Biomass-based biorefineries: an important architype towards a circular economy

B Kumar, P Verma - Fuel, 2021 - Elsevier
Fossil based resources are a major contributor to energy and chemicals to modern-day
development. The negative environmental impacts of fossil-based resources accompanied …

Biofuel policy in India: a review of policy barriers in sustainable marketing of biofuel

AP Saravanan, T Mathimani, G Deviram… - Journal of cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Global warming issue due to the combustion of fossil fuel pushes the world to produce
renewable and environmental friendly fuel from sustainable feedstock. There are several …

Envisioning just transformations in and beyond the EU bioeconomy: inspirations from decolonial environmental justice and degrowth

S Ramcilovic-Suominen - Sustainability Science, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The European Union (EU) is adhering to decarbonization of its economy to tackle
what is narrowly framed as 'environmental issues' of our socioecological and civilizational …

Biofuel production and its impact on food security in low and middle income countries: Implications for the post-2015 sustainable development goals

AMN Renzaho, JK Kamara, M Toole - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
The post-2015 sustainable development goals (SDGs) aim to strengthen the achievements
of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). There are 17 SDGs, the first two tackle …

Corporate power in the bioeconomy transition: The policies and politics of conservative ecological modernization in Brazil

MG Bastos Lima - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The bioeconomy transition is a double-edged sword that may either address fossil fuel
dependence sustainably or aggravate human pressures on the environment, depending on …

Enzyme mediated multi-product process: a concept of bio-based refinery

B Kumar, P Verma - Industrial Crops and Products, 2020 - Elsevier
The bio-based refinery has evolved as a strong alternative to the fossil-based refinery. Fossil
fuels have been critical to meet the global energy and chemical needs. The rapid utilization …

From hegemony-reinforcing to hegemony-transcending transformations: horizons of possibility and strategies of escape

RTV Hamilton, S Ramcilovic-Suominen - Sustainability Science, 2023 - Springer
In the face of ever escalating global socioecological crises, the necessity of radical systemic
transformations has gained increasing political and academic traction over the last decade …

Leakage and boosting effects in environmental governance: a framework for analysis

MG Bastos Lima, UM Persson… - Environmental Research …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
In an increasingly interconnected world, leakage—broadly understood as unintended
displacement of impacts caused by an environmental policy intervention—has become a …

Commodity-centric landscape governance as a double-edged sword: the case of soy and the Cerrado Working Group in Brazil

MG Bastos Lima, UM Persson - Frontiers in Forests and Global …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Persistent ecological and socio-economic impacts from the expansion of industrial
monocultures in the tropics have raised land use sustainability to the top of the …

Toward multipurpose agriculture: food, fuels, flex crops, and prospects for a bioeconomy

MG Bastos Lima - Global Environmental Politics, 2018 - direct.mit.edu
Each day, agriculture becomes more highly integrated into an increasing number of
industries. Agriculture has never been only about food; cotton, tobacco, and other nonfood …