Indirect land use change (‘ILUC’) can occur when land previously devoted to food or feed production is converted to produce biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels. In that case, food and feed demand still needs to be satisfied, which may lead to the extension of agricultural land into areas with high carbon stock such as forests, wetlands and peat land, causing additional greenhouse gas emissions.
Reference description | EC, 2019, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 of 13 March 2019 supplementing Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the determination of high indirect land-use change-risk feedstock for which a significant expansion of the production area into land with high carbon stock is observed and the certification of low indirect land-use change-risk biofuels, bioliquids and biomass fuels |
Abbreviation | ILUC |
Originally Published | Last Updated | 12 Feb 2018 | 05 Apr 2024 |
Knowledge service | Metadata | Bioeconomy |
Digital Europa Thesaurus (DET) | land use |