Concerns about impacts of biomass growth for biofuel production emphasize the importance
of planning energy crops expansion considering land, water, food and biodiversity. Brazil is …

Biofuels play a critical role in the Paris Agreement to help achieve climate change mitigation
targets. However, a significant increase in production of biofuels might potentially be …

This study evaluates the impacts of sugarcane cultivation for ethanol production on water
availability in a watershed located in the Center-West of Brazil, using the water footprint (WF) …

This study assesses the socio-economic impacts in terms of value added, imports and
employment of sugarcane-derived bioethanol production in Northeast (NE) Brazil. An …

Given that sustainability of Brazilian ethanol is intrinsically associated with the effects of
sugarcane expansion on land use changes, this paper aims to assess sugarcane land use …

Concerns regarding water scarcity, food security, and land/soil degradation are increasing,
and these issues are far from being independent of bioenergy production. The competing …

The sustainability of biofuels depends on considering the environmental consequences of
using water and land resources for bioenergy production. The objective of this study was to …

Brazil plays a major role in the global biofuel economy as the world's second largest
producer and consumer and the largest exporter of ethanol. Its demand is expected to …

Bioethanol from sugarcane can be produced using first-generation (1G) or second-
generation (2G) technologies. 2G technologies can increase the capacity of production per …

The expected expansion of bioenergy in Brazil has raised concerns about the implications
for its current comfortable situation of water resources availability. As water availability within …