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Good Management Practices Manual for the Cane Sugar Industry
Author: IFC
Description: The document published only in english version, lists a series of technologies and modern techniques of cultivation of sugarcane used in South America, Asia and Africa. Launched in 2011 by the Intenational Finance Coporation (IFC), linked to the World Bank Group, the manual cites Brazil as an example to be followed by other countries producing sugar and ethanol from sugarcane.

Letter from U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Brazil-U.S. Business Council sent to the U.S. Congress
Author: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce/ Brazil-U.S. Business Council
Description: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Brazil-U.S. Business Council urge you to allow the import tariff on foreign ethanol and the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) to expire at the end of this year.

The Economic Effects of Significant U.S. Import Restraints
Author: United Stades International Trade Commission (ITC)
Description: Updated version of the report "The Economic Effects of Significant U.S. Import Restraints," published in August 2011 by the United Stades International Trade Commission (ITC). The document asserts that the withdrawal of the tariff on imported Brazilian ethanol would have a more positive effect for the U.S. economy than the elimination of tariff to other categories of products such as sugar, dairy products and clothing, for example.

Direct impacts on local climate of sugarcane expansion in Brazil
Author: Stanford University
Description: Study published on April 17, 2011 by researchers of the renowned Stanford University in the United States, saying the cane helps to reduce the local temperature.

Relevant Facts about E10 in Germany
Author: UNICA
Description: The Brazilian Sugarcane Ethanol Association offered institutional support to the German government to clarify and dispel any kind of myth about using the 10% blend of ethanol in gasoline, called E10. This document deals with the E10 and was delivered by the Emission and Technology Consultant by UNICA, Alfred Szwarc, to the Germany´s Minister of Transport, Peter Ramsauer. The meeting was held on March 28, 2011.

From Alcohol to Ethanol: a Winning Trajectory
Author: UNICA
Description: Book launched by the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association’s on December 14th , 2010, showing in detail the emergence, development and consolidation of the innovative Brazilian project to replace gasoline with ethanol, which nowadays is an example to the world of how to allow the meeting of power generation with environmental preservation.

Letter from UNICA sent to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan
Author: UNICA
Description: Letter sent to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan (METI), signed by the President of UNICA, Marcos Jank, and by UNICA´s Environmental Advisor, Luiz Fernando do Amaral. Written during the public consultation promoted by METI about its new Policies on the Promotion of the Use of Non-fossil Energy Sources and Effective Use of Fossil Energy Source Materials by Energy Suppliers, which includes biofuels.

UNICA´s response to the European Commission public consultation on ILUC
Author: UNICA
Description: Following the recent stakeholders’ consultation organized by the European Commission to address the issue of indirect land use change (ILUC), the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) calls on the Commission to review modeling work and ensure scientific robustness to calculate ILUC. See UNICA´s response to the European Commission public consultation on ILUC - Brussels, 03 November 2010.

Săo Paulo - The ´Other´ Brazil: Different Pathways on Climate Change for State and Federal Governments
Author: Oswaldo Lucon and José Goldemberg
Description: This report says the Brazilian State of Săo Paulo, in the heart of the world´s most important sugarcane growing region, is at the forefront when it comes to environmental policy-making because of steps it has introduced focusing on sugarcane ethanol production. The study is co-authored by prominent Brazilian physicist and former federal Environoment Minister José Goldemberg, and the state´s Environment Secretary, Oswaldo Lucon. Published on September, 2010.

Costs and Benefits to Taxpayers, Consumers, and Producers from U.S. Ethanol Policies
Author: Center for Agricultural and Rural Development Iowa State University
Description: With a heated energy debate gaining momentum in Washington, a study released on Tuesday (July 20) by a world-renowned agricultural economist from the U.S. Midwest is defying a number of catastrophic conclusions, often highlighted by corn ethanol lobby groups, about what might happen if the current US$0.54 per gallon tariff on imported ethanol is allowed to expire at the end of the year. The study by Dr. Bruce Babcock, head of the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University, offers a much different scenario.

Brazilian Ethanol Program History
Author: Márcia Azanha Ferraz Dias de Moraes e Luciano Rodrigues
Description: The report shows the importance of the Alcohol National Program (Proalcool or PNA) for the development of the sugarcane industry in Brazil.

Certification Strategies, Industrial Development and a Global Market for Biofuels
Author: Harvard Kennedy School
Description: Study made by the Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, in the United States, released in October 2009. The report shows that biofuels, especially ethanol from sugar cane in Brazil, have been seen as substitutes for fossil fuels and their production stimulated in several developing countries as a means of improving energy security and reduce dependence on imports of oil-rich countries.

Letter to Commissioner Fischer Boel on sugar exports ceiling
Author: UNICA
Description: – In a letter sent in january 25 th to Commissioner for Agriculture Mariann Fischer Boel, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA) called on the European Commission to stick with its commitment, assumed at the World Trade Organization (WTO), and not allow European exports of sugar above the ceiling of 1.374 million tonnes.

Low Carbon,High Growth Latin American Responses to Climate Change
Author: World Bank
Description: The study, prepared by the World Bank, mentions the strategic role that Brazil can play in the global fight against climate change. The reports text mentions some of the successful Brazilian experience in the environmental area, such as production of ethanol from sugarcane and sustainable management of tropical forests, as examples to be followed by developed countries.

Mid-level Ethanol Blend Study: Chassis Dynamometer Study of Flex Fuel Vehicles
Author: University of Nebraska – Lincoln
Description: The objective of this study was to determine the fuel efficiencies and emission profiles of flex fuel vehicles operating on different ethanol blends (E10, E20, E30, and E85). It shows that E85 that higher ethanol blends increases engine efficiency by improved energy conversion by up to 14 percent, compared to E10.

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