Wageningen Academic P u b l i s h e r s

Sugarcaneethanol

Contributions to climate change mitigation and the environmentedited by:Peter ZuurbierJos van de Vooren

ISBN 978-90-8686-090-6First published, 2008Wageningen Academic Publishers

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Table of contents

Foreword 11

José Goldemberg, professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil

Executive summary 15Chapter 1 Introduction to sugarcane ethanol contributions to climate changemitigation and the environment 19

Peter Zuurbier and Jos van de Vooren

1. Introduction 192. Biofuels 203. Bioethanol 204. Production and use of bioethanol 215. Where does it come from: the feedstock for ethanol 226. Brazil as main exporter 237. What makes the ethanol attractive? 238.

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e core of the debate 249. Structure of the book 25References 26

Chapter 2 Land use dynamics and sugarcane production 29

Günther Fischer, Edmar Teixeira, Eva Tothne Hizsnyik and Harrij van Velthuizen