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| Power, certification, and the social sustainability of Brazilian bioethanol Lehtonen, Markku |
| Haupttitel | Power, certification, and the social sustainability of Brazilian bioethanol |
| Titelzusatz | views from Brazil |
| Titelvariante | Biofuel certification as a tool for environmental and social sustainability : the case of the Brazilian northeast |
| Autor | Lehtonen, Markku |
| Seitenzahl | 44 S. |
| Schriftenreihe | |
| Fachbereich/Einrichtung | Proceedings of the Berlin Conferences on Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2010 |
| Dokumente | pdf-Datei
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| DDC | 320 Politik |
| Dokumententyp/-Sammlungen | Vortrag, Präsentation |
| Medientyp/Format | Text |
| Abstract | International discussions on the sustainability of Brazilian ethanol biofuel and efforts to develop biofuel sustainability certification have until recently concentrated on the environmental effects of the expected expansion of sugarcane cultivation, notably deforestation and the indirect land use impacts. The social impacts of large-scale sugarcane cultivation have appeared in the debate only over the past couple of years. However, most of the debate has focused on impacts in the main producing areas of São Paulo and the areas of sugarcane expansion in the Centre-West of the country. This paper brings into focus the socio-economic situation in the Northeast of Brazil and the potential impacts of the current ‘biofuel boom’ in this poor region, whose economy has been dominated by sugarcane cultivation since the 17th century. In particular, the paper starts from the assumption that the highly unequal power relations in the Northeast crucially shape the impact of biofuel expansion in this region, and that the exercise of power should be given greater attention especially when designing biofuel certification schemes. The paper examines Brazilian stakeholders’ views on fuel ethanol policies in general, on the role of the Northeast in those policies, and on the potential of certification to improve the sustainability of the Brazilian ethanol sector. An overview of the socioeconomic situation in the Northeastern sugarcane-growing region is followed by an analysis of the views by the Brazilian government, sugar and ethanol industry, NGOs and experts concerning bioethanol in general, and certification in the Northeast in particular. Conclusions concern the implications of the unequal Brazilian conditions and the diverging views of stakeholders for the potential of sustainability certification to remedy especially the social problems associated with the expansion of ethanol production in Brazil. |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Rechte | Nutzungsbedingungen |
| Anmerkungen des Autors | E5: Impacts of Certification and Effectiveness |
| Zugriffstatistik | |
| Statische URL | http://edocs.fu-berlin.de/docs/receive/FUDOCS_document_000000006988 |
| Erstellt am | 11.11.2010 - 16:32:57 |
| Letzte Änderung | 16.11.2010 - 15:10:06 |
