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The growing of crops for bioenergy has been subject to much recent criticism, as taking away land which could be used for food production or biodiversity conservation. This book challenges some commonly-held ideas about biofuels, bioenergy and energy cropping, particularly that energy crops pose an inherent threat to ecosystems, which must be mitigated. The book recognises that certain energy crops (e.g. oil palm for biodiesel) have generated sustainability concerns, but also asks the question ""is there a better way?"" of using energy crops to strategically enhance ecosystem functions. It draws on numerous case studies, including where energy crops have had negative outcomes as well as well as cases where energy crops have produced benefits for ecosystem health, such as soil and water protection from the cropping of willow and poplar in Europe and the use of mallee eucalypts to fight salinity in Western Australia. While exploring this central argument, the volume also provides a systematic overview of the socio-economic sustainability issues surrounding bioenergy.

Energy crops --- Environmental aspects. --- Economic aspects. --- Biomass crops --- Biomass energy crops --- Energy farming --- Fuel crops --- Agriculture --- Agriculture and energy --- Crops --- Field crops --- Forests and forestry --- Fuel --- Biomass energy

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Proceedings of the 45th Session of the International Seminars on Nuclear War and Planetary Emergencies held in Erice, Sicily. This Seminar has again gathered, in 2012, over one hundred scientists from 43 countries in an interdisciplinary effort that has been going on for the last 31 years, to examine and analyze planetary problems which had been followed up, all year long, by the World Federation of Scientists' Permanent Monitoring Panels.

Emergency management --- Climatic changes --- Pollution --- Energy crops --- Power resources --- Computer networks --- Biomass crops --- Biomass energy crops --- Energy farming --- Fuel crops --- Agriculture --- Agriculture and energy --- Crops --- Field crops --- Forests and forestry --- Fuel --- Biomass energy --- Security measures --- Nuclear disarmament

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Energy crops. --- Grazing. --- Herbaceous plants. --- Plants --- Agricultural systems --- Animal feeding --- Range management --- Pastures --- Rangelands --- Biomass crops --- Biomass energy crops --- Energy farming --- Fuel crops --- Agriculture --- Agriculture and energy --- Crops --- Field crops --- Forests and forestry --- Fuel --- Biomass energy

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Green plants and photosynthetic organisms are the Earth's natural photoconverters of solar energy. In future, biomass and bioenergy will become increasingly significant energy sources, making a contribution both to carbon dioxide abatement and to the security, diversity and sustainability of global energy supplies. In this book, experts provide a series of authoritative chapters on the intricate mechanisms of photosynthesis and the potential for using and improving photosynthetic organisms, plants and trees to sequester carbon dioxide and to provide fuel and useful chemicals for the benefit of

Biomass energy. --- Energy crops industry. --- Energy crops. --- Photosynthesis. --- Photosynthesis --- Energy crops --- Botany --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Plant Physiology --- Environmental Sciences --- Sustainable Development --- Biomass crops --- Biomass energy crops --- Energy farming --- Fuel crops --- Agriculture --- Agriculture and energy --- Crops --- Field crops --- Forests and forestry --- Fuel --- Biomass energy --- Photobiology --- Plants --- Gases from plants --- Effect of light on --- Photorespiration

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Biomass energy. --- Energy crops. --- Biomass crops --- Biomass energy crops --- Energy farming --- Fuel crops --- Agriculture --- Agriculture and energy --- Crops --- Field crops --- Forests and forestry --- Fuel --- Biomass energy --- Bio-energy (Biomass energy) --- Bioenergy (Biomass energy) --- Biofuels --- Biological fuels --- Energy, Biomass --- Microbial energy conversion --- Energy conversion --- Energy crops --- Microbial fuel cells --- Refuse as fuel --- Waste products as fuel --- Biomass as fuel --- Renewable fuels --- Renewable energy sources