What is CSBP’s position on indirect land use change?
CSBP recognizes that indirect land use change is an issue important to many stakeholders. It also recognizes that there is much more to learn about the indirect effects of biomass production. In consultation with relevant experts, CSBP will explore a broad range of mechanisms to enable us to address potential emissions from indirect land use change associated with biomass production to ensure that cellulosic crops deliver significant overall GHG emissions reductions. Among many factors, CSBP will consider the potential of increased yields of cellulosic crops to mitigate the possible indirect effects resulting from additional demand for land. One approach CSBP may consider is whether the use of feedstock with minimal impact on land use change might, along with a specified reduction of direct emissions, be an option in achieving the standard. For example, such feedstocks might be those drawn from: waste streams; crops grown on lands that have not recently been used, or are not suitable,
