期刊名称：ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2194-9042
电子版ISSN：2194-9050
出版年度：2010
卷号：XXXVIII Part 4
出版社：Copernicus Publications
摘要：In this paper, we look for the spatial relations between deforestation and biofuel production at global level by analyzing available globaldeforestation and biofuels data, and find that, for a variety of reasons relating to data availability and its characteristics, and the waybiofuels are produced, at the global level, this is extremely difficult if not virtually impossible. We argue that a multi-scale approach,based on systematic sampling at the case study level would help to better understand the relation between biofuels and deforestation.Given the fact the biofuels are a highly contested approach to reduction of global carbon emissions, clarity on the methodologicaldifficulties of making statements of this kind, at least in a global spatial analysis, may help avoid false conclusions being promulgated inthe future.
