Biofuels production, trade and sustainable development: emerging issues

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Sustainable Markets Discussion Paper No. 2, september 2006

This paper seeks to provide a preliminary identification of the main sustainable development issues involved in the debate around production and trade in biofuels. The paper is organised as follows. Chapter 2 provides a brief description of the different types of biofuels. Chapter 3 identifies the major international biofuel producers and suppliers and the main international buyers. Chapter 4 provides an overview of key policies behind biofuel market development. Chapter 5 analyses relevant aspects of trade in biofuels, including the main trade barriers and relevant trade rules. Chapter 6 analyses the main links between biofuels and sustainable development. Finally, Chapter 7 concludes by identifying some gaps and ideas for further work.

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Latin America
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