Asturias, is a northern region of Spain that has recently published its Strategy for Circular Economy (2023-2030) aim to consolidate and promote sustainable practices focused on the full use of biological resources. To do so, the regional government has defined five objectives within this Strategy to boost regional bioeconomy and increase by 20% the recovery and annual production of materials from the bioeconomy sectors. Align with this commitment, two out of five big areas included in the new Asturian RIS3, relate to Bioeconomy (Agri-food and Smart and Resilient Industry). Considering bioeconomy, climate and orography, Asturian surface is mainly dedicated to forestry in 65%, livestock activity in 29% (70% meet-mostly beef- 30% dairy) and 3% is for agriculture use. Hence, agri-food industry derived residues constitute 12%, being the third source of waste after industrial (61%) and urban (17%) activities. Finally, new sources for the generation of raw materials have been deeply investigated where aquaculture is emerging as an interesting commercial activity and currently is increasingly explored. Asturias participates in BioINSouth consortium with ASINCAR.
Sure! Here are some keywords you can use for the bioeconomy of the Asturias region:
Bioeconomy sectors
- Sustainable agriculture
- Circular bioeconomy
- Agri-food supply chain
- Marine and coastal development
- Forestry and livestock
Types of biomass
- Agricultural residues
- Forest biomass
- Organic waste
- Industrial by-products
- Marine biomass
Legislation status
- Estrategia de Economía Circular del Principado de Asturias
- Estrategia Regional de Especialización Inteligente (RIS3)
- Regional bioeconomy policy
- Circular economy initiatives
- Sustainable development goals (SDGs)
