Inter-American Development Bank releases updates Biofuels Sustainability Scorecard

Biofuels Digest
September 17, 2009 Jim Lane

In Brazil, the Inter-American Development Bank has released a new version of its Biofuels Sustainability Scorecard, which will enable users to better anticipate the impacts of potential biofuel projects on sensitive issues such as indigenous rights, carbon emissions from land use change, and food security.

The Scorecard, an interactive, web-based tool that was released in 2008, addressed 23 key variables including greenhouse gas emissions, water management, biodiversity and poverty reduction.

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