期刊名称：IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
印刷版ISSN：1755-1307
电子版ISSN：1755-1315
出版年度：2009
卷号：8
DOI：10.1088/1755-1315/8/1/012006
出版社：IOP Publishing
摘要：Soybean biomass for biodiesel, produced in Argentina amongst other places, is considered by some to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change when compared with fossil fuel alternatives. To ensure that the production of biofuels is 'sustainable', EU institutions and national governments are designing certification schemes for the sustainable production of biomass. In this paper, we question the validity of these proposed environmental standards, using the production of Argentine soybean as a case study. We highlight the negative environmental and social impacts of intensive soybean production, and conclude that certification schemes are unlikely to be able to address the detrimental impacts of increased biofuel production and trade.
关键词：1 Department of Environment, Social and Spatial Change, Roskilde University Universitetsvej 1, DK-4000, Roskilde, Denmark 2 ECONEXUS, PO Box 1455, Oxford OX4 9BS, UK 3 UCL Energy Institute, Central House, 14 Upper Woburn Place, London, WC1H 0HY, UK 4 Grupo de Reflexión Rural, Rondeau, 812 Marcos Paz, 1727, Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina 5 Direccion de Extension e Investigacion Agropecuaria, Ministerio de la Produccion, Provincia de Santa Fe, Pte Peron y Garay, 6100, Rufino, Provincia de Santa Fe, Argentina
