Biofuels
JNCC has reviewed available
evidence on biofuels demand and supply to identify the key regions
that are currently or will be in the future important global
sources of biomass for energy. Sub-Saharan Africa, the
Caribbean/Latin America and the CIS/Baltic have been identified as
key regions where supply of biomass for energy will exceed regional
demand.
JNCC has identified key potential biomass source countries
within these regions and is currently developing an intelligence
gathering procedure to monitor major bioenergy policy and programme
developments in these countries.
A strategic biofuels evaluation tool that can be used to screen
biofuels policies and programmes at a national level using a set of
sustainability criteria is being developed. Potential ecosystem and
biodiversity impacts within the countries concerned will be
identified.
Biofuels and
biodiversity. Phase I report