Media type: E-Article Title: Indirect land‐use change: how can we avoid negative impacts? Contributor: Fritsche, Uwe Published: Wiley, 2011 Published in: Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, 5 (2011) 2, Seite 121-121 Language: English DOI: 10.1002/bbb.281 ISSN: 1932-104X; 1932-1031 Keywords: Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ; Bioengineering Origination: Footnote: Description: <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>As interest in biofuels has grown, concerns over competition for land use with food have been raised and the issue of indirect land‐use change has become a topic of debate. For example, if country A decides to convert more corn to biofuels and therefore exports less, country B may run short on corn for food. As a result, country B may clear forests to grow more corn itself. Such indirect land‐use changes result in higher greenhouse gas emissions and the loss of biologically precious regions. How can this threat be tackled? For BioFPR, Brigitte Osterath interviews <jats:bold>Uwe Fritsche</jats:bold>, Coordinator of the Energy and Climate Division at the Öko‐Institut (Institute for applied ecology) in Darmstadt, Germany. Copyright © 2011 Society of Chemical Industry and John Wiley & Sons, Ltd</jats:p>