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O artigo analisa as políticas socioambientais brasileiras, sob a ótica do campo da Economia Ecológica (EE), no contexto da América Latina, com foco nas Políticas de Agricultura e Produção de Orgânicos do Brasil e do Estado de São Paulo. A metodologia empregada, fundamentada em conceitos da EE, avaliou o enquadramento das políticas em critérios e princípios de sustentabilidade, incorporando aspectos ambientais, sociais e políticos do desenvolvimento sustentável. O estudo categoriza as políticas socioambientais como de sustentabilidade em quatro tipos. Os resultados mostram que as políticas analisadas são compatíveis com os princípios propostos e apresentam os tipos de políticas a que se classificam. As políticas públicas para promover a sustentabilidade nas relações sociedade-natureza devem ser coerentes com a estrutura conceitual e os princípios do campo da Economia Ecológica. Além disso, devem corresponder ao contexto histórico, econômico, ambiental, político e cultural que caracteriza a região.

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Objective: The objective of this study was to construct econometric models to identify and analyze the variables that define and explain the deforestation cycle in the Amazon. Theoretical framework: The forest is one of the main sources of carbon sequestration and storage on Earth. Thus, deforestation and forest burning contribute to increasing the impact of the greenhouse effect on climate change, due to CO2 emissions. The protection of the Amazon forest is prioritized for its contribution to mitigating the effects of climate change. Results and conclusion: The annual increase in deforested forest area in the Amazon follows a polynomial behavior explained by the exchange relationships between the prices of deforested and occupied areas with crops and pastures and the prices of lands with native forest. It is this exchange relationship that deserves the attention of policymakers for forest preservation through deforestation control. Research implications: This exchange relationship can cause a turnaround in the deforestation cycle based on the knowledge of the value of standing forests, a fact that would reverse the exchange relationship and require the adoption of sustainable practices in agricultural, livestock, mineral, and forestry production systems. Originality/value: This research shows that there is an increase in deforested area in the Amazon forest, with only the rate of this deforestation varying, which can be increasing or decreasing. Objetivo: Construir modelos econométricos para identificar e analisar as variáveis que definem e explicam o ciclo do desmatamento na Amazônia. Referencial teórico: A floresta é uma das principais fontes de sequestro e armazenamento de carbono da Terra. Logo o desmatamento e queima de florestas contribuem para aumentar o impacto do efeito estufa nas mudanças climáticas, em função das emissões de CO2. Resultados e conclusão: O incremento anual da área de floresta desmatada na Amazônia segue um comportamento polinomial explicado pelas relações de troca entre os preços das áreas desmatadas e ocupadas com lavouras e com pastagens e os preços das terras com floresta nativa. É essa relação de troca que merece a atenção dos formuladores de política para a preservação da floresta via controle do desmatamento. Implicações da pesquisa: Essa relação de troca pode causar uma reviravolta no ciclo do desmatamento a partir do conhecimento do valor da floresta em pé, fato que reverteria a relação de troca e exigiria a adoção de boas práticas sustentáveis nos sistemas de produção agrícola, pecuário, mineral e florestal. Originalidade/valor: A causa de maior impacto sobre o desmatamento é o desconhecimento do valor dos ativos naturais e do fluxo de serviços que ofertam à economia e aos seres humanos. Sem este conhecimento, o custo de oportunidade do estoque de terras com florestas na Amazônia, que supera o preço sombra das terras com lavouras, pastagens e manejo florestal, fixado por agentes econômicos em nível próximo a zero, equivalente a um fator de produção público em abundância. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A forma como o fortalecimento das cadeias de produtos da sociobiodiversidade apoia a transição para a bioeconomia é pouco compreendida. No presente artigo, realizou-se uma aproximação ao fortalecimento das cadeias da sociobiodiversidade com base no estudo de caso da cadeia produtiva do baru. Os dados de entrevistas semiestruturadas (n = 114) a diversos agentes da cadeia produtiva foram analisados a partir da análise temática visando compreender as percepções dos agentes sobre oportunidades e desafios para o fortalecimento da cadeia e suas contribuições para promover a bioeconomia do Cerrado baseada na sociobiodiversidade. Os resultados sugeriram que, apesar das oportunidades para fortalecer a cadeia, ainda são inúmeros os desafios enfrentados por ela para desencadear processos de desenvolvimento com o viés sustentável que a bioeconomia persegue.

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Introduction: The aquaculture industry is constantly growing, registering a global production of almost 88 million tonnes by 2020. This industry brings environmental problems if its effluents are not properly treated. In 2020, the first technology-based company of CONICET was established in Argentine Patagonia whose purpose is the aquaculture production of the green sea urchin, Arbacia dufresnii to develop a range of nutraceutical products. Its cultivation system entails a commitment to sustainability since its creation, and yet it generates effluents with high levels of nitrates and phosphates. Objective: Given this scenario, and valuing bioremediation as a water treatment tool, the use of marine microalgae as phytoremediating agents of aquaculture effluent is proposed in this work. Methods: The microalgae Chaetoceros gracilis, Navicula sp., Tetraselmis suecica, Rhodomona salina, Nanochloropsis galvana and Cylindrotheca closterium were use; which are used as food for sea urchins larvae in the production process. An experiment was designed that compares the microalgal growth and the removal capacity of nutrients in the effluent in contrast to the artificial culture medium currently used in the production cycle. Results: It is possible to remedy the aquaculture industry's effluent by employing the selected microalgae, with a percentage of removal efficiency of 100 % of the nitrate and an average removal efficiency percentage of 50 % for all the microalgae tested. Likewise, significantly higher microalgal biomass values were obtained when the culture was carried out in the effluent the culture in the artificial environment. Conclusions: The advances in research provided in this work show that it is possible to take advantage of a discard to cultivate microalgae, even improving microalgal productivity for use as food, reducing the costs involved in the microalgal production sector by changing the use of the type of current culture medium (F/2) for that from a current discard. These advances, if scaled and validated, can improve industry sustainability standards within the framework of a circular economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The objective is to analyze organic farming as part of the bioeconomy, with emphasis on the triple base. The methodology is qualitative, using Participatory Action Research with agroecological producer communities in Tenjo and Tibacuy, Cundinamarca. In the economic dimension, it was found that producers use strategies such as barter, short circuits and the production of their own inputs. However, the lack of cost tracking and the absence of a consolidated brand are identified weaknesses. In the environmental dimension, the production of biological inputs and sustainable practices stands out, although the use of non-sustainable packaging is noted as a weakness. The lack of monitoring of the ecological footprint is identified as an aspect to be improved. In the social dimension, agroecology strengthens the community through barter, peasant markets and employment generation. However, lack of certification, limited participation in networks and low generational relay represent social challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the province of La Pampa, Argentina, a significant portion of the territory is occupied by xerophytic caldén forests. These forests have undergone an intense process of degradation due to inappropriate silvicultural and livestock management, resulting in bushy formations, of low productivity, called "shrub thicket". With the aim of increasing livestock productivity and reducing the risk of wildfires, various interventions are carried out in these forests, generating forest residues that are often not utilized or harnessed. In this context, circular bioeconomy emerges as a conceptual framework challenging the linearity of the current economic model. It proposes the utilization of all residues and by-products from productive activities. The objective of this work is to economically analyze the potential use in the field of forest residues derived from interventions in the native forests of caldén. The estimated minimum and maximum quantities of potential forest residue generated by different interventions ranged between 33.12 and 44.81 Mg.ha-1. The costs necessary to make the waste available were estimated; economic-financial indicators were calculated to determine the necessary volumes to cover costs and achieve benefits. The circular utilization of forest residues from native forests is feasible, provided that viable scales are generated, and reference prices are attractive for agricultural producers and involved economic agents. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using a feminist institutional approach, we examine the dominant institutional views and frameworks explaining company positions regarding the implementation of gender policies. A multiple case study was performed on four Spanish companies involved in sectors related to the circular bioeconomy. The analysis relied on secondary sources and semi-structured interviews with women in positions of responsibility in these companies. The results provide evidence on the gender issues encountered and their limitations in terms of organizational change, as well as the dominant institutional frameworks of the companies. The findings suggest that the main drivers for change are intense state regulation, company commitment to formalizing measures and the presence of critical actors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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[Introducción]: La bioeconomía aborda una serie de problemas en áreas clave para la región latinoamericana. Debido a esto, cada vez más países el mundo han elaborado políticas o estrategias de bioeconomía, siendo la Estrategia de Costa Rica la primera en la región. [Objetivo]: El objetivo de este artículo es analizar las oportunidades y desafíos que enfrenta la bioeconomía avanzada, haciendo énfasis en el sector biotecnológico, para contribuir al desarrollo productivo y sostenible en Costa Rica. [Metodología]: El enfoque utilizado es cualitativo con uso de fuentes primarias y secundarias, así como la reflexión y discusión permanente. [Resultados]: Como resultado del análisis se encuentra que, pese a una serie de barreras estructurales y retos de mercado, articulación, gobernanza, gestión de residuos, disponibilidad y aprovechamiento de recursos biológicos, financieros, educativos, sociales, entre otros; la bioeconomía se posiciona con la biotecnología como una gran oportunidad para gestionar y valorar los residuos, procesos productivos y encadenamientos con alto valor agregado, incorporando investigación, desarrollo e innovación, conocimiento, competitividad, propiciando la generación de nuevos empleos, exportaciones, acceso a más y mejores mercados. [Conclusiones]: Es posible concluir que todo esto puede ser realizado en armonía con los ecosistemas naturales y el bienestar social e incluso replicado en otros países de la región para coadyuvar al mejoramiento de las problemáticas sociales, económicas y ambientales.

El objetivo es analizar la agricultura ecológica como parte de la bioeconomía, con énfasis en la triple base. La metodología es cualitativa, utilizando la Investigación Acción Participativa con comunidades de productores agroecológicos en Tenjo y Tibacuy, Cundinamarca. Se encontró que en la dimensión económica, los productores emplean estrategias como el trueque, circuitos cortos y la producción de insumos propios. Sin embargo, la falta de seguimiento de costos y la ausencia de una marca consolidada son debilidades identificadas. En la dimensión ambiental, se destaca la producción de insumos biológicos y prácticas sostenibles, aunque se señala el uso de envases no sostenibles como una debilidad. La falta de seguimiento de la huella ecológica se identifica como un aspecto a mejorar. En la dimensión social, la agroecología fortalece la comunidad a través del trueque, mercados campesinos y generación de empleo. Sin embargo, la falta de certificación, participación limitada en redes y escaso relevo generacional representan desafíos sociales.

En la provincia de La Pampa, Argentina, una parte importante del territorio se encuentra ocupada por bosques xerófilos de caldén. Estos bosques han sido objeto de un intenso proceso de degradación derivado de manejos silvícolas y ganaderos inadecuados, resultando en formaciones arbustizadas, de baja productividad, denominadas “fachinal”. Para aumentar la productividad de estos ambientes, asociado principalmente a la actividad ganadera y disminuir los riesgos de incendios, se realizan una serie de intervenciones como estrategia de manejo, de las cuales se generan un gran volumen de residuos forestales que no se utilizan o aprovechan. La bioeconomía circular es un marco que desafía la linealidad del modelo económico actual y propone el aprovechamiento de todos los residuos y derivados de las actividades productivas. El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar económicamente el potencial aprovechamiento en campo de los residuos forestales derivados de las intervenciones en los bosques nativos de caldén. Las cantidades estimadas mínimas y máximas de residuos forestales potenciales de generación por distintas intervenciones oscilaron en 33,12 y 44,81 Mg.ha-1. Se estimaron los costos necesarios para poner los residuos a disposición; se calcularon indicadores económicos-financieros para determinar volúmenes necesarios para cubrir los costos y obtener beneficios. El aprovechamiento circular de los residuos forestales de los bosques nativos es factible, siempre y cuando se generen escalas viables y los precios de referencia sean atractivos para productores agropecuarios y agentes económicos involucrados.

El cambio climático, plantea desafíos a las latitudes del sur. La apuesta por nuevos modelos económicos que contraríen hábitos de consumo insostenibles; lleva a reconsiderar la relación de un desarrollo económico sostenible, con iniciativas incipientes en las latitudes del sur, en consideración de la implementación de economías circulares y bioeconomías; sin embargo, dichas iniciativas no deben ignorar las realidades sociales, culturales e históricas latinoamericanas, realidades que apelan a un contexto dependiente y multicultural, en el cual se presentan caminos posibles para el desarrollo de economías circulares y bioeconomías.

El hambre y la inseguridad alimentaria son flagelos para varios países, incluido Costa Rica. Para contrarrestar este mal y otros de la humanidad, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas lanzó en el 2015 la Agenda 2030, con 17 objetivos de desarrollo sostenible, uno de los cuales es el número 2, que persigue eliminar el hambre. Costa Rica ha logrado avances sobre las metas de este, aunque aún hay mucho por hacer, debido a que la pandemia por Covid-19 significó una ralentización en el logro de estas metas. El presente artículo tiene como finalidad señalar los principales vínculos y aportes de la bioeconomía como nuevo paradigma de desarrollo para el logro del objetivo de desarrollo sostenible 2. Se concluye que existen múltiples relaciones entre ambos, ya que la bioeconomía busca aumentar la producción mediante el uso de innovación y tecnologías modernas y basado en recursos naturales, así como utilizando energías limpias y sistemas de producción y consumo sostenibles, elementos que se vinculan en forma directa con el objetivo 2 y que tienen efectos positivos en el control del hambre y el mejoramiento de la seguridad alimentaria.

La economía de las plataformas utiliza datos relativos a los hábitos y vidas de los usuarios que son tratados por algoritmos. Aunque permitido crear un novedoso mercado de predicciones conductuales en el que se compran y venden datos de comportamientos que interesan tanto a los servicios de inteligencia estatales como a los departamentos de publicidad, también el management está sacando provecho a este novedoso instrumento. Es el caso del sector rider. El artículo analiza las artimañas y trucos utilizados por los empleados de una empresa de servicio de comida a domicilio radicada en una ciudad de la comunidad valenciana para “negociar” su trabajo. Como dicha “negociación” vuelve indeterminadas las distinciones entre los trabajadores y la propia separación de estos respecto a la empresa y los clientes, cada cual con sus respectivas artimañas, es necesario prestar atención a la lógica anárquica resultante, en la que se incluye el teatro de ignorancias y conocimientos que entre todos contribuyen a crear. The Platform Economy uses data related to the habits and lives of users that are processed by algorithms. Although it was allowed to create a new market for behavioral predictions in which behavioral data of interest to both state intelligence services and advertising departments are bought and sold, management is also taking advantage of this new instrument. This is the case of the rider sector. The article analyzes the tricks used by the employees of a food delivery service company located in a city in the Valencian community to "negotiate" their work. As this "negotiation" renders indeterminate the distinctions between the workers and their very separation from the company and the clients, each one with their respective tricks, it is necessary to pay attention to the resulting anarchic logic, which includes the theater of ignorance and knowledge that together contribute to creating.

El presente artículo tiene como objetivo principal mostrar un análisis sobre los actores sociales que pueden tener un rol clave para promover la bioeconomía como alternativa para la diversificación productiva y la agregación de valor en el medio rural. Se parte de la revisión al binomio economía-biología, los cuales dieron origen al concepto de Bioeconomía buscando una mejor comprensión sobre su relevancia en la transición hacia una economía sostenible. El método de investigación empleado fue no experimental porque se partió de situaciones ya existentes en torno a los actores sociales y sus facultades organizacionales, a partir de las cuales se identificó qué rol participante podrían desempeñar a favor de la Bioeconomía circular. Destacan como resultados del análisis y evaluación las directrices para una propuesta de política pública que reconozca que la bioeconomía otorga valor tanto a los recursos biológicos como al conocimiento, la investigación, la innovación y a la gestión, para el desarrollo de productos, procesos y servicios bajo el principio de sostenibilidad, donde las universidades públicas tienen un papel central en la promoción y ejecución de dicha política.

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Los derechos humanos reconocen y protegen la dignidad de todos los seres humanos, rigiendo, a través de las políticas públicas, las obligaciones del Estado hacia la sociedad. La biodiversidad, a su vez, es el rasgo más singular del planeta Tierra y su relación con las sociedades es tratada en el campo de la sociobiodiversidad. Este artículo busca reflexionar sobre cómo las instituciones públicas brasileñas vienen trabajando la relación entre la biodiversidad y los derechos humanos, con miras a promover la justicia socioambiental. Este artículo presenta un estudio de caso de la cadena de valor de Juçara (Euterpe edulis Mart.), en el estado de São Paulo, Brasil. En este estudio analizamos el desempeño del Estado, señalando las oportunidades y desafíos que deben ser considerados para la orientación de acciones y prácticas, basadas en la agroecología, en la recuperación de áreas degradadas, en la conservación de la biodiversidad y en el desarrollo sustentable en los territorios [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Antecedentes: La bioeconomía es un enfoque económico circular, respetuoso con la madre Naturaleza, proclive a resolver problemas contemporáneos como cambio climático, inseguridad alimentaria y pandemias. Implica un abordaje de procesos productivos que inicialmente fueron agropecuarios hasta otros sectores, como energía no entrópica (termodinámica) aplicado a funciones clásicas y lineales de producción, que solo consideraban capital y trabajo, mientras marginaban Naturaleza y Biodiversidad catalogadas como factores de segundo orden. Metodología: Ambos autores unen sus investigaciones con Instrumentos de análisis económico y modelización matemática, para implementar políticas públicas. La metodología de análisis incluye la fusión de métodos analíticos, explicativos, deductivos y dialécticos focalizados en la revisión de literatura previa y modelización innovadora donde la Naturaleza deja de ser un mero objeto y se convierte en sujeto. Resultados: En el análisis y discusión, uno de los autores desarrolló la Bioeconomía Ande Amazónica (BAA), que incluye tres categorías clave: biocultura, bioterritorialidad y bioinformación. El programa Harmony with Nature al que pertenece la segunda autora, contempla el paradigma en evolución no antropocéntrica centrada en la Tierra, donde la humanidad es parte integral de la Naturaleza. Este paradigma contrasta con enfoques dominantes de sostenibilidad, dualistas, antropocéntricos y utilitarios de relaciones Hombre-Naturaleza e Incorpora el Naturcentrismo. Conclusión: Este error sistémico de más de dos siglos, condujo a la humanidad al peligro de extinción, algo que los pueblos indígenas ancestrales ya supieron, conociendo las relaciones-materia-energía y espacio-tiempo que el economicismo antropocéntrico deliberadamente marginó.

No existe un valor común para el nivel de circularidad (NC) de una organización que permita evaluar su desempeño. El objetivo de este artículo fue validar un cuestionario para establecer los NC en el sector agroindustrial alimentario. Para ello se creó un grupo de 16 expertos que diseñaron un cuestionario de 46 elementos con una escala de 0 a 100 puntos, en cinco rangos de 20 puntos cada uno para cinco NC de Muy Baja, Baja, Media, Alta y Muy Alta circularidad, equivalentes a las etapas de Linealidad, Transición, Circularidad y Sostenibilidad. Se aplicó a 10 organizaciones cubanas de producciones diferentes, algunas con sistemas de gestión certificados (SG). El cuestionario puede usarse en una metodología de evaluación y como lista de chequeo del cumplimiento de requisitos de una norma para la certificación de la circularidad en Cuba.

Advances in conjunctural analysis and insights into global production networks (GPNs) are used to examine the ways policymakers develop bio-pharma development strategies to manage the trade-offs between economic value capture and securing value for health. Four strategic state roles are identified – provision, protection, procurement and production – all shown to be recombined in conjuncture-contingent ways. Case studies of California's Bay Area, Puerto Rico's Bio-Island, China's Greater Bay Area, Singapore's Biopolis and South Africa's mRNA Hub in Cape Town illustrate how each regional conjuncture leads to recombinations of the roles in ways that reflect the connected but also competing and contested strategies for securing economic value vis-à-vis health value. The resulting variegation of development makes manifest policy struggles that continue to complicate the meanings of strategic coupling and value in hubs of bio-pharma GPNs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Platform Economy uses data related to the habits and lives of users that are processed by algorithms. Although it was allowed to create a new market for behavioral predictions in which behavioral data of interest to both state intelligence services and advertising departments are bought and sold, management is also taking advantage of this new instrument. This is the case of the rider sector. The article analyzes the tricks used by the employees of a food delivery service company located in a city in the Valencian community to "negotiate" their work. As this "negotiation" renders indeterminate the distinctions between the workers and their very separation from the company and the clients, each one with their respective tricks, it is necessary to pay attention to the resulting anarchic logic, which includes the theater of ignorance and knowledge that together contribute to creating. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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A review of the Colombian species of Ericaceae with edible fruits is presented, with emphasis on their use, propagation, and cultivation. Twenty-five species in ten genera were recorded, whose highest diversity is concentrated in Cavendishia, Disterigma, Gaultheria, and Vaccinium. Most of the species are distributed in the middle and upper areas of the Eastern and Central Andean Mountains. Although direct and sporadic fruit consumption is the most frequent, fruit processing into derived products was reported for seven species, and only three of them have had some level of trade. Although propagation and cultivation studies are concentrated on Vaccinium meridionale, basic propagation studies are recorded on Vaccinium floribundum, Macleania rupestris, Cavendishia bracteata, Disterigma alaternoides, and Thibaudia floribunda. However, most fruits of Colombian Ericaceae are primarily harvested from wild populations. Detailed studies of the effect of harvesting on natural populations are not currently known, nor are there management plans for their use. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The purpose of this article is to analyze from a philosophical reflection the unprecedented devices of biogeneration (genetics and DNA manipulation) and infogeneration (algorithms and Big Data) that characterize the contemporary modes of production and accumulation of both biogenetic and platform capitalism. The emergence of these devices has been possible due to the growing integration and mutual leverage between technoscience, bioeconomy and life sciences (biology, medicine, genetics), which has given rise to an extended, refined, and sophisticated biopolitical power that takes as its target the most intimate confines of the living. First, we outline the techno-scientific and socioeconomic conditions that make possible a style of molecular thinking that, on the one hand, guides the new trajectory of a molecular biopolitics on life and, on the other, creates a new biotechnological molecular park in which crowd a cast of forms of different sign. Secondly, we address the biogeneration device that, together with biomedical knowledge and biogenetic capitalism, shapes life until it becomes a source of biovalue. Finally, we analyze the infogeneration device that, articulated with algorithmic knowledge and platform capitalism, extracts data and information from genes, cells, and molecules to make them circulate within the circuits of biocapital and bioeconomy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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La creciente preocupación por el acelerado deterioro del ambiente y la búsqueda del cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS) han promovido una reorganización en las estructuras de producción y comercialización a nivel global. Es por ello, que la economía circular, surge como una alternativa viable para enfrentar estos desafíos, y su estrecha relación con la sostenibilidad son elementos que gestionados de forma adecuada, abren una luz de esperanza para el futuro de la humanidad. Dada la importancia que ha tomado el tema en los últimos años, el presente artículo pretende realizar un mapeo científico de la investigación a nivel global en economía circular y el desarrollo sostenible. Para ello, se utilizaron herramientas y técnicas bibliométricas aplicadas a los datos obtenidos de la base de datos Scopus. Los resultados permitieron identificar tres perspectivas de investigación las cuales se caracterizan por: el papel de la innovación tecnológica en la sostenibilidad, la bioeconomía como elemento integrador y los indicadores y eficiencia de las prácticas de economía circular. Así mismo, se reconoce que es un tema que se encuentra en auge, en el que se involucran investigadores y países de todos los continentes, es decir, no hay una hegemonía marcada por términos geográficos. Finalmente, en este estudio se presenta una agenda para futuras investigaciones.

El aumento de la demanda de recursos no renovables en el mundo hace que la economía lineal sea muy discutida, lo que requiere una transición a la economía circular (EC) para una recuperación post-pandémica más sostenible y adaptarnos a un futuro ecológico. Por ese motivo, el objetivo de este trabajo fue analizar la importancia de la EC para la seguridad alimentaria y el procesamiento agroindustrial de alimentos. Se consultó literatura sobre los avances en la transición hacia la EC, su impacto en el comercio mundial y su relación con la producción de alimentos. Se concluye que implementar la EC en el sector agroalimentario mundial requiere metas con un enfoque global y el compromiso y la voluntad de diversos actores y la conciencia de la población.

To protect the essential ecosystem services for the maintenance of society, effective mechanisms of incentive are necessary, acting supplementary to command and control instruments. The Ecological ICMS of Paraná State, Brazil, which was the first project of this kind in the country, showed effectiveness as a conservation incentive during its 30 years in operation and has the potential to enhance and increase the safety net of biodiversity in Paraná through municipal support to owners of Private Natural Heritage Reserves - RPPN. The aim of this study was to analyze the technical and legal feasibility of Payments for Environmental Services – PSA from municipalities to RPPN owners, using the Ecological ICMS as the main financial source. The Ecological ICMS in Paraná uses qualitative annual assessments, whose results highly affect the transfer of resources to the municipalities. Therefore, the programs to support RPPN owners tend to increase the tributary benefits of the municipalities. The average performance of RPPNs in Paraná was 27.5% in 2021, indicating an environmental and tributary underutilization of these areas. The PSA is the most attractive modality of incentive for RPPN owners since it generates financial benefits directly for them. However, because of specific norms, other modalities of municipal incentives are currently predominant, among which the most effective has been the inter-municipal agreements for conservation unit management. We suggest that the PSA model used in the Paraná State should be adapted to the municipalities using the Municipal Environment Fund, with resources from the Ecological ICMS. The inflow of resources from the private initiative, to comply with legal requirements and for marketing purposes, should also be observed. We suggest defining priority areas and specific environmental services so that these programs can converge with municipal policies for conservation and sustainable development.

El objetivo del artículo es establecer los componentes de éxito que podrían conducir al desarrollo de la bioe- conomía en Colombia mediante el establecimiento de clústeres de biotecnología. El análisis parte del poten- cial de desarrollo reconocido por la Misión Internacional de Sabios del Gobierno de Colombia basado en un modelo conceptual de factores de éxito. Además, el estudio integra tres enfoques de análisis complementa- rios ampliando la perspectiva del objeto de estudio: 1) análisis espacial enfocado en las políticas públicas, contexto social macroeconómico y características del territorio; 2) análisis estructural, componentes clave del sector biotecnológico; 3) análisis funcional, los requisitos necesarios para la innovación. Estas herramien- tas permiten el análisis de la iniciativa del clúster Sistema Regional de Innovación de la Biotecnología (SRIB) en el Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Finalmente, se propone una hoja de ruta que podría usarse para crear una estrategia de clúster exitosa en el desarrollo de la bioeconomía departamental.

Bioeconomía de biopolímeros basados en residuos orgánicos domésticos: Un modelo para la disminución del impacto ambiental generado por residuos plásticos de un solo uso en el Edificio Pasaje Amador de la ciudad de Quito, es un proyecto de investigación que busca aportar a una trasformación de un paradigma "lineal" a un paradigma "circular", convirtiéndose en un reto debido a los obstáculos para que los bioprocesos y bioproductos se desarrollen. El objetivo principal del estudio fue conocer la importancia y beneficio de diseñar e implementar un modelo de bioeconomía para el diseño de biopolímeros a partir de residuos orgánicos domésticos, la metodología es de naturaleza mixta, el estudio se realizó en el Edificio Pasaje Amador ubicado en la ciudad de Quito, Ecuador, el tamaño muestral para la investigación fue de quince microempresas, diez oficinas, diez departamentos. Se inició con una fase de recolección de datos, mediante un cuestionario, mismo que fue sometido a pruebas estadísticas de confiabilidad, continuando con una fase experimental donde se diseñó el biopolímero, a partir de residuos orgánicos, para el efecto se realizaron cuatro ensayos experimentales para que los resultados presenten confiabilidad, utilizando un análisis no probabilístico, dentro de la experimentación se tuvo en cuenta la manipulación intencional de variables (independientes), medición de variables (dependientes), control y validez, grupos de comparación. El diseño finalmente fue evaluado mediante un cuestionario de satisfacción del producto, aplicado a la muestra de estudio, para validar el impacto que tiene la inserción de biopolímeros en el Pasaje Amador comparado con los plásticos de un solo uso, afirmando así la hipótesis positiva de la investigación que es que el modelo de Bioeconomía de biopolímeros a partir de residuos orgánicos domésticos, permite disminuir el impacto ambiental generado por residuos plásticos de un solo uso en el Edificio Pasaje Amador de la ciudad de Quito.

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Despite its rich sociobiodiversity, the Amazon faces significant challenges regarding food security. The Brazilian National School Feeding Programme (PNAE) emerges as a strategic opportunity to address the issue of food insecurity and to synergistically contribute to the conservation of biodiversity and the strengthening of local economic development. Although PNAE encourages the presence of regional foods and sociobiodiversity in school meals, the effective inclusion of these foods remains a challenge. In this policy brief, we summarize recommendations to promote the effective inclusion of sociobiodiversity in school meals, in six strategies. We believe that the stakeholders directly involved in the PNAE decision-making can benefit from these recommendations, including public officials responsible for ensuring the human right to adequate food, as well as the institutions regulating the activities of nutritionists who serve as technical experts for the program. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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