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Table 5 Land use changes and their corresponding emissions for the first set of examined sensitivity test for US soy biodiesel (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

2176

1192

5724

6504

21,732

37,328

Forest

512

− 176

− 432

− 5892

6161

173

Pasture

− 2688

− 1032

− 5296

− 596

− 27,886

− 37,498

Land use emissions

17.51 g CO2 e MJ−1 or 1424 g CO2e EGe−1

Test 1

Land type

USA

UE27

Brazil

Mala-Indo

Other

Total

Cropland

2112

1216

5176

6880

21,069

36,453

Forest

496

− 176

− 240

− 6236

6189

33

Pasture

− 2624

− 1040

− 4912

− 622

− 27,375

− 36,573

Land use emissions

 17.72 g CO2 e MJ−1 or 1441 g CO2e EGe−1

Test 2

Land type

USA

UE27

Brazil

Mala-Indo

Other

Total

Cropland

2240

1184

6392

5968

22,548

38,332

Forest

528

− 176

− 608

− 5408

5959

295

Pasture

− 2768

− 1028

− 5712

− 558

− 28,528

− 38,594

Land use emissions

 17.14 g CO2 e MJ−1 or 1394 g CO2e EGe−1

Test 3

Land type

USA

UE27

Brazil

Mala-Indo

Other

Total

Cropland

2384

1104

9136

1752

24,612

38,988

Forest

560

− 176

− 1488

− 1492

5290

2694

Pasture

− 2864

− 960

− 7648

− 255

− 29,920

− 41,647

Land use emissions

 10.16 g CO2 e MJ−1 or 826 g CO2e EGe−1

Test 4

Land type

USA

UE27

Brazil

Mala-Indo

Other

Total

Cropland

2256

1096

8008

2912

23,126

37,398

Forest

528

− 144

− 1120

− 2584

5631

2311

Pasture

− 2768

− 932

− 6864

− 338

− 28,858

− 39,761

Land use emissions

 11.99 g CO2 e MJ−1 or 975 g CO2e EGe−1

Test 5

Land type

USA

UE27

Brazil

Mala-Indo

Other

Total

Cropland

1872

1000

5032

5256

19,078

32,238

Forest

384

− 144

− 288

− 4744

6346

1554

Pasture

− 2192

− 876

− 4752

− 504

− 25,396

− 33,720

Land use emissions

 13.98 g CO2 e MJ−1 or 1137 g CO2e EGe−1

Test 6

Land type

USA

UE27

Brazil

Mala-Indo

Other

Total

Cropland

1600

920

3300

6144

16,417

28,381

Forest

272

− 128

176

− 5556

6705

1469

Pasture

− 1872

− 832

− 3472

− 565

− 23,340

− 30,081

Land use emissions

14.90 g CO2 e MJ−1 or 1211 g CO2e EGe−1