Biosecurity and sustainability within the growing global bioeconomy

摘要: Crop-based biofuel production has grown exponentially, driven by government policy interventions to achieve national targets and venture capital investments. This urgency may compromise the biosecurity of these future agricultural systems such as development new bioindustry-focused GM crops for high value industrial pharmaceutical compounds. Energy security prospects a emission-constrained economy are driving developments novel non-food varieties in areas, coupled with domestic innovation policies responses recent potential crude oil pricing. New species now being commercially fostered around world also because their reinvigorate global agro-forestry industries. The vanguard first, second third generation solutions various stages production. Their true dollar carbon-based economic viability is unclear due subsidies along chain, some crop-production failing environmentally limited consideration associated agronomic problems. Novel current regions can pose significant invasion threats human health, agriculture, biodiversity natural ecosystem services through firstly, uncontrolled allergen toxicity-associated impacts on well-being; secondly, abandoned trial plantings uneconomic varieties; thirdly, feral individuals (or invasive species) from economically viable plantations invading landscapes. will have suites pests, weeds diseases that impact pest management neighbouring crops. To avoid this we need landscape scale sustainable integrated ensure triple-bottom-line requirements 21st century. introductory paper summarises bioeconomy international opportunities challenges it encompasses. We then introduce issues covered issue Current Opinion Environmental Sustainability research, perspective.