Bioeconomy Strategy, European Commission, 2017
• Familiar resources – undreamt of possibilities. The Government's Bioeconomy Strategy, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Norway, November, 2016
• The Spanish Bioeconomy Strategy - 2030 Horizon, Ministry of Economy and Competitivness, Spain, 2016
• National Policy Strategy on Bioeconomy, Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Germany, 2015
• Future Opportunities for Bioeconomy in the West Nordic Countries, Matís - Iceland and Nordic Council of Ministers, 2014
• The Finnish Bioeconomy Strategy, Ministry of Employment and the Economy, 2014

• Andalusian Circular Bioeconomy Strategy, Junta de Andalucia, Consejeria de Agricultura, Pesca y Desarrollo Rural, 2018 (ES)
• Bioeconomy Strategy Baden-Württemberg, 2019 (DE)
• Lapland's Arctic Specialisation Programme, 2018
• Presentation Andalusian Circular Bioeconomy Strategy, video, 2018 (EN)
• Regional impacts of sustainable energy in western Finland, Pekka Peuraa, Ari Haapanena, Kaarina Reinib, Hannu Törmäb, in Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018
• Bioeconomy for the Danube region, position paper, Danube-INCO.NET, 2017
• Bioeconomy regions in Europe, Biobased Industries Consortium, 2017
• Example of a regional approach: combining structural funds to develop rural bioeconomy in South Savo region, Finland, based on contributions of Ossi Tuuliainen, Leading Expert, South Savo ELY Centre
• SCREEN - Synergic circular economy across European regions, project

• Governing sustainability in biomass supply chains for the bioeconomy, IEA Bioenergy, 2019
• Towards sustainable bioeconomy. Lessons learned from case studies, FAO, 2019
• Green economy process modelling, Karetta Timonen, Anu Reinikainen, Sirpa Kurppa, Keijo Siitonen and Pekka Myllylä, in Natural resources and bioeconomy studies, 2018
• Examples of good practices reported by the BBI JU States representatives group, Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking, 2018
• Sustainable bio-resource pathways towards a fossil-free world: The European bioeconomy in a global development context, IEEP, 2018
• CORDIS Results Pack on Bio-based Innovation, European Commission, 2018
• Synthesis on bioeconomy monitoring systems in the EU Member States - indicators for monitoring the progress of bioeconomy, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), 2018
• Bioways Factsheets, Bioways project
• Biopaths to Carbon Neutrality - Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland, 2018
• Bio-based economy and climate change – Important links, pitfalls and opportunities, 2017
• Finnish bioeconomy in numbers, 2017
• Forest bioeconomy – a new scope for sustainability indicators, Bernhard Wolfslehner, Stefanie Linser, Helga Pülzl, Annemarie Bastrup-Birk, Andrea Camia and Marco Marchetti, 2016
• How Sustainability Is Addressed in Official Bioeconomy Strategies at International, National and Regional Levels, FAO, 2016
• Summary from ERRIN Bioeconomy mapping of Smart Specialisation priorities, ERRIN - European Regions Research and Innovation Network, 2015
• Towards Sustainable Bioeconoy Guidelines, FAO project
• Agroforestry contributes to circular bioeconomy – The potential of bio-based products generated in agroforestry farms" - a fact sheet by the Agroforestry Innovation Networks AFINET
• The Hemp Manifesto, EIHA

• Knowledge Centre for Bioeconomy, Joint Research Centre of the European Commission
• BIOEAST – Central and Eastern European initiative for knowledge-based agriculture, aquaculture and forestry in the bioeconomy
• Bioeconomía, Spanish knowledge centre on bioeconomy
• Bioeconomía en Andalucía, Andalucia's bioeconomy portal  
• Bioeconomy for the Baltic Sea Region, Nordic Council of Ministers
• Bioeconomy regional strategy toolkit, BERST project
• Biowatch document library on bioeconomy, Biowatch project
• Bioways Toolkit, Bioways project
• Circular Economy Toolkit for Manufacturers, Retailers and Consumers
• Finnish Bioeconomy web platform
• Forest bioeconomy future catalogue, Finnish Forest Association
• Green economy process modelling, Natural resources and bioeconomy studies 51/2018
• The digital revolution in the bioeconomy, Nordregio
• Rural RDI milieus in transition towards smart bioeconomy clusters and innovation ecosystems, RDI2CluB project