Brazil sugarcane growth can meet biofuel need and not drive deforestation: study

Mongabay
Nov 25, 2019, 11:08 am181 pts
A sugarcane plantation in Mato Grosso state, Brazil. Photo credit: CIFOR on Visual Hunt / CC BY-NC-ND. Sugarcane production in Brazil could expand by more than 5 million hectares (19,305 square miles) by 2030 to meet demand for ethanol biofuels, according to a study published in the journal Energy Policy —…

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