Indirect land use changes of biofuel production - A review of modelling efforts and policy developments in the European Union

Biotechnology for Biofuels

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ahlgren, Serina ^a   Di Lucia, Lorenzo ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

EU; ILUC; policy; review; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; ETHANOL FUELS; EUROPIUM; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAND USE; PUBLIC POLICY; REVIEWS; SUGAR CANE;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; ECONOMIC EQUILIBRIUM; GREENHOUSE GASES (GHG); ILUC; INDIRECT LAND-USE CHANGES; POLICY DEVELOPMENT; SPECIFIC VALUES; UNCERTAINTY;

FUELS;

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY; BIOFUEL; ENERGY POLICY; ETHANOL; EUROPEAN UNION; LAND USE CHANGE; MODELING; PLANT PRODUCT; POLICY APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EUROPE;

SACCHARUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84898049094     PISSN: 17546834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1754-6834-7-35     Document Type: Review

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