Bioenergy
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- which approach is best for bioenergy production?
- ( S. Keam (ed);N. McCormick (ed) / International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (World Conservation Union) , 2008)
- Concerns about energy security, climate change and support for rural development have climbed rapidly up the political agendas, both in developing and industrialised countries. Bioenergy occupies a un...
- Analysing the food crisis: key ways of improving food security
- ( C. Nellemann (ed);M. MacDevette (ed);T. Manders (ed) / GRID Arendal , 2009)
- This report provides the first summary by the UN of how climate change, water stress, invasive pests and land degradation may impact world food security, food prices and how we may be able to fe...
- Are fuels a close substitute of food in South Africa?
- ( D. Weatherspoon;A. Mabiso / AgEcon Search , 2008)
- There are growing concerns that food-fuel tradeoffs are beginning to present serious challenges for food security. Understanding the nature of food-fuels tradeoffs is imperative for effective policy m...
- An overview of ethanol production across the Americas
- ( M., A. Seixas (ed) / Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture , 2007)
- This document is the first volume in a series of three on the current state of agroenergy and bio-fuel production in the Americas. Produced at the request of the Inter-American Ethanol Commission, it ...
- What can G8 leaders do to address the food crisis?
- ( ActionAid International , 2008)
- Three years after the G8 pledged to ‘make poverty history’, the current global food crisis has left close to a quarter of the world’s population lacking basic food security. In this ...
Is it time to dismantle support and incentives for biofuels?
- ( R. Bailey / Oxfam , 2008)
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Biofuels are presented in rich countries as a solution to two crises: the climate crisis and the oil crisis. However, this Oxfam Briefing Paper argues that they are not be a solution to either, and...
Is oil palm production viable and sustainable in Kalimantan, Indonesia?
- ( S. Mantel;H. Wösten;J. Verhagen / Wageningen University and Research Centre, Netherlands , 2007)
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There is an increasing global demand for oil palm, but its production provokes societal debate on the environmental and social aspects that surround it, particularly in southeast Asia. This st...
- How are biofuels impacting poor people's access to land?
- ( L. Cotula;N. Dyer;S. Vermeulen / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2008)
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The policy debate about the merits and demerits of biofuels is growing and changing rapidly, with concerns being voiced over their effectiveness for mitigating climate change, role in recent food p...
Do liquid biofuels undermine the right to food?
- ( A. Eide / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2008)
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This paper examines the impact of biofuel production on the human right to freedom from hunger.
It is argued that liquid biofuel production has already served to weaken access to food resourc... - An alternative plan to save the world from ecological crisis
- ( L. Brown / Earth Policy Institute , 2008)
- This publication argues that the roots of the current environmental dilemmas lie in the enormous growth of the human enterprise over the last century. The author presents an alternative plan to save c...
