Land-use and environmental pressures resulting from current and future bioenergy crop expansion: A review

Miyake, S; Renouf, M; Peterson, A; McAlpine, C; Smith, C

Land-use and environmental pressures resulting from current and future bioenergy crop expansion: A review

Miyake, S

Renouf, M Peterson, A McAlpine, C Smith, C

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Publisher:: PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Journal of Rural Studies, 2012, 28, (4), pp. 650-658
Issue Date:: 2012-10-01

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dc.contributor.author	Miyake, S https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4231-3323
dc.contributor.author	Renouf, M
dc.contributor.author	Peterson, A
dc.contributor.author	McAlpine, C
dc.contributor.author	Smith, C
dc.date.accessioned	2024-06-27T05:58:54Z
dc.date.available	2024-06-27T05:58:54Z
dc.date.issued	2012-10-01
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Rural Studies, 2012, 28, (4), pp. 650-658
dc.identifier.issn	0743-0167
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/179669
dc.description.abstract	Recent energy and climate policies, particularly in the developed world, have increased demand for bioenergy. 22Bioenergy generally encompasses a wide range of energy products, but in this paper it refers to electricity and biofuels (mainly ethanol and biodiesel used for transport fuel) generated from agricultural and forest crops, plants and their residues. as an alternative, which has led to both direct and indirect land-use changes and an array of environmental and socio-economic concerns. A comprehensive understanding of the land-use dynamics of bioenergy crop production is essential for the development of sustainable bioenergy and land-use policies. In this paper, we review the patterns and dynamics of land-use change associated with bioenergy crops (hereafter referred to as 'bioenergy-driven land-use change'). The review focuses on four regions as the most prominent locations in which these patterns and changes occur: Brazil; Indonesia and Malaysia; the United States of America (U.S.A.); and the European Union (EU). The review confirms that bioenergy-driven land-use change has affected and will impact most severely on the 'land- and resource-abundant' developing regions, such as Brazil, where economic development takes priority over sustainable land-use policies, and the enforcement capability is limited. Opportunities for more effective policy are available through the development of international climate change policy (e.g. REDD under the UNFCCC), and certification criteria for sustainable bioenergy products (e.g. EU RED). However, bioenergy produced from no and/or less land-using feedstocks (e.g. wastes and residues), and their associated technologies must be given higher priority to minimise bioenergy-driven land-use change and its negative impacts. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Rural Studies
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.jrurstud.2012.09.002
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dc.subject	1205 Urban and Regional Planning, 1604 Human Geography, 1608 Sociology
dc.subject.classification	Geography
dc.subject.classification	4404 Development studies
dc.subject.classification	4406 Human geography
dc.subject.classification	4410 Sociology
dc.title	Land-use and environmental pressures resulting from current and future bioenergy crop expansion: A review
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	28
utslib.for	1205 Urban and Regional Planning
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pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/Institute For Sustainable Futures
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Recent energy and climate policies, particularly in the developed world, have increased demand for bioenergy. 22Bioenergy generally encompasses a wide range of energy products, but in this paper it refers to electricity and biofuels (mainly ethanol and biodiesel used for transport fuel) generated from agricultural and forest crops, plants and their residues. as an alternative, which has led to both direct and indirect land-use changes and an array of environmental and socio-economic concerns. A comprehensive understanding of the land-use dynamics of bioenergy crop production is essential for the development of sustainable bioenergy and land-use policies. In this paper, we review the patterns and dynamics of land-use change associated with bioenergy crops (hereafter referred to as 'bioenergy-driven land-use change'). The review focuses on four regions as the most prominent locations in which these patterns and changes occur: Brazil; Indonesia and Malaysia; the United States of America (U.S.A.); and the European Union (EU). The review confirms that bioenergy-driven land-use change has affected and will impact most severely on the 'land- and resource-abundant' developing regions, such as Brazil, where economic development takes priority over sustainable land-use policies, and the enforcement capability is limited. Opportunities for more effective policy are available through the development of international climate change policy (e.g. REDD under the UNFCCC), and certification criteria for sustainable bioenergy products (e.g. EU RED). However, bioenergy produced from no and/or less land-using feedstocks (e.g. wastes and residues), and their associated technologies must be given higher priority to minimise bioenergy-driven land-use change and its negative impacts. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd.

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