In its second volume, this book aims to link the academic research with development in the real world and provide a historical and institutional background that can enrich more formal research. The first section will include an assessment of the evolution and the state of the nascent...

Concerns about energy security, reduced dependence on exhaustible fossil fuels and climate change have led to significant policy support for biofuels, particularly for cellulosic biofuels. The Biomass Crop Assistance Program and volumetric tax credits for biofuels seek to supplement the...

Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Bioenergy Economics and Policy in US and Brazil: Effects on Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions -- 1 Overview -- 2 Market and Policy Incentives for Biofuel Production in the US and Brazil -- 3 Land Use and Greenhouse Gas Effects of Biofuel Production in the US and...

Land use and land use change are determined as much by economic and institutional drivers as they depend on bio-physical conditions. Future pathways of socio-economic and environmental systems can only be assessed with scenarios which describe possible future paths of development. For this...