Environmental arithmetic applied to the impacts analysis of the biofuels and forest plantations

Abstract

Global warming has been a worry to many countries around the world. And it has been
the subject of conferences that have discussed which actions should be taken by
countries and local governments to allow sustainable development and not cause
environmental, social, cultural or economical losses. It is a tough equation that means
changes in: energetic sources, consumption habits, industrial activities, environmental
preservation paradigms, after all, the whole society. The current assignment analyses
the impacts that the implementation of reforestation meant to seize carbon emitted by
the burning of fossil fuel and the plantation of biofuel have on food production, land
occupation and on greenhouse gases reserves in the world. It also proposes a model to
face these impacts, in response to the Kyoto’s (1997) and Bali’s (2007) protocol.