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With biofuels becoming more prominent on the global market, production is being expanded in Brazil, Asia and Africa. Four years of research and public and industry consultation have led to the first-ever world standards for sugar cane production, BSI standards, developed using the ISEAL code of good practice, were finalized at the end of 2009, and the first accredited ethanol is expected to be released in November 2010. BSI standards for the production of sugar and sugar cane products are designed to be accessible to corporations of all sizes and BSI is committed to helping them gain accreditation. These have focused mainly on Brazil, the world's largest producer of sugar cane, which has been expanding production to meet growing global biofuel demand. The expansion of sugar cane into areas of high-conservation and critical biodiversity values is prevented under BSI principle four, which protects such areas from being cleared for cane growing after January 2008.
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Global Standards
With biofuels becoming more prominent on the global market, production is being expanded in Brazil, Asia and Africa, This expansion has environmental groups concerned that sugar cane's environmental impact - deforestation, the high use of fertilizers, residue burn-off, harsh and dangerous con...
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