Legal and social aspects of biotechnology: Toward a circular bioeconomy

Abstract

Modern biotechnology, particularly technologies stemming from genetic engineering, is at the core of the scientific and innovative foundation of the most of different bioeconomy policies developed around the world. The challenges and perspectives of bioeconomies are immense, but most of them are focused to guarantee food security and quality, new biomaterials and bioenergy, as well as new drugs and diagnosis techniques in a sustainable and economic way for 9 billion people by the year 2050. In the discussions about bioeconomies, the expectations and needs are enormous; they focus on guaranteeing safety and quality in a sustainable and economical way for all people toward circular bioeconomy.