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"The biofuels sector presents many opportunities for economic development and combating poverty, but also risks and controversies for the Amazon and its people. Experiences from Brazil, Malaysia and Indonesia have shown that large scale production can cause negative social and environmental impacts. It is acknowledges that increased production of energy crops would compete for agricultural land and with food crops. The central government is advised to develop effective mechanisms to prevent repetition of this scenario in Peru.

Therefore, the issue of biofuels in Peru and the Amazon in particular should be promoted through policy development to ensure sustainable development, creating mechanisms that allow associated farmers into biofuels supply chains, access to income to improve local economies. It should avoid impact on natural forests already affected by deforestation, prioritizing use of degraded and abandoned deforested areas, encourage research crops that are being introduced and develop a technology package that shows profitability of biofuels at the same time, while to avoid failures that discourage farmers.

SNV and the Research Institute of the Peruvian Amazon (IIAP) have joined forces to help clear some questions related to these aspects, supporting the private sector and regional governments in developing, implementing and dissemination of Inclusive Business models for sustainable biofuels in the Peruvian Amazon.

"The biofuels sector presents many opportunities for economic development and combating poverty, but also risks and controversies for the Amazon and its people. Experiences from Brazil, Malaysia and Indonesia have shown that large scale production can cause negative social and environmental impacts. It is acknowledges that increased production of energy crops would compete for agricultural land and with food crops. The central government is advised to develop effective mechanisms to prevent repetition of this scenario in Peru.

Therefore, the issue of biofuels in Peru and the Amazon in particular should be promoted through policy development to ensure sustainable development, creating mechanisms that allow
associated farmers into biofuels supply chains, access to income to improve local economies. It should avoid impact on natural forests already affected by deforestation, prioritizing use of degraded and abandoned deforested areas, encourage research crops that are being introduced and develop a technology package that shows profitability of biofuels at the same time, while to avoid failures that discourage farmers.

SNV and the Research Institute of the Peruvian Amazon (IIAP) have joined forces to help clear some questions related to these aspects, supporting the private sector and regional governments in developing, implementing and dissemination of Inclusive Business models for sustainable biofuels in the Peruvian Amazon.
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