Projects   Comments, criticisms and participation in the studies of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)     Description Title   Comments, criticisms and participation in the studies of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the US National Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) Sponsor   União da Indústria de Cana-de-Açúcar (UNICA)   Period   Maio 2009 – atual   Partnership   Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) do Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD)   Summary       ICONE collaborates technically with the American proposal, especially through the attachment of the Brazilian model of land-use change to FAPRI’s world model. Thereby, the dynamic use of land in the country will be better projected, besides the other observations being made relating to the emission factors of specific regions in Brazil and relating to the overall structure of the study. With the result that we hope that the carbon emissions of sugarcane will be corrected for the better.