Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP). Authorized in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, BCAP is designed to … ensure that a sufficiently large base of new nonfood, nonfeed biomass crops is established in anticipation of future demand … establishment and production of eligible crops including wood biomass in selected project areas for conversion to bioenergy, and the …

Biomass, a renewable energy source, has been viewed as “carbon neutral”—that is, its use as energy is presumed not to … were sent to the Congress by eminent scientists examining the merits—or demerits—of biomass for climate change mitigation …), questioned the treatment of all biomass energy as carbon neutral, arguing that it could undermine legislative emissions reduction …

questions about the ability of an agroforestry price support program with a modest price floor to have a significant …

Little is known about land cover change in mixed agroforestry systems, which often supply valuable ecological services … findings buttress previous research suggesting the relationship between proximity to cities and clearing in mixed agroforestry … mixed agroforestry need to be carefully targeted and tailored. …

Managed forest ecosystems—agroforestry systems in which crops such as coffee and bananas are planted side-by-side with …

Little is known about land cover change in mixed agroforestry systems, which often supply valuable ecological services … findings buttress previous research suggesting the relationship between proximity to cities and clearing in mixed agroforestry … mixed agroforestry need to be carefully targeted and tailored. …

Managed forest ecosystems—agroforestry systems in which crops such as coffee and bananas are planted side-by-side with …