A framework proposal for sustainability assessment of sugarcane in Brazil

In many countries, the biofuels sector was encouraged to expand its activities supported by public policies incentives, especially to achieve improvements in energy security and to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emission. The Brazilian government followed these initiatives and undertook some responsibilities against the international scenario related to climate change. One of the theses commitments concerning actions to reduce the GEE emissions by some 37% by 2020. The Sugarcane Agroecology Zoning provides technical subside to policy makers to direct sugarcane expansion to permitted areas and a sustainable production in Brazil and is considered a guideline to sustainable sugarcane production in Brazil. However, although aiming at a sustainable production, the zoning only considered natural aspects of the country, as soils and climate and an approach that consider all the dimensions of the sustainability is still missing. Hence, this paper aims to propose a framework to evaluate biofuel sustainability to support public policies, especially concerning improvements in Brazilian decision-supporting tools

Corrigendum to "A framework proposal for sustainability assessment of sugarcane in Brazil"

In many countries the biofuel sector was encouraged to expand its activities, supported by public policies incentives, with the main aims to improve energy security and to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Brazilian government followed these initiatives and undertook its responsibilities considering the international consensus related to the need to mitigate climate change. One of the theses commitments concerned actions to reduce the GHG emissions by 37% in 2020. The Sugarcane Agroecology Zoning provides technical support to policy makers in order to direct sugarcane expansion to permitted areas. It is considered a guideline to achieve sustainable sugarcane production in Brazil. However, although the zoning aimed at sustainable production, it only considered natural aspects of the country, as soils and climate. Currently an approach that considers all three dimensions of sustainability (environmental, economic, social) is still missing. This paper proposes a framework to evaluate biofuel sustainability to support public policies, especially concerning improvements in Brazilian decision-support tools

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