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

Taheripour, Farzad; Tyner, Wallace E.

doi:10.1186/s13068-020-1650-1

Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts

Table 4 Land use changes and their corresponding emissions for the first set of examined sensitivity test for US corn ethanol (land areas are in hectare)

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

Base case	Land type	USA	UE27	Brazil	Mala-Indo	Other	Total
	Cropland	4240	2928	11,712	2392	47,065	68,337
	Forest	1808	− 1232	− 4192	− 2312	− 19,366	− 25,294
	Pasture	− 6048	− 1768	− 7504	− 62	− 27,774	− 43,156
	Land use emissions	12.31 g CO₂ e MJ⁻¹ or 1001 g CO₂e EGe⁻¹
Test 1	Land type	USA	UE27	Brazil	Mala-Indo	Other	Total
	Cropland	4240	2928	11,668	2392	46,996	68,224
	Forest	1808	− 1200	− 4176	− 2320	− 19,393	− 25,281
	Pasture	− 6048	− 1760	− 7504	− 62	− 27,731	− 43,105
	Land use emissions	12.31 g CO₂ e MJ⁻¹ or 1001 g CO₂e EGe⁻¹
Test 2	Land type	USA	UE27	Brazil	Mala-Indo	Other	Total
	Cropland	4240	2920	11,760	2360	47,103	68,383
	Forest	1808	− 1232	− 4224	− 2292	− 19,359	− 25,299
	Pasture	− 6064	− 1768	− 7552	− 60	− 27,822	− 43,267
	Land use emissions	12.29 g CO₂ e MJ⁻¹ or 999 g CO₂e EGe⁻¹
Test 3	Land type	USA	UE27	Brazil	Mala-Indo	Other	Total
	Cropland	4272	2936	11,960	2144	47,292	68,604
	Forest	1808	− 1232	− 4304	− 2084	− 19,432	− 25,244
	Pasture	− 6080	− 1772	− 7680	− 44	− 27,979	− 43,555
	Land use emissions	12.02 g CO₂ e MJ⁻¹ or 978 g CO₂e EGe⁻¹
Test 4	Land type	USA	UE27	Brazil	Mala-Indo	Other	Total
	Cropland	4240	2928	11,884	2176	47,165	68,393
	Forest	1808	− 1232	− 4272	− 2132	− 19,389	− 25,217
	Pasture	− 6064	− 1768	− 7616	− 47	− 27,924	− 43,419
	Land use emissions	12.05 g CO₂ e MJ⁻¹ or 980 g CO₂e EGe⁻¹
Test 5	Land type	USA	UE27	Brazil	Mala-Indo	Other	Total
	Cropland	4192	2928	11,668	2264	46,866	67,918
	Forest	1808	− 1216	− 4192	− 2212	− 19,345	− 25,157
	Pasture	− 6032	− 1760	− 7488	− 54	− 27,537	− 42,871
	Land use emissions	12.07 g CO₂ e MJ⁻¹ or 981 g CO₂e EGe⁻¹
Test 6	Land type	USA	UE27	Brazil	Mala-Indo	Other	Total
	Cropland	4192	2904	11,544	2264	46,655	67,559
	Forest	1808	− 1184	− 4160	− 2236	− 19,369	− 25,141
	Pasture	− 6016	− 1748	− 7408	− 55	− 27,287	− 42,514
	Land use emissions	12.02 g CO₂ e MJ⁻¹ or 977 g CO₂e EGe⁻¹

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