Template:Summary of wiki edits to RSB Principles

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This page provides a draft summary of the comments received and edits made to the RSB draft principles. This is an attempt by the administrators to provide a unified "tracked changes" version of the edits made to the principles. As this is a manual process, it may not be correct; any corrections are welcome.

Edits made through the wiki

The initial draft version of the RSB draft principles was made available on the page Template:RSB draft principles - wiki version for public editing on 5 June 2007.

The following substantive changes were made:

  • On 15 June, User:Agrigg
    • added to the principle regarding biodiversity: "and ecosystem services either directly or indirectly through displacement of food crops"
  • On 15 June, User:Sauman
    • added to the principle 1 regarding legal issues: "An International Body be formed that ensures this law is followed through world wide, with no child labour in the whole cycle of biomass/biofuels production activity."
    • added to the principle regarding GHGs: "and our tommorow" and "It should take a futures attitude of approaching zero emmisions by using planned "Carbon Dioxide Sink Creation" as coorporate and national social responsibility."
    • changed in the principle on biodiversity: "should not lead to the destruction or damaging of areas" to "should be used as a collateral tool for reconstruction of damages done by fossil fuels use in areas"; "either directly or indirectly through displacement of food crops." to "It should not be the cause either directly or indirectly for displacement of food crops."
    • added the following new items:
      • "Equipment used in the Bio production must be from a least polluting source and used in conjuction with most energy efficient systems available."
      • "Biomass production must address the issues of child labour and welfare in the under developed countries."
      • "Biomass production must contribute to the well being and quality of life style for the economically underpriviliged."
      • "Biomass production should increase knowledge disemination activity in the community and contribute to cohesion and harmony."
      • "Biomass production should create social security within a community and encourage GHG reduction and waste recyling within the micro lifestyles of all families."
  • On 18 June, User:Jdenruyter
    • added "9. Biomass production should minimize toxic loading to the environment"
  • On 22 June, User:Bmankin
    • Changed the principle regarding biodiversity, separating it into two items, adding as a first item: "Biomass production should not lead to the destruction or damaging of areas of high conservation value, including areas of high biodiversity; habitats of rare, threatened or endangered species; or rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems."
  • On 27 June, User:Cfr
    • Changed the principle regarding food crops, removing the text "Biomass production should be used as a collateral tool for reconstruction of damages done by fossil fuels use in areas of high biodiversity and ecosystem services." -- with the annotation "The objective is to have biofuels as a substitute for fossil fuels. This in itself, as long as there are no negative effects, is a worthwhile effort. We should not add additional multiple objectives."
    • Removed the text "Equipment used in the Bio production must be from a least polluting source and used in conjuction with most energy efficient systems available." -- with the annotation "Already taken into account by LCA in GHG etc."
    • Removed the text "Biomass production should minimize toxic loading to the environment." -- with the annotation that it was redundant with other principles (5, 6 and 7)
    • Bolded certain text.
  • On 28 June, User:RP:
    • Added an item: "Traceability: Biomass production and value chains must be traceable to enable consumers / end users to differentiate between sustainable and unsustainable sources."
  • On 28 June, User:Mathelaci:
    • In the item regarding biodiversity, changed "damaging" to "degradation", and added the comment: "For more information on HCVA: http://hcvnetwork.org/".
    • Added the comment after the item regarding displacement of food crops, "This is not an environmental impact!".
    • Added the comment on the item regarding GMOs, "I think that the precautionary principle should be applied here, which suggest NO GMOs because there is significant scientific uncertainty about their long term impacts."
    • Added the item: "Biomass production should not displace crops or practices which than will drive conversion, deforestation. (For example: soy replacing grazing, the soy is certified as sustainable, but deforestation continues because grazing was displaced)."
  • On 28 June, the Adminstrator:
    • Renumbered items and removed bold formatting within the text of the Principles for ease of editing.
  • On 13 July, User:JonasVDB
    • Added the comment on the item regarding GHG that "For biofuel crops grown on land that historically and originally consisted of forest the carbon of which has entered the atmosphere, this historic CO2 burden must be taken into account in calculating the GHG balance of those fuels."
    • Added the comment on the item on biodiversity that "A system of 'compensated reduction' must be devised in order to make this proposition viable: in highly industrialised countries, rare and unique areas of high biodiversity and rare ecosystems were destroyed long ago to make place for agricultural land. If biofuel crops are grown on this land, they carry a 'historic burden' of biodiversity destruction. Developing countries must be compensated for not destroying or degrading such areas in the future."
    • To the item on food displacement added "as seen from a global systems perspective."
    • To the item on crop displacement added "The history of deforestation and land-use change in highly industrialised countries has to be taken into account. In many parts in Europe and North America, crops are grown on land that used to consist of forests. A baseline of this 'historic deforestation burden' will have to created, the economic benefits and outcomes of this deforestation calculated on a per capita basis, and then, against this baseline, a ratio of 'allowed deforestation' will be agreed on by industrialised countries and developing countries. "
    • Re-wrote the item on the well-being of communities to say " Biomass production should not contribute to a deterioration in the well-being of national populations of countries that produce biofuels."
    • Added to the item on food security "as seen in the context of the global food system."
    • Added to the item on the underpriveleged "on a planet-wide basis, and directly or indirectly."
    • Added to the item on knowledge dissemination "amongst people, on a planet-wide basis."
    • Added the comment to the item on social security "Yes, biofuels must of course save the entire planet and make everybody rich, if not, they are 'unsustainable'. This criterion is clearly absurd." Comment was moved by adminstrators to talk page.

Marked up version of draft

(Note: In the text below, green indicates a passage that has changed; strikethrough text indicates deletions, italics indicate additions.)
This is the Administrators' summary updated as of 27 June.
National law

1. Biomass production should comply with all local and national laws, including labor laws and recognizing land and water rights. If such legislation does not exist, international norms shall be the reference.

An International Body be formed that ensures this law is followed through world wide,with no child labour in the whole cycle of biomass/biofuels production activity.(User:Sauman)

Greenhouse Gas

2. Biofuels should result in lower GHG emissions compared to fossil fuels when analyzed via a lifecycle assessment (with system boundaries from “well to wheel and our tommorow”).(User:Sauman) This should include direct and indirect GHG emissions, for instance from fossil energy used in growing, transporting and processing biofuels. It should also include GHG emissions resulting from land use changes as land is converted to biofuel crop production, or as production for other markets is displaced. It should take a futures attitude of approaching zero emmisions by using planned "Carbon Dioxide Sink Creation" as coorporate and national social responsibility.(User:Sauman) For biofuel crops grown on land that historically and originally consisted of forest the carbon of which has entered the atmosphere, this historic CO2 burden must be taken into account in calculating the GHG balance of those fuels.(User:JonasVDB))

Environmental Impacts

3. Biomass production should not lead to the destruction or degradation of areas of high conservation value, including areas of high biodiversity; habitats of rare, threatened or endangered species; or rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems.(User:Bmankin)
This point includes the possible use of GMOs. Whenever GMOs were to be used for biomass production, their use must comply with the strictest principle of precaution and international rules in vigor, since there are no scientific certainty about their effect on the long term.(User:Sebhaye) 4. Biomass production should not lead to the destruction or damaging be used as a collateral tool for reconstruction (User:Sauman) of damages done by fossil fuels use in (User:Sauman) and ecosystem services.(Added by User:Sauman, removed by User:Cfr)

It should not be the cause(User:Sauman) either directly or indirectly through for(User:Sauman) displacement of food crops(User:Agrigg). as seen from a global systems perspective. (User:JonasVDB)

5. Biomass production should not degrade or damage soils.

6. Biomass production should not contaminate or deplete water resources.

7. Biomass production should not lead to air pollution.

8. The use of GMOs for biofuels production should be made transparent, so that buyers can make their own decisions. (removed by User:Sebhaye). 8. Whenever biotechnologies were to be used for biomass production, their use must comply with the international rules in vigor, since there are no scientific certainty about their effect on the long term. (added by User:Sebhaye)

9. Biomass production should not displace crops or practices which than will drive conversion, deforestation. (For example: soy replacing grazing, the soy is certified as sustainable, but deforestation continues because grazing was displaced).User:Mathelaci The history of deforestation and land-use change in highly industrialised countries has to be taken into account. In many parts in Europe and North America, crops are grown on land that used to consist of forests.A baseline of this 'historic deforestation burden' will have to created, the economic benefits and outcomes of this deforestation calculated on a per capita basis, and then, against this baseline, a ratio of 'allowed deforestation' will be agreed on by industrialised countries and developing countries. (User:JonasVDB)

9. Equipment used in the Bio production must be from a least polluting source and used in conjuction with most energy efficient systems available. (Text added by User:Sauman, removed by User:Cfr)

10. Biomass production should minimize toxic loading to the environment.(Added by User:Jdenruyter, removed by User:Cfr)

Social Impacts

10. Biomass production should notcontribute to a deterioration in the well-being of national communities, workers and rural populations of countries that produce biofuels(User:JonasVDB).

11. Biomass production should not contribute to food insecurity as seen in the context of the global food system. (User:JonasVDB)

12. Biomass production must address the issues of child labour and welfare in the under developed countries.(User:Sauman)

13. Biomass production must contribute to the well being and quality of life style for the economically underpriviliged(User:Sauman) on a planet-wide basis, and directly or indirectly. (User:JonasVDB)

14. Biomass production should increase knowledge disemination activity in the community and contribute to cohesion and harmony(User:Sauman) amongst people, on a planet-wide basis. (User:JonasVDB)

15. Biomass production should create social security within a community and encourage GHG reduction and waste recyling within the micro lifestyles of all families. (User:Sauman)

Traceability
16. Biomass production and value chains must be traceable to enable consumers / end users to differentiate between sustainable and unsustainable sources.(User:RP)

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