Bioenergy

New tools help countries harness the potential of bioenergy, avoid pitfalls

FAO project helps policymakers maximize benefits for rural communities, prevent food security impacts

5 March 2012, Rome - FAO has just released a suite of guidance documents and policymaking tools that governments can use to help rural communities benefit from bioenergy development and ensure that biofuel crop production does not come at the expense of food security.
Materials released today by FAO's Bioenergy and Food Security Criteria and Indicators (BEFSCI) Project include: methodologies for assessing the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of bioenergy production, indicators that can be measured when doing so, recommended good practices, and policy measures for promoting sustainable bioenergy development. [more…]
 

FAO Support Package for Decision-Making for Sustainable Bioenergy: Making Bioenergy Work for Climate, Energy and Food Security

In order to promote a sound and integrated approach to bioenergy, FAO has developed over recent years a set of instruments which are part of the ‘FAO Support Package for Decision-Making for Sustainable Bioenergy: Making Bioenergy Work for Climate, Energy and Food Security’. The support package  consists of five main elements: a decision support tool which provides a roadmap for sustainable bioenergy development, an analytical framework to inform policy makers on bioenergy development and food security complemented by a framework for environmental impact assessment, a tool which combines good practice implementation with related policies to promote them, and a set of indicators to monitor bioenergy. To see a two pages leaflet on the FAO Sustainable Bioenergy Toolkit click here .

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Environment	Food Security	Rural Development	Policy Framework

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