Biofuels – On the way to sustainability?: Opinion by Martin Kaltschmitt

“…Consequently, such a concept could boost a more sustainable agricultural and forestry primary production</p><p>Furthermore, the following targets need to be achieved in the years to come in order to increase competitiveness, reduce negative environmental consequences and to promote acceptance of biofuels:</p><ul><li>Widening of the biomass resource basis; this includes better crops, the use of organic wastes as well as "new" biomass feedstocks (e.g. algae);</li></ul><ul><li>Technological advances in biomass production and downstream processing in order to increase efficiencies throughout the overall provision chain;</li></ul><ul><li>Better combination of biomass production and processing for the various markets to exploit synergy effects and minimize losses (e.g. promotion of the bio-refinery concept);</li></ul><ul><li>Improved assessment of sustainability criteria throughout the overall provision chain; this includes also aspects like impacts on biodiversity and soil properties, iLUC, child labor etc.…”
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Evaluation and Prediction of Land-Use Changes using the CA_Markov Model by Zeynab Karimzadeh Motlagh, Ali Lotfi, Saeid Pourmanafi, Saeedreza Ahmadizadeh

“…Compilation of instructions for sustainable agricultural development can be a way to strike a balance between nature conservation and economic development in the region. …”
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