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Do Biofuels Destroy Forests? Link between Deforestation and Biofuel Use

Do Biofuels Destroy Forests? Link between Deforestation and Biofuel Use
Sustainable biofuels have the potential to foster rural development and to replace fossil fuels. Although there are concerns about food security, impacts on small-scale farmers, more competition for water, local pollution and increased deforestation, this knowledge package concludes that various difficulties make it impossible to quantify the relationship between biofuel production and deforestation and to map it at the global...Read more
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