A New Conceptual 'Cylinder' Framework for Sustainable Bioeconomy Systems and Their Actors.

IF 2.2 4区 哲学 Q2 AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics Pub Date : 2021-01-01 Epub Date: 2021-04-01 DOI:10.1007/s10806-021-09850-7
Hugo de Vries, Mechthild Donner, Monique Axelos
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Concepts for sustainable bioeconomy systems are gradually replacing the ones on linear product chains. The reason is that continuously expanding linear chain activities are considered to contribute to climate change, reduced biodiversity, over-exploitation of resources, food insecurity, and the double burden of disease. Are sustainable bioeconomy systems a guarantee for a healthy planet? If yes, why, when, and how? In literature, different sustainability indicators have been presented to shed light on this complicated question. Due to high degrees of complexity and interactions of actors in bioeconomy systems, trade-offs and non-linear outcomes became apparent. This fueled the debates about the normative dimensions of the bioeconomy. In particular, the behavior of actors and the utilization of products do not seem to be harmonized according to the environmental, social, and economic pillars of sustainability. Potential conflicts require a new conceptual framework that is here introduced. It consists of a 'sustainability' cylinder captured between an inner-cylinder, representing order, and an outer-cylinder for chaos, based on the laws of physics and complex adaptive systems. Such a framework permits (bioeconomy) systems to propagate in the sustainability zone only if they follow helical pathways serving as the new norms. Helices are a combination of two sinusoidal patterns. The first represents here the sustainable behavior of interacting actors and the second the balanced usage of resources and products. The latter counteracts current growth discourses. The applicability of the conceptual cylinder framework is positively verified via 9 cases in Europe, which encompass social-organizational and product-technological innovations.

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可持续生物经济系统及其参与者的新概念“圆柱体”框架。
可持续生物经济系统的概念正在逐渐取代线性产品链上的概念。原因是不断扩大的线性链活动被认为会导致气候变化、生物多样性减少、资源过度开发、粮食不安全以及疾病的双重负担。可持续的生物经济系统是健康地球的保证吗?如果是,为什么,何时,如何?在文献中,提出了不同的可持续性指标来阐明这个复杂的问题。由于生物经济系统中行为者的高度复杂性和相互作用,权衡和非线性结果变得明显。这引发了关于生物经济规范维度的争论。特别是,行动者的行为和产品的利用似乎没有根据可持续性的环境、社会和经济支柱协调一致。潜在的冲突需要一个新的概念框架,在此介绍。它由一个“可持续性”圆柱体组成,在一个代表秩序的内圆柱体和一个代表混乱的外圆柱体之间,基于物理定律和复杂的自适应系统。这样的框架允许(生物经济)系统只有在遵循作为新规范的螺旋路径时才能在可持续性区域传播。螺旋是两种正弦模式的组合。前者代表了相互作用的参与者的可持续行为,后者代表了资源和产品的平衡使用。后者抵消了当前有关增长的论述。概念性圆柱体框架的适用性通过欧洲的9个案例得到了积极的验证,这些案例包括社会组织和产品技术创新。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics welcomes articles on ethical issues confronting agriculture, food production and environmental concerns. The goal of this journal is to create a forum for discussion of moral issues arising from actual or projected social policies in regard to a wide range of questions. Among these are ethical questions concerning the responsibilities of agricultural producers, the assessment of technological changes affecting farm populations, the utilization of farmland and other resources, the deployment of intensive agriculture, the modification of ecosystems, animal welfare, the professional responsibilities of agrologists, veterinarians, or food scientists, the use of biotechnology, the safety, availability, and affordability of food.
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