Titlebook: Sustainable Development of Biofuels in Latin America and the Caribbean; Barry D. Solomon,Robert Bailis Book 2014 Springer Science+Business

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Brazil: Ethanol,about the social conditions of sugarcane production. Cane production in Brazil was expected to almost double in the next decade in order to satisfy domestic demand, as well as a growing international trade in fuel ethanol, but recent figures show a significant decrease. These pressures raise concern

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Brazil: Biodiesel, of environmental impacts is unclear. Further, while the policy of social inclusion requires that a portion of feedstock be sourced from small farmers, the industry’s dependence on soy makes this questionable. Soy tends to be planted in large and heavily mechanized monoculture plantations that are n

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Guatemala,atemala and the sustainability issues associated with the production of the principal feedstocks. This chapter concludes that biofuels in Guatemala represent an industrial strategy rather than an energy policy, a sector driven by private interests with strategic concerns for sustainability.

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azil, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Central America and the CThis book examines recent developments in Latin American biofuel production. Taking “sustainable development” as a central theme, each chapter considers one country in the region and explores how biofuel production is evolving given concern

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Colombia, Valle del Cauca, Colombia, plus participant observation of a recent GBEP meeting and interviews with participants at the GBEP meeting, we examine the challenges and limitations of indicators in promoting sustainability in biofuels systems.

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The Caribbean, surveys the status of nine individual countries and territories, and reviews the current situation of biofuel production, based on the latest available information from published literature and media press releases.