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Governments have played only a marginal role in the development of the biofuels market in most developing countries. For biofuel development to contribute to domestic energy security objectives, considerable initial financial support may be required. Biofuel production for domestic or underregula...


Schoneveld, G.C.German, L.Andrade, R.Chin, M.Caroko, W.Romero Hernández, O.[The role of national governance systems in biofuel development: a comparative analysis of lessons learned]The role of national governance systems in biofuel development: a comparative analysis of lessons learned

The rapid expansion of biofuel production and consumption in response to global climate mitigation commitments and fuel security concerns has raised concerns over the social and environmental sustainability of biofuel feedstock production, processing and trade. The European Union has thus balance...


German, L.Schoneveld, G.C.[Social sustainability of EU-approved voluntary schemes for biofuels: Implications for rural livelihoods]Social sustainability of EU-approved voluntary schemes for biofuels: Implications for rural livelihoods

The rapidly growing biofuel sector in Africa has, in recent years, been received with divided interest. As part of a contemporary wave of agricultural modernization efforts, it could make invaluable contributions to rural poverty. Conversely, it could also engender socioeconomically and environme...


Schoneveld, G.C.German, L.Nutakor, E.[Land-based Investments for rural development?: A grounded analysis of the local Impacts of biofuel feedstock plantations in Ghana]Land-based Investments for rural development?: A grounded analysis of the local Impacts of biofuel feedstock plantations in Ghana

High oil prices, recent commitments by industrialized countries to enhance the use of renewable energy, and efforts by developing countries to stimulate foreign investment as a pathway to development have fueled high levels of interest in the biofuel sector throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa. ...


German, L.Schoneveld, G.C.Gumbo, D.J.[The local social and environmental impacts of smallholder-based biofuel investments in Zambia]The local social and environmental impacts of smallholder-based biofuel investments in Zambia
German, L.Schoneveld, G.C.Skutsch, M.Andriani, R.Obidzinski, K.Pacheco, P.Komarudin, H.Andrianto, A.Lima, M.Dayang Norwana, A.A.B.[The local social and environmental impacts of biofuel feedstock expansion: a synthesis of case studies from Asia, Africa and Latin America]The local social and environmental impacts of biofuel feedstock expansion: a synthesis of case studies from Asia, Africa and Latin America

The 2000s witnessed the rapid expansion of biofuel plantations in the global South in the context of a growing trend of crop plantation expansion. This trend has been spurred by policies in the European Union, United States, Brazil, and other countries favoring the use of biofuels in the transpor...


German, L.Schoneveld, G.C.Pacheco, P.[Local social and environmental impacts of biofuels: Global comparative assessment and implications for governance]Local social and environmental impacts of biofuels: Global comparative assessment and implications for governance

This paper reviews oil palm biofuel development and analyzes social and environmental impacts of oil palm plantations in Indonesia. Three plantation study sites were selected in West Papua (Manokwari), West Kalimantan (Kubu Raya) and Papua (Boven Digoel) and used as case studies to illustrate lik...


Schoneveld, G.C.German, L.Nutakor, E.[Towards sustainable biofuel development: Assessing the local impacts of large-scale foreign land acquisitions in Ghana]Towards sustainable biofuel development: Assessing the local impacts of large-scale foreign land acquisitions in Ghana

This chapter provides a brief summary of the extra-sectoral drivers shaping forests worldwide. Extra-sectoral drivers are driving forces of forest change that originate from beyond the forest sector and that affect forests and their social, economic, and ecological functions. Recent increases in ...


Lobovikov, M.German, L.Jaeger, D.Kengen, S.Konijnendijk, C.Buttoud-Kouplevatskaya, I.Komarudin, H.McClain, K.M.Nascimento, J.R.Schoneveld, G.C.Stadt, J.J.[Extra-sectoral drivers of forest change]Extra-sectoral drivers of forest change
Schoneveld, G.C.[Potential land use competition from first-generation biofuel expansion in developing countries]Potential land use competition from first-generation biofuel expansion in developing countries

Preoccupation with global energy supplies and climate change in the global North, and a desire to improve the balance of trade and capture value in the emerging carbon market by developing countries, together place biofuels firmly on the map of global land use change. Much of this recent land use...


German, L.Schoneveld, G.C.Pacheco, P.[The social and environmental impacts of biofuel feedstock cultivation: Evidence from multi-site research in the forest frontier]The social and environmental impacts of biofuel feedstock cultivation: Evidence from multi-site research in the forest frontier

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