This report reviews the current knowledge on the use of biomass for non-food purposes, critically discusses its environmental sustainability implications, and describes the needs for further research, thus enabling a more balance policy approach. The life-cycle wide impacts of the use of biomass for energy and material purposes derived from either direct crop harvest or residuals indicate that biomass based substitutes have a different, not always superior environmental performance than comparable fossil based products.
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/reports-documents/towards-sustainable-biomass-strategy
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/et-al
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/stefan-bringezu
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/stephan-ramesohl
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/karin-arnold
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/publisher/wuppertal-institute-climate
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/agriculture
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biomass
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biofuel
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/energy
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/european-union-eu
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-use
