São Paulo – A world report about bioenergy and sustainability, coordinated by Brazilian scientists, says that there’s no lack of land in the planet for the production of bioenergy. The study, developed by 137 specialists from 24 countries, also shows that the expansion of the areas used for renewable energy sources doesn’t put at risk food production, on the contrary, it can help develop agriculture.
The study, which was launched for the second time on Thursday (11th), was coordinated by scientists linked to programs of the São Paulo Research Foundation (Fapesp) and received the support of the foundation itself, the Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment (Scope, in the English acronym) and the intergovernmental agency responsible for the initiative, associated with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco). It was the first time, in 72 editions, that Brazil coordinated the research.
The study concluded that there’s enough land in the world for bioenergy to make a significant contribution to the global sustainable energy matrix. It also points out that this contribution could reach a quarter of the energy used in the world in 2050, said the research’s general coordinator, Glaucia Mendes Souza, from Fapesp. Today, bionergy’s share in the world energy matrix stands around 10%.
*Translated by Sérgio Kakitani
