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Record Nr.

UNINA9910298366303321

Titolo

Sustainable Development of Biofuels in Latin America and the Caribbean / / edited by Barry D. Solomon, Robert Bailis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

1-4614-9275-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (257 p.)

Disciplina

333.7

333.79

333.9539098

338.927

Soggetti

Sustainable development

Renewable energy resources

Energy policy

Environmental management

Sustainable Development

Renewable and Green Energy

Energy Policy, Economics and Management

Environmental Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- International Sustainability Standards and Certification -- Brazil: Ethanol -- Brazil: Biodiesel -- Argentina -- Peru -- Colombia -- Guatemala -- Mexico -- The Caribbean -- Conclusions -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines recent developments in Latin American biofuel production. Taking “sustainable development” as a central theme, each chapter considers one country in the region and explores how biofuel production is evolving given concerns about food sovereignty, trade and other social issues. Environmental conservation, as well as an increasingly complex and globalized economic structure, Is also taken into account. The contributions to this volume critically explore the ways in which biofuel production in Latin America impact social, economic and environmental systems: the so-called “three pillars of



sustainability". Numerous stakeholders, drawn from government, industry, civil society and academia have attempted to define “Sustainable Development” in the context of biofuel production and to operationalize it through a series of principles, criteria, and highly specific indicators. Nevertheless, it remains a fluid and contested concept with deep political and social ramifications, which each chapter explores in detail.