Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Publications

• Bioenergy and Food Security (2010) - Prepared by the FAO.
  
• Making Integrated Food-Energy Systems Work for People and Climate - An Overview (2010) - Prepared by the FAO.
  
• Algae-based Biofuels: A Review of Challenges and Opportunities for Developing Countries (2009) - Prepared by the FAO, EcoFys and GBEP.
  
• Bioenergy, food security and sustainability – Towards an international framework (2008)- FAO High-level conference on world food security: the challenges of climate change and bioenergy, submitted in response to notification 2008-100.
  
• The State of Food and Agriculture. Biofuels: prospects, risks and opportunities. (2008) - prepared by the FAO, submitted in response to notification 2008-100.
  
• OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook 2007-2016 (2007) - Submitted in response to notification 2008-100.
  
• The FAO's page on Aquatic Biofuels and see more Documents.
  

United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Publications

• Water and Bioenergy (Bioenergy Issue Paper Series #2) - Prepared by UNEP.
  
• Gain or pain? Biofuels and invasive species (Bioenergy Issue Paper Series #3) - Prepared by UNEP.
  
• Biofuels and environmental impacts - Scientific analysis and implications for sustainability (2009) - Policy Brief by UNESCO, SCOPE and UNEP, submitted in response to notification 2008-100.
  
• Review: The impacts of biofuel production on biodiversity (2009) - submitted by UNEP in response to notification 2011-121.
  
• Towards sustainable production and use of resources: Assessing Biofuels (2009) - submitted by UNEP in response to notification 2011-121.
  
• See More of UNEP’s publications on bioenergy
  

Other United Nations Agency Publications

• Bioenergy and Integration of Renewable Energy into Present and Future Energy Systems (2011) - In IPCC Special Report on Renewable Energy Sources and Climate Change Mitigation.
  
• UNU-IAS Policy Report Impacts of Liquid Biofuels on Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity (2010) - Submitted by United Nations University in response to notification 2011-121.
  
• Global: Assessments and Guidelines for Sustainable Liquid Biofuels Production in Developing Countries (A Targeted Research Project) (2009) - GEF, submitted in response to notification 2008-100.
  
• Interlinkages in climate change-vulnerability of a mitigation strategy: Implications of increased typhoon intensity on biofuel production (2009) - Submitted by United Nations University in response to notification 2011-121.
  

Publications of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Centers

• Feed, food and fuel: competition and potential impacts in small crop-livestock-energy farming systems (2008) - presentation submitted by Bioversity International on behalf of the CGIAR Centres in response to notification 2008-100.
  
• ICRISAT’s experiences on development and application of tools relevant to the sustainable production and use of biofuels (2008) - report submitted by Bioversity International on behalf of the CGIAR Centres in response to notification 2008-100.
  
• Implications of biofuels on water resources (2008) - brief submitted by Bioversity International on behalf of the CGIAR Centres in response to notification 2008-100.
  
• Should energy be a product of 21st century agriculture in developing countries? (2007) - report submitted by Bioversity International on behalf of the CGIAR Centres, submitted in response to notification 2008-100.
  

Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP) Publications

• See a list of links to GBEP's publications on biofuels.
  

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) Publications

• Bundles of energy: the case for renewable biomass energy (2011).
  
• Mapping out global biomass projections, technological developments and policy innovations (2010): International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED).
  
• See a list of links to IIED's publications on biomass energy and biofuels.
  

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) / International Energy Agency (IEA) publications

• Biofuels: Is the cure worse than the disease? (2007) - OECD Round Table on Sustainable Development, submitted in response to notification 2008-100.
  
• Sustainable Production of SECOND -Generation Biofuels Potential and perspectives in major economies and developing countries (2010) - OECD/IEA.
  
• See more of IEA's publications
  

Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) Publications

• See RSB's publications and further readings

Greenpeace International Publications

• The Hidden Carbon Liability of Indonesian Palm Oil (2008) prepared by Greenpeace, submitted in response to notification 2008-100.
  
• How Unilever Palm Oil Suppliers Are Burning Up Borneo (2008) prepared by Greenpeace UK - also available as HTML version - submitted in response to notification 2008-100.
  
• How the palm oil industry is cooking the climate (2007) prepared by Greenpeace, submitted in response to notification 2008-100.
  

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Publications

• Forests and Energy (2011) - Submitted by World Wildlife Fund in response to notification 2011-121.
  
• Biofuel Plantations on Forested Lands: Double Jeopardy for Biodiversity and Climate (2008) - contributed paper by Finn Danielsen and co-authors in Conservation Biology, submitted in response to notification 2008-100.
  

Other publications

• Agrofuels in Africa – The impacts on land, food and forests (2007) - report submitted by Econexus in response to notification 2008-100.
  

• Biochar for Climate Change Mitigation: Fact or Fiction? (2009) – briefing note submitted by Econexus, in response to notification 2008-100.
  

• Biocombustibles (2008) - Revista Virtual Redesma para la Red de Desarrollo Sostenible y Medio Ambiente (in Spanish), submitted in response to notification 2008-100.
  

• Bioenergy Business–Markets and finance for biomass and biofuels (2008): Newsletter submitted by Econexus in response to notification 2008-100.
  

• Biofuels, food security and compensatory subsidies (2008) - paper from the Center for Advanced Studies on Applied Economics of the University of São Paulo (CEPEA-ESALQ/USP) (2008) - submitted in response to notification 2008-100.
  

• Biofuels in Asia - An Analysis of Sustainability Options (2009) - prepared by the United States Agency for International Development, submitted in response to notification 2008-100.
  

• Evaluación ambiental estratégica de políticas, planes y programas de biocombustibles en Colombia con énfasis en biodiversidad (2008) - submitted by Colombia (in Spanish) in response to notification 2008-100.
  

• How the emergence of biofuels challenges environmental conservation (2008)- comment by Tobias Plieninger in Environmental Conservation - submitted in response to notification 2008-100.
  

• Organic Agriculture and the Impact of Agrofuels (2008)- information leaflet from the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements, submitted in response to notification 2008-100.
  

• Presentations on The consequences of bioenergy policies, its impacts on deadwood, and sustainability impact assessment approaches (2008): Provided by Marcus Lindner from the European Forest Institute, in response to notification 2008-100.
  

• Publications on sustainable biomass (2010-2011) from the Netherland's submission to notification 2011-121.
  

• Training Tool on Palm Oil and Peatlands – developed by Wetlands International in response to notification 2008-100.
  

• Transgenics are imperative for biofuel crops (2007) - review by Jonathan Gressel in Plant Science - submitted in response to notification 2008-100.
  

• Use of wood fuels from boreal forests will create a biofuel carbon debt with a long payback time (2010) - by Holtsmark, B. - submitted by Norway in response to notification 2011-121.
  

• World in Transition – Future Bioenergy and Sustainable Land Use: Summary for Policy Makers (2008) submitted by the German Advisory Council on Global Change in response to notification 2008-100.
  - also as Factsheet version.
  

• What would it take to unlock the full potential of biofuels? (2010) by Uwe R. Fritsche, Energy & Climate Division, Oeko-Institut, Darmstadt Office.
  

Related websites

• Albengoa
  

• Better Sugar Cane Initiative
  

• BioeneryWiki - General documents and weblinks on biofuels
  

• BioEnergy Discussion Lists
  

• Biofuels international
  

• Biofuels International magazine
  
• Bioenergy Feedstock Information Network (BFIN)
  

• BirdLife International's pages on Biofuels
  

• The Charcoal Project
  

• The European Commission's webpage on bioenergy
  

• European Environmental Bureau
  

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Bioenergy page
  

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
  

• Global Bioenergy Partnership (GBEP)
  

• Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI)
  

• The Glycerol Challenge
  

• Greenenergy - UK’s primary biofuel supplier
  

• Greenpeace International
  

• International Energy Agency (IEA) Bioenergy
  

• International Institute for Environment and Development
  

• International Sustainability and Carbon Certification system
  

• Renewable Energy Policy Project (REPP)
  

• Renewable Jet Fuels
  

• Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB)
  

• Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
  

• Solar Biofuels Consortium and publications
  

• Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN)
  

• UK's Department for Transport: Section on Biofuels.
  

• UN-Energy
  

• United Nations Environment Programme’s Bioenergy page
  

• US Department of Energy: Renewable Energy