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| Current status and potential for algal biofuels production It seems probable that growth in human population, future climate change effects on freshwater resources, which are already stressed in some regions, and eventual shortages of unutilized arable land will encourage the... |
Aug 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 |
| Climate change and food security in China – Executive summary The increasing demand for food and bio-fuel and the decrease in both crop yield and storage around the globe due to natural disasters, has caused global food prices to shoot up. Climate change may further deteriorate the... |
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.... |
Aug 2010 |
| Indirect Land Use Change from increased biofuels demand - Comparison of models and results for marginal biofuels production from different feedstocks This study compares the ILUC results produced by different economic models for marginal increases in biofuel production from different feedstocks. The work is the result of a survey of marginal calculations launched by the JRC-IE... |
Aug 2010 |
| Modeling the global trade and environmental impacts of biofuel policies There is rising skepticism about the potential positive environmental impacts of first generation biofuels. Growing biofuel crops could induce diversion of other crops dedicated to food and feed needs. The relocation of... |
Aug 2010 |
| Algae-based biofuels: applications and co-products The possible competition for land makes it impossible to produce enough first generation biofuel to offset a large percentage of the total fuel consumption for transportation. As opposed to land-based biofuels produced from... |
Jul 2010 |
| The impact of land use change on greenhouse gas emissions from biofuels and bioliquids - Literature review The Renewable Energy Directive (as far as biofuels and bioliquids are concerned) and the Fuel Quality Directive (as far as biofuels are concerned) require the Commission to submit to Parliament and Council a report with two... |
Jul 2010 |
| Placing the 2006/08 commodity price boom into perspective The 2006-08 commodity boom was one of the longest and broadest of the post-WWII period. The boom - and especially the 2008 rally, when crude oil prices peaked at US$ 133/barrel (up 94 percent from a year earlier) and rice prices... |
Jul 2010 |
| Biofuels - Markets, targets and impacts This paper reviews recent developments in biofuel markets and their economic, social and environmental impacts. Several countries have introduced mandates and targets for biofuel expansion. Production, international trade and... |
Jul 2010 |
