Bioenergy crops for ecosystem health and sustainability

Baumber, A

Bioenergy crops for ecosystem health and sustainability

Baumber, A

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Citation:: 2016, pp. 1 - 205
Issue Date:: 2016-01-01

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dc.contributor.author	Baumber, A https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8560-8661	en_US
dc.date.issued	2016-01-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	2016, pp. 1 - 205	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781138838833	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/116187
dc.description.abstract	© 2016 Alex Baumber. All rights reserved. The growing of crops for bioenergy has been subject to much recent criticism, as taking away land which could be used for food production or biodiversity conservation. This book challenges some commonly-held ideas about biofuels, bioenergy and energy cropping, particularly that energy crops pose an inherent threat to ecosystems, which must be mitigated. The book recognises that certain energy crops (e.g. oil palm for biodiesel) have generated sustainability concerns, but also asks the question "is there a better way?" of using energy crops to strategically enhance ecosystem functions. It draws on numerous case studies, including where energy crops have had negative outcomes as well as well as cases where energy crops have produced benefits for ecosystem health, such as soil and water protection from the cropping of willow and poplar in Europe and the use of mallee eucalypts to fight salinity in Western Australia. While exploring this central argument, the volume also provides a systematic overview of the socio-economic sustainability issues surrounding bioenergy.	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.4324/9781315733784	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.title	Bioenergy crops for ecosystem health and sustainability	en_US
dc.type	Book
utslib.for	0701 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Transdisciplinary Innovation
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Abstract:

© 2016 Alex Baumber. All rights reserved. The growing of crops for bioenergy has been subject to much recent criticism, as taking away land which could be used for food production or biodiversity conservation. This book challenges some commonly-held ideas about biofuels, bioenergy and energy cropping, particularly that energy crops pose an inherent threat to ecosystems, which must be mitigated. The book recognises that certain energy crops (e.g. oil palm for biodiesel) have generated sustainability concerns, but also asks the question "is there a better way?" of using energy crops to strategically enhance ecosystem functions. It draws on numerous case studies, including where energy crops have had negative outcomes as well as well as cases where energy crops have produced benefits for ecosystem health, such as soil and water protection from the cropping of willow and poplar in Europe and the use of mallee eucalypts to fight salinity in Western Australia. While exploring this central argument, the volume also provides a systematic overview of the socio-economic sustainability issues surrounding bioenergy.

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