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Table 3 Land use changes and their corresponding emissions for corn ethanol and biodiesel produced in US

From: US biofuel production and policy: implications for land use changes in Malaysia and Indonesia

Biofuel

Land type

US

EU27

Brazil

M&I

Other

Total

Corn ethanol

Forest area (ha)

1808

− 1232

− 4192

− 2312

− 19,366

− 25,294

Pasture area (ha)

− 6048

− 1768

− 7504

− 62

− 27,774

− 43,156

Cropland area in (ha)

4240

2928

11,712

2392

47,065

68,337

Share in cropland (%)

6.2

4.3

17.1

3.5

68.9

100.0

Land use emissions

12.3 g CO2e MJ−1 or 1001 g CO2e EGe−1

Share in emissions (%)

11.1

2.8

21.7

10.9

53.5

100.0

Soy biodiesel

Forest area (ha)

512

− 176

− 432

− 5892

6161

173

Pasture area (ha)

− 2688

− 1032

− 5296

− 596

− 27,886

− 37,498

Cropland area (ha)

2176

1192

5724

6504

21,732

37,328

Share in cropland (%)

5.8

3.2

15.3

17.4

58.2

100.0

Land use emissions

17.5 g CO2e MJ−1 or 1424 g CO2e EGe−1

Share in emissions (%)

8.5

1.0

6.6

78.0

5.9

100.0

  1. The AEZ-EF model developed by Plevin et al. [20] is used to calculate emissions