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| Sustainable land management in practice - Guidelines and best practices for Sub-Saharan Africa This volume is a core knowledge product for the TerrAfrica platform, prepared under the Food and Agriculture Organisation’s (FAO) leadership, and financed by the multi-donor TerrAfrica Leveraging Fund, the World Bank, FAO, Swiss... |
Jan 2011 |
| Bioenergy, land use change and climate change mitigation There is at present a lively public debate, as well as substantial scientific activity related to the sustainability of bioenergy, and in particular the sustainability of liquid biofuels. The debate concerns both environmental... |
Dec 2010 |
| The impacts of biofuel targets on land-use change and food supply - A global CGE assessment This study analyzes the long-term impacts of large-scale expansion of biofuels on land-use change, food supply and prices, and the overall economy in various countries or regions using a global computable general equilibrium... |
Dec 2010 |
| Invasiveness of biofuel crops and potential harm to natural habitats and native species Several factors prompted the development of biofuel cropping within agroecosystems. These include a growth in population and energy demand, geopolitical instability linked to demand for fossil fuels, concerns about global warming... |
Dec 2010 |
| European Union and United States biofuel mandates - Impacts on world markets This study seeks to clarify the interactions between different biofuel policy scenarios and their potential impacts on global agricultural markets and on the environment, particularly on production, trade, welfare, land use and... |
Dec 2010 |
| Development of strategies and sustainability standards for the certification of biomass for international trade The "Development of strategies and sustainability standards for the certification of biomass for international trade" research project (short title: Bio-global) was carried out from Summer 2007 until Spring 2010.The... |
Nov 2010 |
| What woodfuels can do to mitigate climate change Wood is society’s oldest source of energy. Its use for cooking and heating remains vital to the daily energy needs of over two billion people in developing countries. It is also a “new” energy source in the sense that modern and... |
Nov 2010 |
| Biofuels production, trade and sustainable development This document presents case studies from Pakistan, Costa Rica, South Africa and Ecuador that give a low- and middle-income country perspective on the potential for biofuel development. The focus is on the transport sector as this... |
Nov 2010 |
| A causal descriptive approach to modelling indirect land use change impacts of biofuels The Department commissioned E4Tech to study the Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) impacts of the five biofuels expected to form the main supply of biofuel in the UK in the next ten years: palm, soy and oilseed rape biodiesel and... |
Oct 2010 |
| Land use change: science and policy review Biofuels feedstocks are highly diverse in their input requirements, alternative uses and climatic requirements and are grown in many different contexts globally. LCAs of different biofuel crops reveal large differences in yields,... |
Oct 2010 |
