Biofuels and impacts on land use
Biofuels sit at the intersection of several policy areas including agriculture, energy and transport. Brazil, the EU and the United States have been developing biofuel industries for the purpose of energy security for several decades. Environmental rhetoric has only been invoked more recently.
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Agriculture, food and land use »Agriculture, food and land use
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Global land use »Global land use
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Biofuels and impacts on land use
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Do biofuels reduce CO2 emissions? »Do biofuels reduce CO2 emissions?
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Future demand for biofuels? »Future demand for biofuels?
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Motivations for biofuel production »Motivations for biofuel production
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Biofuels subsidies should be reduced »Biofuels subsidies should be reduced
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Impacts are not easy to compare »Impacts are not easy to compare
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Impacts vary on a crop-specific basis »Impacts vary on a crop-specific basis
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Markets destabilised by rapid increase in biofuels production »Markets destabilised by rapid increase in biofuels production
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Need for stringent sustainability standards »Need for stringent sustainability standards
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