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(e.g., Goias) to the Port of Santos in Sao Paolo state. An oil pipeline is already built
along the way, and no concern about land acquisition is reported.
Mill and Distillery Plant Developers The large increase in the demand for ethanol
has provided economic benefit to a few plant developers that provide crucial
machineries to sugar mills and distillery. They are now even trying to expand their
business by exporting their machineries to other developing countries that intend to
explore sugarcane-based bioethanol production.
9.2.2.2 Government
President’s Office At the time of the interviews, the previous administration, led by
President Lula da Silva, had promoted the development of biofuels, and incumbent
President Dilma Rousseff was likely to follow up on the promotion of bioethanol in
the same line.
Ministry of Agriculture The Ministry has been very active in promoting the export
of poultry to Japan. Bioethanol is the next target product that the Ministry intends to
promote to Japan as the agricultural commodity. It is also concerned about the environmental impacts of plantation expansion and has been preparing a national map
of appropriate areas for sugarcane plantations.
EMBRAPA It is a part of the Ministry of Agriculture and has been taking the central
role in the research and development of biofuels, including biodiesel, in Brazil.
Biofuel section was established in 2006.
Ministry of Mines and Energy The Ministry oversees the quality of biofuels and
standard setting activities.
BNDES The government’s investment bank promotes sustainable plantation development by offering a lower interest rate for energy recovery plant that burns bagasse.
It has, however, concerns over the return from such investment as well.
9.2.2.3 Civil Society
Environmental NGOs They have strong concerns about the land use impacts of
biofuel-related land use change on Cerrado and rainforests. They are also concerned
about the impact of open burning on adjacent lands.
Labor Unions They are concerned about the employment at plantations. Due to the
ban on open burning (which was introduced with an intention of environmental
protection), the manual laborers are exposed to a harsher working condition because
hazardous insects and leafs could not be removed before harvesting. On the other
hand, mechanized harvesting, which relieves workers from the unsafe condition,
means less demand for manual labor.
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(e.g., Goias) to the Port of Santos in Sao Paolo state. An oil pipeline is already built
along the way, and no concern about land acquisition is reported.
Mill and Distillery Plant Developers The large increase in the demand for ethanol
has provided economic benefit to a few plant developers that provide crucial
machineries to sugar mills and distillery. They are now even trying to expand their
business by exporting their machineries to other developing countries that intend to
explore sugarcane-based bioethanol production.
9.2.2.2 Government
President’s Office At the time of the interviews, the previous administration, led by
President Lula da Silva, had promoted the development of biofuels, and incumbent
President Dilma Rousseff was likely to follow up on the promotion of bioethanol in
the same line.
Ministry of Agriculture The Ministry has been very active in promoting the export
of poultry to Japan. Bioethanol is the next target product that the Ministry intends to
promote to Japan as the agricultural commodity. It is also concerned about the environmental impacts of plantation expansion and has been preparing a national map
of appropriate areas for sugarcane plantations.
EMBRAPA It is a part of the Ministry of Agriculture and has been taking the central
role in the research and development of biofuels, including biodiesel, in Brazil.
Biofuel section was established in 2006.
Ministry of Mines and Energy The Ministry oversees the quality of biofuels and
standard setting activities.
BNDES The government’s investment bank promotes sustainable plantation development by offering a lower interest rate for energy recovery plant that burns bagasse.
It has, however, concerns over the return from such investment as well.
9.2.2.3 Civil Society
Environmental NGOs They have strong concerns about the land use impacts of
biofuel-related land use change on Cerrado and rainforests. They are also concerned
about the impact of open burning on adjacent lands.
Labor Unions They are concerned about the employment at plantations. Due to the
ban on open burning (which was introduced with an intention of environmental
protection), the manual laborers are exposed to a harsher working condition because
hazardous insects and leafs could not be removed before harvesting. On the other
hand, mechanized harvesting, which relieves workers from the unsafe condition,
means less demand for manual labor.
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