Table 1 Induced land use changes for alternative biofuel pathways (thousand hectares)
Description | USA | EU | Brazil | Canada | Sub-Saharan Africa | Others | World |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Experiment 1 US corn ethanol | |||||||
 Forest | 3.0 | −0.9 | −3.8 | −0.8 | −8.8 | −10.6 | −22.0 |
 Pasture | −7.3 | −2.0 | −8.1 | −0.4 | −22.3 | −7.5 | −47.5 |
 Cropland | 4.3 | 3.0 | 11.8 | 1.2 | 31.0 | 18.0 | 69.4 |
 Harvested area | 19.4 | 15.0 | 25.8 | 6.2 | 40.7 | 35.6 | 142.6 |
 Cropland pasture | −74.8 | 0.0 | −39.8 | −14.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −128.7 |
Experiment 2 US soybean biodiesel | |||||||
 Forest | −0.9 | −0.4 | −2.0 | −0.4 | 3.6 | −3.7 | −3.8 |
 Pasture | −1.2 | −0.8 | −3.4 | 0.0 | −16.4 | −10.6 | −32.5 |
 Cropland | 2.0 | 1.2 | 5.4 | 0.4 | 12.9 | 14.3 | 36.2 |
 Harvested area | 9.5 | 5.8 | 11.7 | 2.2 | 16.6 | 19.1 | 64.9 |
 Cropland pasture | −42.6 | 0.0 | −18.1 | −5.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −66.0 |
Experiment 3 US miscanthus bio-gasoline | |||||||
 Forest | −41.0 | −1.4 | −5.7 | −1.7 | −13.7 | −20.1 | −83.7 |
 Pasture | 39.3 | −2.2 | −8.3 | 0.2 | −23.9 | −0.9 | 4.2 |
 Cropland | 1.8 | 3.7 | 13.9 | 1.5 | 37.6 | 21.0 | 79.7 |
 Harvested area | 9.1 | 18.2 | 30.3 | 7.7 | 49.6 | 41.6 | 156.4 |
 Cropland pasture | −1017.3 | 0.0 | −45.6 | −14.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | −1077.6 |