EU Bioeconomy Strategy Raises Stakes For Fisheries Sector - The Fishing Daily - Irish, UK and European Fishing Industry News

Bioeconomy Strategy falls short of curbing Europe's resource crisis

Eva Bille, Head of Circular Economy at the EEB, said: “Instead of setting a strategy that confronts Europe’s excessive demand for resources, the Commission clings to the illusion that we can simply replace our current consumption with bio-based inputs, overlooking the serious and immediate harm this will inflict on people and nature.” Compared to an earlier version leaked in October, the Strategy does not acknowledge the need to drastically redu…

EU Bioeconomy Strategy Raises Stakes For Fisheries Sector - The Fishing Daily - Irish, UK and European Fishing Industry News

EU Bioeconomy Strategy raises stakes for fisheries sector through biomass competition, regulation pressure, and new marine bio-product markets Policy Aims Extend Well Beyond Land-Based Bioeconomy The European Commission’s new Strategic Framework for a Competitive and Sustainable EU Bioeconomy is being presented as an industrial growth plan, but its implications for the fisheries sector are …

Commission's Bioeconomy Strategy falls short of curbing Europe's resource crisis

The new Bioeconomy Strategy released today by the European Commission lacks the ambition needed to align Europe’s resource use with the ecological boundaries of our planet. While focusing on scattered product innovation efforts instead of tackling the root causes of nature, pollution, and climate crises, the Commission has missed a crucial opportunity, warns the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) – Europe’s largest network of environmental citi…