Sugarcane ethanol: Contributions to climate change - BAFF

Table of contents
Foreword 11
José Goldemberg, professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil
Executive summary 15
Chapter 1 Introduction to sugarcane ethanol contributions to climate change
mitigation and the environment 19
Peter Zuurbier and Jos van de Vooren
1. Introduction 19
2. Biofuels 20
3. Bioethanol 20
4. Production and use of bioethanol 21
5. Where does it come from: the feedstock for ethanol 22
6. Brazil as main exporter 23
7. What makes the ethanol attractive? 23
8. �e core of the debate 24
9. Structure of the book 25
References 26
Chapter 2 Land use dynamics and sugarcane production 29
Günther Fischer, Edmar Teixeira, Eva Tothne Hizsnyik and Harrij van Velthuizen
1. Historical scale and dynamics of sugarcane production 29
2. Global potential for expansion of sugarcane production 47
References 59
Chapter 3 Prospects of the sugarcane expansion in Brazil: impacts on direct
and indirect land use changes 63
André Meloni Nassar, Bernardo F.T. Rudor�, Laura Barcellos Antoniazzi, Daniel
Alves de Aguiar, Miriam Rumenos Piedade Bacchi and Marcos Adami
1. Introduction 63
2. �e dynamics of sugarcane expansion in Brazil 65
3. Methodology 66
4. Results and discussions 75
5. Conclusions and recommendations 91
References 92
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