Does the expansion of biofuels encroach on the forest?
| Autor: | Derya Keles, Eric Nazindigouba Kere, Pascale Combes Motel, Johanna Choumert-Nkolo |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Laboratoire d'Economie Forestière (LEF), AgroParisTech-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International - Clermont Auvergne (CERDI), Université Clermont Auvergne (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Banque Africaine de Développement, ANR-10-LABX-14-01,IDGM+,Designing new international development policies from research outcomes. An enhanced 'Initiative for Development and Global Governance'(2011), Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée (BETA), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Université de Lorraine (UL)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Economic Development Initiatives Limited (EDI), Centre d'Études et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020]), ANR-14-CE05-0008,REVE,REduction soutenable de la pauVreté Energétique(2014), Université de Lorraine (UL)-Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), French Ministry of Research, Université Clermont Auvergne [2017-2020] (UCA [2017-2020])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ANR-10-LABX-0014,IDGM+,Designing new international development policies from research outcomes. An enhanced(2010), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Natural resource economics 020209 energy Geography Planning and Development Economics Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous) Biofuel production biodiesel 02 engineering and technology 01 natural sciences 12. Responsible consumption land-use change panel data Deforestation 11. Sustainability JEL: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q1 - Agriculture/Q.Q1.Q16 - R&D • Agricultural Technology • Biofuels • Agricultural Extension Services 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Economics Production (economics) Land use land-use change and forestry Emerging markets Land use change Energy poverty ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS 0105 earth and related environmental sciences bioethanol 2. Zero hunger Ecology 1. No poverty Forestry Energy security 15. Life on land [SHS.ECO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Economics and Finance JEL: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q2 - Renewable Resources and Conservation/Q.Q2.Q23 - Forestry 13. Climate action Biofuel Panel data Sustainability biofuel JEL: Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics • Environmental and Ecological Economics/Q.Q5 - Environmental Economics/Q.Q5.Q55 - Technological Innovation Forest cover loss |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Forest Economics Journal of Forest Economics, Elsevier, 2018, 33 (1), pp.75-82. ⟨10.1016/j.jfe.2018.11.001⟩ Journal of Forest Economics, Elsevier, 2018, 33, pp.75-82. ⟨10.1016/j.jfe.2018.11.001⟩ Journal of Forest Economics, 2018, 33 (1), pp.75-82. ⟨10.1016/j.jfe.2018.11.001⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1104-6899 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jfe.2018.11.001⟩ |
| Popis: | In this article, we explore the role of biofuel production on deforestation in developing and emerging countries. Since the 2000s biofuel production has been rapidly developing to address issues of economic development, energy poverty and reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, the sustainability of biofuels is being challenged in recent research, particularly at the environmental level, due to their impact on deforestation and the GHG emissions they can generate as a result of land use changes. In order to isolate the impact of bioethanol and biodiesel production among classic determinants of deforestation, we use a fixed effects panel model on biofuel production in 112 developing and emerging countries between 2001 and 2012. We find a positive relationship between bioethanol production and deforestation in these countries, among which we highlight the specificity of Upper-Middle-Income Countries (UMICs). An acceleration of incentives for the production of biofuels, linked to a desire to strengthen energy security from 2006 onwards, enables us to highlight higher marginal impacts for the production of bioethanol in the case of developing countries and UMICs. However, these results are not significant before 2006 for developing countries, and biodiesel production appears to have an impact on deforestation before 2006 on both subsamples. These last two results seem surprising and could be related to the role of biofuel production technologies and the crop yields used in their production. |
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