This book is a concise overall view of the status quo of the bioeconomy and its future developments - in Germany and beyond. Numerous practitioners from business, science, civil society and politics show how the bioeconomy is addressing the global problems of the future. Based on renewable raw materials and energies, the bioeconomy is developing new products and processes with the aim of shaping a more ecologically and economically sustainable future. But can it succeed? What are its opportunities and limitations? Which framework conditions influence it? The book answers these questions with a systemic view of the bioeconomy and thus enables a quick orientation in this topic. This is additionally supported by numerous graphics. The book thus invites readers to help shape the future of the bioeconomy.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daniela Thrän is Head of the Department of Bioenergy at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ (Leipzig site) and at the same time Head of Division 'Bioenergy Systems' at the German Biomass Research Centre gemeinnützige GmbH - DBFZ in Leipzig. At the University of Leipzig, she holds the Chair of Bioenergy Systems. From 2012 to 2019, she was a member of the Bioeconomy Council and from 2012 to 2017, she was head of scientific accompanying research in the 'Leading-Edge Cluster Bioeconomy'.

M.A. Urs Moesenfechtel studied adult education and German language and literature in Cologne and Leipzig and has since worked at the interfaces of press and public relations, event organisation and education management. The mediation of environmental and nature protection topics forms thereby a emphasis of its work. For example, he worked at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research GmbH - UFZ as press and public relations officer for the projects TEEB DE (Natural Capital Germany), BonaRes (Soil as a Sustainable Resource for the Bioeconomy) and NeFo (Network Forum on Biodiversity Research Germany). He managed the science communication of the accompanying research of the Leading-Edge Cluster Bioeconomy at the UFZ and the UFZBioeconomyInformationBureau (BIB). In the framework of the SYMOBIO project (Systemic Monitoring and Modelling of the Bioeconomy), he conducted several events with stakeholders of the German bioeconomy.