Bioenergy Development: Issues and Impacts for Poverty and Natural Resource Management

Bioenergy has been critically important since our ancestors first used wood to cook their food and stay warm at night. Traditional forms of bioenergy, firewood and cow dung patties, remain primary fuel sources for many rural and poor people. More modern sources of bioenergy—including ethanol and biodiesel for transport and wood pellets for heating, among many others—offer great promise but generate great controversy. This book gives an overview of bioenergy developments. It examines the mai...