The Ecological Impact of Biofuels

Fargione, Joseph E.; Plevin, Richard J.; Hill, Jason D.

doi:10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102209-144720

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The Ecological Impact of Biofuels

Fargione, Joseph E., Plevin, Richard J., Hill, Jason D.·2010·Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

DOI 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102209-144720

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The ecological impact of biofuels is mediated through their effects on land, air, and water. In 2008, about 33.3 million ha were used to produce food-based biofuels and their coproducts. Biofuel production from food crops is expected to increase 170% by 2020. Economic model estimates for land-use change (LUC) associated with food-based biofuels are 67–365 ha 10−6 l−1, leading to increased greenhouse gas emissions for decades compared to business as usual. Biodiversity is reduced by about 60% in U.S. corn and soybean fields and by about 85% in Southeast Asian oil palm plantations compared to unconverted habitat. Consequently, the largest ecological impact of biofuel production may well come from market-mediated LUC. Mitigating this impact requires targeting biofuel production to degraded and abandoned cropland and rangeland; increasing crop yields and livestock production efficiency; use of wastes, residues, and wildlife-friendly crops; and compensatory offsite mitigation for residual direct and indirect impacts.

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Transitioning lands in other uses to biofuel feedstock production will affect the carbon stocks of these lands.
“Transitioning lands in other uses to biofuel feedstock production will affect the carbon stocks of these lands (Melillo et al. , 2009; Fargione et al. , 2010).”
From Influence of spatially dependent, modeled soil carbon emission factors on life‐cycle greenhouse gas emissions of corn and cellulosic ethanol (2016) · cites this paper as Fargione et al., 2010
Land and climate are two major resources required for additional biomass production.
“Land and climate are two major resources required for additional biomass production [44,61,62].”
From Biomass and biofuels in China: Toward bioenergy resource potentials and their impacts on the environment (2018) · cites this paper as [44]
Without land use change impacts, biofuels release much less GHG emissions than their fossil fuel counterparts on a per unit energy basis.
“Most studies agreed that, without land use change impacts, biofuels release much less GHG emissions than their fossil fuel counterparts on a per unit energy basis [6,7,44].”
From Biomass and biofuels in China: Toward bioenergy resource potentials and their impacts on the environment (2018) · cites this paper as [44]
Land use or land management change may affect the overall estimation of GHG emissions, particularly in China.
“Further, land use or land management change may affect the overall estimation, particularly in China [10,44,69].”
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Authors: Fargione, J. E., Plevin, R. J., & Hill, J. D.
Affiliations: The Nature Conservancy (US)
University of California, Berkeley (US)
University of Minnesota (US)
ORCID: Fargione, Joseph E.
Plevin, Richard J.
Hill, Jason D.
Venue: Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics
Publisher: Annual Reviews
Published: 2010-12-01
Volume: 41
Issue: 1
Pages: 351-377
ISSN: 1543-592X (ISSN-L)
1545-2069
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-102209-144720
OpenAlex: W2059032638
Cited by: 260
References: 101
Citations by year: 2026: 2 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 12 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 15 · 2015: 25 · 2014: 32 · 2013: 35 · 2012: 26
FWCI: 3.72
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Locations: Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics (publishedVersion)
Funders: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Topics: Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Bioenergy crop production and management
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Bioeconomy and Sustainability Development
Keywords: biofuels, land use change, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity loss, oil palm plantations, rangeland, crop yield, compensatory mitigation, ecological impacts

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