Sustainability of forest biomass for energy and of ethanol from maize and sugarcane in Paraguay: FAO report

08 Jun 18

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched the report “Sustainability of forest biomass for energy and of ethanol from maize and sugarcane in Paraguay ", which presents the results of a two-year FAO project “Building capacity for enhancing bioenergy sustainability through use of Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) indicators” in Paraguay. The project strengthened Paraguay’s capacity to monitor the environmental, social and economic impacts of its bioenergy sector, through implementation of GBEP Sustainability indicators for bioenergy and related technical support. By identifying two priority bioenergy pathways – forest biomass for energy and ethanol from sugarcane and maize – and analyzing their environmental, social and economic impacts, the project provided recommendations on how to improve their sustainability, efficiency and competitiveness. Read the report (in Spanish) here and the Executive Summary (in Spanish and English) here.

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