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| | | | GBEP indicators’ work in progress in Colombia, Ghana and Indonesia
The Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) developed in May 2011 a set of 24 relevant, practical, science-based, voluntary indicators regarding the sustainability of all forms of bioenergy. Together with the respective application methodologies they constitute the GBEP Report on Sustainability Indicators for Bioenergy, which was published in December 2011. To establish their feasibility and enhance their practicality as a tool for policymaking, a number of pilot testing project have been started in a diverse range of national contexts.
Click here for full article | | | | | | FAO promotes the "Energy-smart" approach to farming to escape fossil fuel trap
The global community is becoming increasingly concerned about the high dependence of the global food sector on fossil fuels. Energy from fossil fuels has increased farm mechanization, boosted fertilizer production and improved food processing and transportation. However, high and fluctuating prices of fossil fuels and doubts regarding their future availability mean that agri-food systems need to shift to an "energy-smart" model, according to a recent FAO report Energy-Smart Food for People and Climate.
Click here for full article | | | Global Bioenergy Perspectives: BEFSCI releases new tools to help countries harness the potential of bioenergy
Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection, the FAO's Project Bioenergy and Food Security Criteria and Indicators (BEFSCI) was initiated in 2009 to study the complex relationship between bioenergy and food security and help policymakers make informed decisions regarding bioenergy development. Last March the project has released a suite of guidance documents and policymaking tools that governments can use to help rural communities benefit from bioenergy development and ensure that biofuel crop production does not come at the expense of food security.
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