Challenges for circular bioeconomy in forestry: Analysis of socio-economic impacts of global change on the forestry sector.

Ing. Michaela Perunová

Doctoral thesis

Abstract:

The main aim of the dissertation thesis is to carry out the evaluation of the socio‐economic impacts of global change on the forestry sector. To accomplish the key purpose, both the qualitative and quantitative methods were applied to the research and the following methods were utilized, namely literature review, desk research, data collection, time series analysis, comparative analysis, spatial data analysis, cartogram and cartodiagram method, and correlation and regression analysis. The objective of the dissertation thesis was achieved through three original research papers published in scientific journals with impact factors. The studies were consistent with the dissertation theme and focused on various aspects of socio-economic impacts of global change on the bioeconomy, including the forestry sector. The first study aimed to evaluate the development of the bioeconomy labour market in the Czech Republic. The second study focused on the explanation of the impacts of economic and financial instruments of the climate change policy on the development of the forest bioeconomy in the Czech Republic. The third study dealt with regional divergences and the impacts of financial support on the development of the forest bioeconomy in the Czech Republic. The dissertation thesis highlighted the priority of developing the social and economic aspects of the bioeconomy. The findings of the dissertation thesis can contribute to the development of national and regional bioeconomy strategies, economic and financial priorities, and the achievement of the European Green Deal vision. The results carry wider implications of the socio-economic impacts of global change on the bioeconomy, including the forestry sector, and the framing of further research agendas for the Czech Republic. The dissertation thesis and doctoral study completed the picture of the circular bioeconomy in the Czech Republic.

Keywords

forest bioeconomy, circular economy, Czech Republic

Language used: English

Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 16. 6. 2024

Thesis defence

• Supervisor: doc. Ing. Jarmila Zimmermannová, Ph.D.
• Reader: Miroslav Hájek, Ph.D., doc. Ing., Eva Cudlínová, externi, Jan Slavík, externi

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences

Doctoral programme:
Global Change Forestry