Bioenergy crops for ecosystem health and sustainability
The growing of crops for bioenergy has been subject to much recent criticism, as taking away land which could be used for food production or biodiversity conservation. This book challenges some commonly-held ideas about biofuels, bioenergy and energy cropping, particularly that energy crops pose an...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge
2016.
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| Series: | Routledge Studies in Bioenergy Series
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009421107106719 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; PART I Introduction; 1 Bioenergy crops and sustainability; PART II Energy cropping and ecosystem health; 2 Bioenergy and climate change; 3 Deforestation and land degradation; 4 Ecological restoration and enhancement; PART III Socio-economic dimensions of energy cropping; 5 Food security; 6 Land rights and community impacts; 7 The economics of energy cropping; PART IV Moving forward; 8 Review of policy options; 9 Case studies: Australia and Brazil; 10 Conclusion; Index
