Natural capital and bioeconomy: challenges and opportunities for forestry

摘要: Over the last decades, stock of natural capital has been globally reduced by human-induced effects such as climate change, and land use cover modifications. In particular, continuous flow goods services from ecosystems to people is currently under threat if current human activities still remain unsustainable. The recent bioeconomy strategy an important opportunity halt loss biodiversity reduction provision, global local scale. this framework, forest sector plays a fundamental role in further enhancing sustainable development green growth degraded environments, marginal rural areas. This paper provides overview bioeconomy-based resources management (with focus on ecosystems), analyzing related challenges opportunities, international national perspective, Italy. At first, addressing purposes analyzed. Secondly, most suitable tools monitor assess changes are described. Finally, research contributions within context reported. To create conditions for growth, following insights have be denoted: (i) deeper understanding changes; (ii) improvement public participation decision-making processes, especially at landscape scale; (iii) effective integration ecological, socio-cultural, economic dimensions while managing resources.