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Good Environmental Practices in Bioenergy Feedstock Production

Year of publication 2012

Pages 225

Author Climate, Energy and Tenure Division

Product type Document

Category Working paper

ISBN 97892510714

Series title Environment and Natural Resources Management Working Paper

Series number 2226-6062

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) In order to ensure that modern bioenergy development is sustainable and that it safeguards food security, a number of good practices can be implemented throughout the bioenergy supply chain. Building on FAO?s work on good practices in agriculture and forestry, the FAO?s Bioenergy and Food Security Criteria and Indicators (BEFSCI) project has compiled a set of good environmental practices that can be implemented by bioenergy feedstock producers so as to minimize the risk of ne gative environmental impacts from their operations, and to ensure that modern bioenergy delivers on its climate change mitigation potential. These practices can improve both the efficiency and sustainability in the use of land, water and agricultural inputs for bioenergy production, with positive environmental and socio-economic effects, including a reduction in the potential competition with food production. These practices can also minimize the impacts of bioenergy feedstock pr oduction on biodiversity and ecosystems, which provide a range of goods and services that are key for food security.

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