About this ebook
After addressing the basic knowledge of bioenergy and its development in the United States, the European Union, and Brazil, this book places emphasis on the introduction of China’s bioresources, its development since 2001, and the difficulties it encountered. In the concluding chapter, Shi presents his ideas about a ‘Green Civilization.’ This book analyzes bioenergy from a natural science perspective, but is also accessible to the social scientist interested in sustainable development.
About the author
Shi Yuanchun is professor of soil science at China Agricultural University. Shi joined the Xinjiang comprehensive survey team and soil survey in Beijing during the 1950s. Shi and his group worked on the comprehensive control of drought, waterlogging, salinization and groundwater mineralization in the salt-affected soil area of the Huang-Huai –Hai Plain during the 1970s and the 1980s. They achieved great success and were awarded the Special Rank Prize on “National Science and Technology Advance," issued by National Commission of Science and Technology in 1993. Shi took the leadership of the research program titled "The Water Saving Agriculture" from 1992-1996. He is currently engaged in the strategy research of biomass energy.
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