Biodiversity for bioenergy and biofuels in arid lands (BIO3)

摘要

Sustainable energy alternatives are needed as a mitigation strategy to climate change due to increasing CO_2 levels in the atmosphere and rising global temperatures, and because of dwindling oil reserves in the world. Bioenergy sources remain a viable strategy around the world, provided they do not compete with food crops supply, water and suitable lands. Sustainability principles have been agreed in many countries to avoid such effects over food sources.