Don’t wait to produce renewable energy sustainably, urges IUCN

21 Jan 09

A hands-on guide to producing bioenergy without harming the environment was launched on 21th January by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to coincide with the World Future Energy summit in Abu Dhabi. IUCN’s publication, Implementing Sustainable Bioenergy Production: a compilation of tools and approaches, urges governments, bioenergy producers and investors to learn from the environmental community and to start implementing sustainable approaches for bioenergy production.“The biggest potential for biofuels does not lie in filling jet engines and SUVs, but in improving access to modern energy services to the more than 2 billion people who depend on unhealthy and inefficient forms of energy, “ said IUCN’s Director General Julia Matron-Lefèvre. The publication addresses a range of sustainability issues from gender to invasive species; water management to landscape planning – some of which are rarely included in the bioenergy debate.
http://www.iucn.org/index.cfm?uNewsID=2581

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