Bioenergy and Sustainability
Biofuels, land rights and community-investor partnerships - Good practices and preliminary lessons learned in selected case studies in India, Thailand and Viet Nam Over the past years, there has been a rapid expansion of biofuel development in many Asian countries. A number of governments are promoting biofuel programmes, mainly to achieve energy security, meet the increasing demand for ... |
Oct 2010 |
A decision support tool for sustainable bioenergy – An overview Whether or not bioenergy can deliver on the objectives without creating new and additional pressures depends largely on the existence of a robust and inclusive national planning process and project design and management.Bioenergy has received ... |
Sep 2010 |
Impacts of liquid biofuels on ecosystem services and biodiversity Ecosystem services are the benefits people obtain from ecosystems. Biofuels can provide a number of ecosystem services (e.g. fuel, climate regulation) but also compromise other ecosystem services (e.g. food, freshwater services) and biodiversity which are ... |
Sep 2010 |
Algal biorefinery-based industry: an approach to address fuel and food insecurity for a carbon-smart world Food and fuel production are intricately interconnected. In a carbon-smart society, it is imperative to produce both food and fuel sustainably. Integration of the emerging biorefinery concept with other industries can bring many environmental deliverables ... |
Sep 2010 |
Beyond the talk: engaging stakeholders in bioenergy development – Bioenergy Issue Paper Series No.4 Ensuring that benefits of bioenergy development materialise and risks are mitigated requires robust policies and processes. Designing these policies and processes with a multi-stakeholder approach helps identify and address the risks, and different interests and ... |
Sep 2010 |
Energy poverty - How to make modern energy access universal? Lack of access to modern energy services is a serious hindrance to economic and social development and must be overcome if the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are to be achieved. This report - which ... |
Sep 2010 |
Criteria and indicators for sustainable woodfuels Wood energy is the dominant source of energy for over 2 billion people, particularly in households in developing countries. Biofuels, especially fuelwood and charcoal, currently provide more than 14 percent of the world’s total primary ... |
Sep 2010 |
Unravelling the ‘land grab’ - How to protect the livelihoods of the poor? Land grabbing is a broad term, which in the current debates refers to the large-scale acquisition of land in developing countries by (foreign) companies or governments. These acquisitions have the positive potential to inject investment ... |
Sep 2010 |
Africa: up for grabs - The scale and impact of land grabbing for agrofuels The African continent is increasingly being seen as a source of agricultural land and natural resources for the rest of the world.National governments and private companies are obtaining access to land across the continent to ... |
Aug 2010 |
Second-generation biofuels - Economics and policies Recent increases in production of crop-based (or first-generation) biofuels have engendered increasing concerns over potential conflicts with food supplies and land protection, as well as disputes over greenhouse gas reductions. This has heightened a sense ... |
Aug 2010 |