Biofuels environmental consequences and interactions with changing land use ; proceedings from the SCOPE International Biofuels Rapid Assessment on Biofuels, 22-25 September 2008, Gummersbach, Germany (Cornell University, 2009)
Executive summary. Rapid assessment on biofuels and the environment : overview and key findings / R. W. Howarth ... [et al.] -- I. Rapid assessment review papers. Introduction : biofuels and the environment in the 21st century / R. W. Howarth ... [et al.] -- Government policies and drivers of world biofuels, sustainability criteria, certification proposals and their limitations / T.D. Searchinger -- Biomass conversion to fuels and electric power / R.C. Brown and M. Wright -- Crops for biofuel : current status and prospects for the future / D.J. Connor and C.G. Hernandez -- Energy balance & greenhouse gas emissions of biofuels from a life-cycle perspective / E. Menichetti and M. Otto -- Greenhouse gas implications of land use change and land conversion to biofuel crops / N.H. Ravindranath ... [et al.] -- Biodiversity consequences of increased biofuel production / O.E. Sala, D. Sax, H. Leslie -- Biofuels and water / C. de Fraiture and G. Berndes -- Impact of ethanol production on nutrient cycles and water quality : the United State and Brazil as case studies / T.W. Simpson ... [et al.] -- Air quality issues associated with biofuel production and use / P. Hess ... [et al.] -- Biofuels : economic and public policy considerations / A.M. Bento -- Social and distributional impacts of biofuel production / L. Vanwey -- Future feedstocks for biofuel systems / J. Woods, M. Black, R. Murphy -- II. Deliberations from Gummersbach. Quantifying the environmental impacts of biofuel production : knowns and unknowns / S. Porder ...[et al.] -- Biofuels and developing countries / M. Bekunda ... [et al.] -- What are the final land limits / M.M.C. Bustamante ... [et al.] -- Mitigation strategies : biofuel development considerations to minimize impacts on the socio-environmental system / D. Ojima ... [et al.]
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