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Web End = Bioenergy and Biodiversity: Key Lessons from the Pan American Region
Keith L. Kline1 Fernanda Silva Martinelli2 Audrey L. Mayer3 Rodrigo Medeiros4
Camila Ortolan F. Oliveira5 Gerd Sparovek6 Arnaldo Walter5
Lisa A. Venier7
Received: 5 September 2014 / Accepted: 8 June 2015 / Published online: 24 June 2015 Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015
Abstract Understanding how large-scale bioenergy production can affect biodiversity and ecosystems is important if society is to meet current and future sustainable development goals. A variety of bioenergy production systems have been established within different contexts throughout the Pan American region, with wide-ranging results in terms of documented and projected effects on biodiversity and ecosystems. The Pan American region is home to the majority of commercial bioenergy production and therefore the region offers a broad set of experiences and insights on both conicts and opportunities for biodiversity and bioenergy. This paper synthesizes lessons learned focusing on experiences in Canada, the United States, and Brazil regarding the conicts that can arise between bioenergy production and ecological conservation, and benets that can be derived when bioenergy policies
promote planning and more sustainable land-management systems. We propose a research agenda to address priority information gaps that are relevant to biodiversity concerns and related policy challenges in the Pan American region.
Keywords Biofuel Brazil Canada Ecological
impacts Woody biomass Forest residue
Introduction
Nations are examining biomass-based energy options to increase their energy security, decrease their carbon emissions, or promote rural development and exports (Tilman et al. 2009; Fargione et al. 2010; Lankoski and Ollikainen 2011; OECD/FAO 2011; Lu et al. 2012; Leal
& Audrey L. Mayer [email protected]
Keith L. Kline [email protected]
Fernanda Silva Martinelli [email protected]
Rodrigo Medeiros [email protected]
Camila Ortolan F. Oliveira [email protected]
Gerd Sparovek [email protected]
Arnaldo Walter [email protected]
Lisa A. Venier [email protected]
1 Center for BioEnergy Sustainability, Environmental SciencesDivision, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge 37831, TN, USA
2 Sustainable Development Practices Graduate Program, UFRRJ/Conservation International Brasil, Seropdica, Brazil
3 School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science and Department...