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

by Adrian Whiteman, Elizabeth Cushion, Gerhard Dieterle

Bioenergy has been critical to humanity since the cave dwellers first used wood to cook their food and stay warm at night. Ancient forms of bioenergy firewood and cow dung patties remain primary fuel sources for rural and poor people. New sources of bioenergy including black liquor , biodiesel, cellulosic ethanol and many more, have great promise and generate great controversy. This book gives an overview of bioenergy developments and examines...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821376292
• ISBN13: 9780821376294
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: World Bank Publications
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"