Brazil: growth, adaptive capacity & new green technologies
environmental opportunities and antagonisms for Brazil in the 21st CenturyArchive for ethanol
Environmental requirements for ethanol
Brazil and seven other emerging nations are set to lodge an official complaint against the European Union over their cultivation requirements for exported ethanol, threatening to present the case to a WTO tribunal, claiming that the requirements will freeze the expansion of the industry. The EU proposition will state that Brazilian ethanol cannnot be come from the cerrado, nor forested regions.
ECLAC 2009 Outlook, Competitiveness and Ethanol
The Economic Comission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has published its international outlook for the region for 2009 (Spanish download here). It includes an overview of the policy challenges facing the Brazilian bioenergy industry in light of anticipated growth of the sector.
Ethanol, land use & cars
Production of ethanol from sugar cane overview in the guardian looking at land use pressures. Audio interview with Lula on Brazil’s position in the biofuel world market here.
Cerrado, ethanol, sustainability
Tim Lynch article published on O Eco contrasting the positive headlines of the ethanol boom, with the destruction of the Cerrado and the lack of strategic planning built into ethanol production to create a truly sustainable fuel. Report from 05 to look at the disappearing biome.
map of region
what the Cerrado looks like:
