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1. Market-mediated environmental impacts of biofuels

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   31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s):: Tom Hertel, Wallace E. Tyner

   This paper surveys the evidence on market-mediated environmental impacts of biofuels, with special attention to the indirect greenhouse gas emissions stemming from land cover change in the wake of increased demand for biofuel feedstocks. We find clear evidence that market mediated land use...

2. Energy prices will play an important role in determining global land use in the twenty first century

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   31 Jul 2014 | Contributor(s):: Jevgenijs Steinbuks, Tom Hertel

   Global land use research to date has focused on quantifying uncertainty effects of three major drivers affecting competition for land: the uncertainty in energy and climate policies affecting competition between food and biofuels, the uncertainty of climate impacts on agriculture and forestry,...