Summary Studies on the ethics of biofuels are starting to appear, in response to mounting concerns on a number of issues. The Nuffield Council’s report develops a framework to evaluate the various bi… View »
Jatropha remains a hot topic in the scientific community and we start this review of recently published papers with an update on Jatropha around the globe. Then, because of a number of recent reviews… View »
How functional are life-cycle assessments (LCA)? A recent review of no less than 67 biofuel life-cycle assessments (LCAs) was published recently in a new biofuel journal1. As Ester van der Voet and h… View »
CABI is continuously working to build and improve our books programme to meet the needs of researchers, professors, students and practitioners. Please find below a selection of our titles relating to… View »
Indirect land use change (iLUC) has become a major biofuels topic, ever since Searchinger et al. (2008)1 pointed out that calculations of potential greenhouse gas (GHG) savings through adoption of bi… View »
The following links are to publications from a wide variety of sources. We hope that you will find them interesting and informative. The list is not exhaustive, and if you know of something that real… View »
The end of the biofuel decade A major agricultural phenomenon of the first decade of the 21st century has been the rise of biofuels, and as it draws to a close, it’s a useful time to take stock. A ne… View »
Further evidence of the waning interest in jatropha and the booming appetite for microbials has been highlighted by two recent in-depth news articles in the journal Nature. Under the heading ‘Wonder… View »
It is nigh on impossible to spot a turning point in history while it happens, but in the case of biofuels the information coming in over the last few weeks certainly suggests things are changing fast… View »
There have been a spate of reports recently concerning jatropha (Jatropha curcas) that are not entirely encouraging for those promoting it as an economically and environmentally sustainable biofuel.… View »
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