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Rhodes J, Keith D (2008) Biomass with capture: negative emissions within social and environmental
constraints. Clim Change 87(3):321–328
Rist L, Feintrenie L, Levang P (2010) The livelihood impact of oil palm: smallholders in Indonesia.
Biodivers Conserv 19(4):1009–1024
Robertson GP, Dale VH, Doering OC, Hamburg SP, Melillo JM et al (2008) Agriculture: sustainable
biofuels redux. Science 322(5898):49–50
Rosillo-Calle F, Teelucksingh S, Thran D, Seiffert D (2012) The potential and role of biofuels in
commercial air transport—biojetfuel. IEA Bioenergy. http://www.bioenergytrade.org. Accessed
7 Oct 2020
Runge CF, Senauer B (2007) How biofuels could starve the poor. Foreign Aff 86:41–54
Sagar AD, Kartha S (2007) Bioenergy and sustainable development? Annu Rev Environ Resour
32(1):131–167
Sawyer D (2008) Climate change, biofuels and eco-social impacts in the Brazilian Amazon and
Cerrado. Philos Trans R Soc B: Biol Sci 363(1498):1747–1752
Searchinger T, Heimlich R, Houghton RA, Dong F, Elobeid A, Fabiosa J, Tokgoz S, Hayes D, Yu
TH (2008) Use of U.S. croplands for biofuels increases greenhouse gases through emissions from
land-use change. Science 319(5867):1238–1240
Schoneveld GC, German LA, Nutakor E (2011) Land-based investments for rural development?
A grounded analysis of the local impacts of biofuel feedstock plantations in Ghana. Ecol Soc
16(4):10
Sen A (1982) Poverty and famines: an essay on entitlement and deprivation. Oxford University
Press, Oxford
Smith J (2010) Biofuels and the globalisation of risk: the biggest change in North-South relationships
since colonialism?. Zed Books, London
Solomon BD, Barnes JR, Halvorsen KE (2007) Grain and cellulosic ethanol: history, economics,
and energy policy. Biomass Bioenerg 31(6):416–425
Shrestha DS, Staab BD, Duffield JA (2019) Biofuel impact on food prices index and land use
change. Biomass Bioenergy 124:43–53
Stamm A, Von Drachenfels C (2011) Value chain development: approaches and activities by seven
UN agencies and opportunities for interagency cooperation. International Labour Organization,
Geneva
Stichnothe H, Schuchardt F (2011) Life cycle assessment of two palm oil production systems.
Biomass Bioenerg 35:3976–3984
The Economist (2007) Food prices: the end of cheap food. http://www.economist.com/opinion/dis
playstory.cfm?story_id=10252015. Accessed 7 Oct 2020
Tilman D, Cassman KG, Matson PA, Naylor R, Polasky S (2002) Agricultural sustainability and
intensive production practices. Nature 418(6898):671–677
Tilman D, Hill J, Lehman C (2006) Carbon-negative biofuels from low-input high-diversity
grassland biomass. Science 314(5805):1598–1600
Tomei J, Helliwell R (2016) Food versus fuel? Going beyond biofuels. Land Use Policy 56:320–326
UN-Energy (2007) Sustainable bioenergy: a framework for decision makers. FAO, Rome
UNCTAD (2020) The Covid-19 shock to developing countries: towards a “whatever it takes”
programme for the two-thirds of the world’s population being left behind. Trade and Development
Report Update. United Nations Conference on Trade And Development, Geneva
UNIDO (2011) Pro-poor value chain development: 25 guiding questions for designing and
implementing agroindustry projects. United Nations Industrial Development Organization,
Vienna
Van Dam JEG, Klerk-Engels B de, Struik PC, Rabbinge R (2005) Securing renewable resource
supplies for changing market demands in a bio-based economy. Ind Crop Prod 21:129–144
Van Oost G, Hrabovsky M, Kopecky V, Konrad M, Hlina M, Kavka T (2008) Pyrolysis/gasification
of biomass for synthetic fuel production using a hybrid gas-water stabilized plasma torch. Vacuum
83(1):209–212
2 The Contested Sustainability of Biofuels …
REN21 (2019) Renewables 2019 global status report. REN21 Secretariat, Paris
Rhodes J, Keith D (2008) Biomass with capture: negative emissions within social and environmental
constraints. Clim Change 87(3):321–328
Rist L, Feintrenie L, Levang P (2010) The livelihood impact of oil palm: smallholders in Indonesia.
Biodivers Conserv 19(4):1009–1024
Robertson GP, Dale VH, Doering OC, Hamburg SP, Melillo JM et al (2008) Agriculture: sustainable
biofuels redux. Science 322(5898):49–50
Rosillo-Calle F, Teelucksingh S, Thran D, Seiffert D (2012) The potential and role of biofuels in
commercial air transport—biojetfuel. IEA Bioenergy. http://www.bioenergytrade.org. Accessed
7 Oct 2020
Runge CF, Senauer B (2007) How biofuels could starve the poor. Foreign Aff 86:41–54
Sagar AD, Kartha S (2007) Bioenergy and sustainable development? Annu Rev Environ Resour
32(1):131–167
Sawyer D (2008) Climate change, biofuels and eco-social impacts in the Brazilian Amazon and
Cerrado. Philos Trans R Soc B: Biol Sci 363(1498):1747–1752
Searchinger T, Heimlich R, Houghton RA, Dong F, Elobeid A, Fabiosa J, Tokgoz S, Hayes D, Yu
TH (2008) Use of U.S. croplands for biofuels increases greenhouse gases through emissions from
land-use change. Science 319(5867):1238–1240
Schoneveld GC, German LA, Nutakor E (2011) Land-based investments for rural development?
A grounded analysis of the local impacts of biofuel feedstock plantations in Ghana. Ecol Soc
16(4):10
Sen A (1982) Poverty and famines: an essay on entitlement and deprivation. Oxford University
Press, Oxford
Smith J (2010) Biofuels and the globalisation of risk: the biggest change in North-South relationships
since colonialism?. Zed Books, London
Solomon BD, Barnes JR, Halvorsen KE (2007) Grain and cellulosic ethanol: history, economics,
and energy policy. Biomass Bioenerg 31(6):416–425
Shrestha DS, Staab BD, Duffield JA (2019) Biofuel impact on food prices index and land use
change. Biomass Bioenergy 124:43–53
Stamm A, Von Drachenfels C (2011) Value chain development: approaches and activities by seven
UN agencies and opportunities for interagency cooperation. International Labour Organization,
Geneva
Stichnothe H, Schuchardt F (2011) Life cycle assessment of two palm oil production systems.
Biomass Bioenerg 35:3976–3984
The Economist (2007) Food prices: the end of cheap food. http://www.economist.com/opinion/dis
playstory.cfm?story_id=10252015. Accessed 7 Oct 2020
Tilman D, Cassman KG, Matson PA, Naylor R, Polasky S (2002) Agricultural sustainability and
intensive production practices. Nature 418(6898):671–677
Tilman D, Hill J, Lehman C (2006) Carbon-negative biofuels from low-input high-diversity
grassland biomass. Science 314(5805):1598–1600
Tomei J, Helliwell R (2016) Food versus fuel? Going beyond biofuels. Land Use Policy 56:320–326
UN-Energy (2007) Sustainable bioenergy: a framework for decision makers. FAO, Rome
UNCTAD (2020) The Covid-19 shock to developing countries: towards a “whatever it takes”
programme for the two-thirds of the world’s population being left behind. Trade and Development
Report Update. United Nations Conference on Trade And Development, Geneva
UNIDO (2011) Pro-poor value chain development: 25 guiding questions for designing and
implementing agroindustry projects. United Nations Industrial Development Organization,
Vienna
Van Dam JEG, Klerk-Engels B de, Struik PC, Rabbinge R (2005) Securing renewable resource
supplies for changing market demands in a bio-based economy. Ind Crop Prod 21:129–144
Van Oost G, Hrabovsky M, Kopecky V, Konrad M, Hlina M, Kavka T (2008) Pyrolysis/gasification
of biomass for synthetic fuel production using a hybrid gas-water stabilized plasma torch. Vacuum
83(1):209–212
