This report presents indicators, trends and scenarios on the state and performance of the German bioeconomy. The aim is to identify the challenges and opportunities that policy makers need to know in order to effectively steer the transition towards a circular and more sustainable bioeconomy. This report is intended for a wide public audience (policy makers, researchers, NGOs, industry and civil society) and is designed to reach readers with different levels of pre-existing knowledge about the bioeconomy. In the long term, it should provide the basis for further developing a regular reporting of bioeconomy monitoring in Germany. This summary provides a snapshot of key findings. The figures presented are simplified versions of the more detailed illustrations found in the main report. Chapters cover key findings related to biomass use, biomass flows, socio-economic performance and innovation, environmental impacts, bioeconomy footprints and conclusions and key policy measures.

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German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Grant number: 031B1129A)
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@unpublished{doi:10.17170/kobra-2024111510677,
  author    ={Beck-O’Brien, Meghan and Bringezu, Stefan and Banse, Martin and Barrelet, Johna and Bezama, Alberto and Bösch, Matthias and Brüning, Simone and Bührlen, Bernhard and Cabezas, Ana and Cyffka, Karl-Friedrich and Dzene, Ilze and Gordillo Vera, Fernando and Helander, Hanna and Henke, Jan and Hennenberg, Klaus and Hinz, Roman and Iost, Susanne and Jordan, Matthias and Kilian, David and Köppen, Susanne and Kynast, Ellen and Lutz, Christian and Pereira, Simon and Pfeiffer, Mirjam and Phuntsho and Pozo Inofuentes, Paola and Reiss, Thomas and Reuschel, Saskia and Richter, Sören and Schaldach, Rüdiger and Scheffler, Margarethe and Schomberg, Anna and Schüngel, Jan and Schweinle, Jörg and Thrän, Daniela and Wang, Mengxi and Weimar, Holger and Wiegmann, Kirsten and Wijesingha, Jayan and Wilske, Burkhard and Wydra, Sven and Zeug, Walther and Zinke, Christina},
  title    ={Monitoring the German Bioeconomy - Summary},
  keywords ={500 and 630 and Deutschland and Landwirtschaft and Forstwirtschaft and Fischerei and Ökologischer Fußabdruck},
  copyright  ={https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/},
  language ={en},
  year   ={2024-12}
}